{"id":3768,"date":"2025-07-19T09:29:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T09:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:58:26","slug":"ubisoft-says-microtransactions-make-games-more-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/ubisoft-says-microtransactions-make-games-more-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft Says Microtransactions Make Games \u201cMore Fun\u201d \u2014 Fans Aren\u2019t Buying It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ubisoft has defended its use of microtransactions, stating they make games \u201cmore fun\u201d by offering optional personalization and faster progression. The claim comes from the company\u2019s recently published 400-page universal registration document and annual financial report covering 2024\u20132025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the report, Ubisoft outlines its monetization strategy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe golden rule when developing premium games is to allow players to enjoy the game in full without having to spend more,\u201d the company wrote. \u201cOur monetization offer within premium games makes the player experience more fun by allowing them to personalize avatars or progress more quickly. This is always optional.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The company insists its approach prioritizes fairness and player safety, adding that it has set up a dedicated working group to ensure monetization practices are not \u201cmanipulative or non-transparent.\u201d However, Ubisoft declined to share specific details, citing the \u201csensitive and strategic nature\u201d of the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite these assurances, many players remain critical. Online forums and social media are filled with complaints about Ubisoft\u2019s microtransaction-heavy model, particularly in franchises like Assassin\u2019s Creed and Rainbow Six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ubisoft maintains that its monetization practices are sustainable and designed to enrich gameplay, even as the debate over microtransactions in premium games continues to divide the gaming community. (Thanks Gamesradar<\/a><\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My opinion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I believe Ubisoft is slowly burying its own legacy. It\u2019s astonishing to see a company with such enormous influence on the gaming industry fall into a cycle of questionable decisions. Anyone familiar with the history of Assassin\u2019s Creed knows the impact Ubisoft once had \u2014 shaping an entire era of gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This might become the topic of my next feature: What Went Wrong with Ubisoft? But for now, one thing is clear \u2014 microtransactions are killing games, especially when they interfere with core gameplay. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ubisoft has defended its use of microtransactions, stating they make games \u201cmore fun\u201d by offering optional personalization and faster progression. The claim comes from the company\u2019s recently published 400-page universal registration document and annual financial report covering 2024\u20132025. In the report, Ubisoft outlines its monetization strategy: \u201cThe golden rule when developing premium games is to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_gspb_post_css":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-3768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games","tag-scandal"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_url":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ubisoft-says-microtransactions-make-games-more-fun-fans-arent-buying-it-150x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ubisoft-says-microtransactions-make-games-more-fun-fans-arent-buying-it-300x169.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ubisoft-says-microtransactions-make-games-more-fun-fans-arent-buying-it-768x432.jpg","large":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ubisoft-says-microtransactions-make-games-more-fun-fans-arent-buying-it-1024x577.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ubisoft-says-microtransactions-make-games-more-fun-fans-arent-buying-it-1536x865.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ubisoft-says-microtransactions-make-games-more-fun-fans-arent-buying-it-2048x1153.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ubisoft-says-microtransactions-make-games-more-fun-fans-arent-buying-it-18x10.jpg"},"post_author":"Astra","assigned_categories":"Games","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geeksace.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}