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Right on the back of the PayDay 2 microtransaction backlash, Tripwire Interactive has revealed that it will be putting microtransactions in to its Early Access title, Killing Floor 2. As you can imagine, a lot of players aren't too happy about it, despite the fact that Tripwire is only offering item skins for additional money, rather than selling power or gameplay bonuses.
Killing Floor 2 will soon get a ‘Trading Floor' section, where players can buy weapon skins, which also have a chance to drop in-game. People can also make skins for sale on the Steam workshop, similarly to how Valve's own games operate, like Counter Strike: Global Offensive, this also means that skins can be traded in the marketplace and skin makers can make some money off of their creation.
In a post on the game's FAQ page, Tripwire said: “All of the content added in Trading Floor at launch will be cosmetic only and not affect gameplay in any way”, though the team is open to the idea of selling additional weapons as DLC later down the road. Money made from microtransactions now during the Early Access phase will be used to fund additional post-launch content.
Since skins are being made by the community, along with artists that perhaps don't have much to do with the coding or bug fixing process, spending time on cosmetic stuff shouldn't theoretically take much away from actual development time.
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KitGuru Says: While I would personally rather Early Access developers didn't resort to microtransactions, I don't see it as such a big deal since cosmetic items are usually made by artists with more time on their hands while the rest of the game is being coded, which means it shouldn't really pull any resources away from the game's development. That said, Killing Floor 2 is coming along at a pretty slow pace, so it is a tough one. How do you guys feel about cosmetic microtransactions in early access games? I wouldn't let this stop me from getting Killing Floor 2 myself.
These fucking microtransations. Might as well boycott gaming.
How does having a store that sells skins that don’t give you an advantage over other players affect you from enjoying the game? The game does not force you to buy skins to be able to play. I play Csgo a lot and never bought any skins for weapons and just sell crates or weapons that i get as drops after playing. Seriously, people these days just want to complain about everything and mostly on things they don’t fully understand. ‘oh it’s micro transactions, it must be bad, boycott the game’
who cares, they’re skins. csgo has been getting away with it for a long time after all, and i never hear anyone *****ing about that.
no one forces you to buy skins and if you plan to buy them it won’t make you any stronger or give you a boost in the game, these butthurt peoples being butthurt about nothing these days lmao
Sell x amount of skins in a pack for y amount of money and it’s fine (KF1), even though you’re paying more for that one skin you wanted. sell skins individually for an amount of money that would equal y if you put enough skins together and everyone loses their shit. Microtransactions can be better in some cases. Considering these are just cosmetics this is one of those cases. stop crying about a word.
Before you all start whining and going “OH NO MICRO-TRANSACTIONS” This is the Dlc for KF and they put weapons behind a pay wall if they are doing skin only then that’s actually better as they aren’t locking game changing items behind a pay wall. Also KF2 is in ALPHA which means its in development if you were expecting a full game when you bought it then you forgot to read the Steam ALPHA disclaimer. Please all stop crying over nothing and get some facts first.
it wont affect the gameplay at all why is everyone bitching around ….
but does she do ass to mounth?