Mortal Kombat 1 players are finding themselves quite upset this week following the announcement that paid Fatalities will soon be coming to the popular fighting game. With the last few Mortal Kombat installments, NetherRealm Studios has added paid content that players can choose to purchase outside of the main game. Not only has this additional content taken the form of DLC fighters and story expansions, but an in-game storefront has also been established that gives players new cosmetic options for various characters. Now, with Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm is tucking exclusive Fatalities behind a paywall too, and it’s not going over well with fans.
Well, I stopped playing For Honor, because of its annoying monetization.
It definitely still affects the end consumer, it just didn’t get a bunch of bad publicity and articles for it. I still play it from time to time because I don’t know of any other games quite like it, but I do think the way they did some of the cosmetic monetized content drags the game down.