One of the biggest MMORPG streamers on Twitch believes that it would be better for MMOs if there were no Pay2Win microtransactions – he would even boycott them if everyone joined in. The speaker is streamer Asmongold, who has invested countless hours in such games and owes his great Twitch career to them. MeinMMO reports.
How did the debate arise? While Asmongold reacted to a video of the “new big MMO of 2022” (Throne and Liberty), the debate about the Pay2Win aspect in MMOs came up.
The streamer often has a clear opinion about his favorite games, which doesn’t stop him from continuing to play the respective game.
Throne and Liberty comes from South Korea, so the community is sure that the MMORPG will certainly contain Pay2Win aspects. Asmongold agrees and thus started the discussion about microtransactions in games that give players an “unfair” advantage.
Asmongold would prefer to boycott Pay2Win games
What does the streamer say about Pay2Win? He stopped the video about Throne and Liberty right when the YouTuber talked about the Pay2Win aspect and said:
I wish players of different games would come together and say that they don’t like it and somehow put a stop to it.
Asmongold
However, he adds that he knows that this is a lost cause and that he doesn’t focus on it as much anymore. Asmongold says people don’t really care about the Pay2Win aspect anymore and just accept it.
Games like World of Warcraft and Lost Ark also have Pay2Win elements, yet he enjoys playing the MMORPGs. Nevertheless, Asmongold has a strong opinion against Pay2Win:
I wish gamers would treat Pay2Win the same way they treat NFTs. If that happened, video games in general would be much better. If they treated microtransactions in general like NFTs, that would be so much better.
Asmongold
If he stopped playing Lost Ark and WoW and could get people to do the same in order to make a change, he would do it.
Asmongold went even further with loot boxes, saying that loot boxes should be illegal. He is “totally against” them.
However, Asmongold acknowledges that people are not as concerned about this anymore as they used to be. Back then, there was more resistance to Pay2Win aspects, but these days players seem to have gotten used to it.
The streamer finds that unfortunate, because not everyone has the money for such microtransactions, not everyone has a well-paying job. However, he can’t do anything about it, even if he and his community decided together not to support Pay2Win games anymore, it wouldn’t make an impact; he’s not big enough for that.
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