Pearl Abyss has confirmed that its extremely anticipated open-world single-player sport Crimson Desert will “definitively” not characteristic any sort of microtransaction-laden money store or in-game storefront at launch. The MMO maker says the single-player sport’s $70 price ticket displays the all inclusive “premium experience” gamers ought to anticipate.
The promise comes from an interview with Pearl Abyss’ PR and Advertising and marketing Director Will Powers on the Dropped Frames podcast. Powers was requested if the sport would characteristic the same monetization mannequin to Pearl Abyss’ MMO Black Desert On-line. “This is a premium game you buy one time,” replied Powers. “I don’t wanna say there’s zero MTX, because there are pre-order bonuses that we have, but anything that’s announced and that’s coming at launch is strictly cosmetic.”
When requested if there was an opportunity that Crimson Desert would possibly launch with any type of “cash shop” characteristic, Powers doubled down. “No. I can say that definitively,” he continued. “There is not a cosmetic cash shop. This is made to be a premium experience that you buy, and you enjoy the world, and not something for microtransactions…This is a premium experience. That’s the transaction. Full stop.”
The “transaction” Powers is referring to on this context is Crimson Desert’s $70 launch value, in distinction to Black Desert On-line’s “buy-to-play” mannequin, which consists of a one-off $10 buy, which may be mixed with separate beauty microtransactions and one-time DLC purchases that vary from $30 to $50. It’s additionally turn out to be extra frequent even for single-player RPGs like Murderer’s Creed Shadows and Dragon’s Dogma 2 to incorporate microtransaction outlets stuffed with content material that may’t be earned simply by enjoying the sport.
Whereas the necessity to make clear this may increasingly come throughout as odd to some, it doubtless stemmed from the announcement of Crimson Desert’s $80 “Deluxe Edition” pre-order possibility, which options a number of beauty objects, such because the Kairos armor set and the Exclaire horse armor. There’s additionally a $280 “Collectors Edition,” however I’d wager you’re most likely not bothered about microtransactions when you’re shelling out for that anyway.
Powers’ wording additionally doesn’t rule out the potential of different, non-cosmetic types of DLC sooner or later, which wouldn’t come as a shock contemplating that, as of February 1st, greater than two million folks have already wishlisted Crimson Desert.
