New Horizon's Rating suggests In-Game Purchases

[Antonio]

John, you're opinions lack substance to back them up. We don't what is going to happen in terms of DLC, only that it is possible.

 

[John Wick]

Optional, yes.
But those of us that don't want to keep paying to play, can't get the full experience.

I thought I was paying for the full experience.

A rare, yearly download is fine, but to have that rating so early on, I just don't know.

I hope they have a direct and come clean about exactly what this game will include, and what in-app purchases there will be.

Will it be yearly, monthly, or daily.

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John, you're opinions lack substance to back them up. We don't what is going to happen in terms of DLC, only that it is possible.

I'm going by the rating that is already there.
That's also why I said we need a direct to clarify things.

 

[SheepMareep]

DLC or season passes could be really fun! I'd love it if they had a season pass where you get new islands to visit for exclusive items/villagers/flowers that rotate or are added on every few months or so.

 

[Nooblord]

Or they'll be available in the base game because they're different games.

PC will still exist once NH releases. Micro-transactions will still be in PC. There are people who have spent a lot of money trying to collect fortune cookie items. I doubt Nintendo will then turn around and give us all those items for just $60.

Idk if you?re familiar with Fortnite, but imagine Fortnite releasing Fortnite 2 for $60 and all the outfits, harvesting tools, and gliders from the last game were available for free. On top of that, the items would still be purchasable in Fortnite?s shop.

It?s definitely a great deal to people who didn?t spend any money on the game (like me), but it would be kinda messed up for the people that put in a lot of money in PC just to find out people can get everything they bought, and more, for just $60.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

Honestly as long as they don't try to incorporate some paid-DLC bs then I'll be happy. I hate paying for DLC, especially if the content that's being offered was available for free in past titles. Not saying that this game will definitely be this way (mostly imagining the Pokemon Home service and upcoming Sword/Shield DLC in this scenario), but many of my favorite games don't require downloadable content that has to be paid for and this game, hopefully, doesn't continue that trend.


If the DLC is simply connectivity with Pocket Camp and transferring items over then I'll actually be really happy about that, because I have tons of cool stuff on PC but I stopped playing it months ago and I would love to be able to transfer it all to New Horizons.

 

[SheepMareep]

PC will still exist once NH releases. Micro-transactions will still be in PC. There are people who have spent a lot of money trying to collect fortune cookie items. I doubt Nintendo will then turn around and give us all those items for just $60.

Idk if you’re familiar with Fortnite, but imagine Fortnite releasing Fortnite 2 for $60 and all the outfits, harvesting tools, and gliders from the last game were available for free. On top of that, the items would still be purchasable in Fortnite’s shop.

It’s definitely a great deal to people who didn’t spend any money on the game (like me), but it would be kinda messed up for the people that put in a lot of money in PC just to find out people can get everything they bought, and more, for just $60.

Fortnite is a free to play game, they would not come out with a $60 version that is exactly the same thing. PC is a spinoff of a main series, like Mario kart mobile is. In Mario kart mobile you have the option to pay real money to participate in different missions or spend it on trying to obtain characters you can get for free in the main game.

People who choose to pay real money on a mobile app cant really complain if they get it for free in the main game since the app is not the same thing. It isnt unfair, no one forces anyone to pay money for in game items and it's kind of expected some items will carry over since they did increase the catalogue by so much.

Mobile apps =/= mainline games
Cant get mad for paying real money on an app that was never promised to have the option to transfer items into the peeviously nonexistant mainline game.

 

[Ossiran]

My guess is this just means DLC. Pokemon has it too, so no need to freak out yet.

 

[Khaelis]

My guess is this just means DLC. Pokemon has it too, so no need to freak out yet.

Honestly, its probably just for "safety" but most likely just Switch Online. Most recent switch titles have "In-game purchases" listed.

 

[John Wick]

I think the moment people started laying down real money for leaf tickets was the moment nintendo knew they could screw us in a mainline game.

I had to say that.
It's what I think.

Anyways.... waiting for a direct before doing anything rash.

 

[Nooblord]

Fortnite is a free to play game, they would not come out with a $60 version that is exactly the same thing. PC is a spinoff of a main series, like Mario kart mobile is. In Mario kart mobile you have the option to pay real money to participate in different missions or spend it on trying to obtain characters you can get for free in the main game.

People who choose to pay real money on a mobile app cant really complain if they get it for free in the main game since the app is not the same thing. It isnt unfair, no one forces anyone to pay money for in game items and it's kind of expected some items will carry over since they did increase the catalogue by so much.

Mobile apps =/= mainline games
Cant get mad for paying real money on an app that was never promised to have the option to transfer items into the peeviously nonexistant mainline game.

I said Fortnite 2, a sequel would not be the same thing. Players supporting PC by spending money are providing the paychecks for the people designing all the new event/fortune cookie items in the game. It’s not as simple as “it’s an AC game so the items are gonna get carried over”. PC keeps receiving new items because of the financial support of PC fans.

Sales of NL, and Happy Home designer went into the development of NH. Sales in PC go into further development of PC. Because as we’ve all established, they are 2 very different styles of games.

Anyone who seriously thinks we’ll be getting all the PC items for free will be in for a rude awakening.
There are a lottttt, lol. And I’m not referring to you, I noticed how you said “some items”.

 

[Mars Adept]

You said greed, I say "what corporations have to do".

This isn't going to destroy the game.

There?s a difference between necessary compromises, and just plain greedy tactics.

Paying for access to the Switch?s online features: The Wii U bombed so I guess they had to make back the money somehow. Fair enough.

The mobile games with many microtransactions: As disappointing as it is to see that Nintendo has provided next to zero innovation in the mobile game industry, Miitomo died and Super Mario Run flopped big time, plus the mobile game market is very crowded, so I accept that what was done with later games had to be done.

Potential DLC in Animal Crossing: New Horizons: NOT NECESSARY. This is a game with a full 60 USD price tag that we have been waiting for for years, and the idea of DLC scares me. What if it?s things that should be in the base game? What if it is, by all odds, microtransactions(although I find this extremely unlikely)? I won?t be using Sword/Shield as a comparison as the Pok?mon they?re bringing back in an update are free and not locked to the expansion pack they?re planning on selling. I will, however, point out what happened with the Welcome amiibo update. New Leaf?s pricing history, at least in the US, goes as follows: At launch the game was 40 USD, the price of a standard 3DS game. Sometime in 2014, this was lowered to 30 dollars. To coincide with the Welcome amiibo update in 2016, the game was made a Nintendo Select title, and thus stands at its current price of 20 dollars. The Welcome amiibo update was free. They likely made up for development costs through the sale of amiibo cards(remember, this was AFTER amiibo Festival killed the amiibo craze).

If New Horizons, a 60 dollar game on a fairly successful system, has ?in game purchases? through DLC packs, and these DLC packs have content that is no greater than what Welcome amiibo was offering for free, then that REALLY pushes me the wrong way.

I hope you understand what I mean. Of course, this post was written based off speculation and street smarts, so for all I know this post could look really, REALLY stupid a year from now.

 

[jiojiop]

Tbh I never really cared for collecting cards. I don't like accumulating physical...stuff. I'd rather purchase furniture packs outright. Plus, it means they'll never go out of print so you won't get inflated high prices on rare packs.

But it will be a while before I spend more money on the game since I'm buying it full price at launch.

 

[oath2order]

PC will still exist once NH releases. Micro-transactions will still be in PC. There are people who have spent a lot of money trying to collect fortune cookie items. I doubt Nintendo will then turn around and give us all those items for just $60.

Idk if you?re familiar with Fortnite, but imagine Fortnite releasing Fortnite 2 for $60 and all the outfits, harvesting tools, and gliders from the last game were available for free. On top of that, the items would still be purchasable in Fortnite?s shop.

It?s definitely a great deal to people who didn?t spend any money on the game (like me), but it would be kinda messed up for the people that put in a lot of money in PC just to find out people can get everything they bought, and more, for just $60.

I mean PC and NH are completely different games. It's not giving them for free, it's giving them to you for $60 + earning in whatever method you have to.

 

[debinoresu]

luigis mansion also has it listed because of prompts for nintendo switch online. i honestly doubt there will be purchasable items in new horizons, aside from a potential large update pack or something. smash bros is a different story, and the example of smash bros dlc doesnt really apply to new horizons (is there any dlc thing comparable to a new game fighter you can think of for new horizons that doesnt affect gameplay? new villagers or clothes wouldnt make sense bc theyve already given those away for free before. its most likely just the fact that if you try to go to another town you will be prompted for a switch online membership.

 

[jiojiop]

luigis mansion also has it listed because of prompts for nintendo switch online.

Luigi's Mansion has 2 dlc packs coming out for the multiplayer portion of the game. First one is USD$10 for 3 new outfits and 3 new sets of decorations for the mp floors to match the theme, 6 new NPCs, 3 new minigames, plus a new flashlight beam. The reaction from players has been positive.

I think it's inevitable we'll get dlc. I just hope they're clever about implementing so that, for example, if your friend buys dlc that has new minigames they can still invite you to play with them even if you don't own the same dlc. Not only is that more fun for everyone and causes less bitterness about dlc, but it also evangelizes that dlc to others by letting them try it out through friends.

 

[Antonio]

I think the moment people started laying down real money for leaf tickets was the moment nintendo knew they could screw us in a mainline game.

I had to say that.
It's what I think.

Anyways.... waiting for a direct before doing anything rash.

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Literally no proof that micro transaction are in a mainline game. Ya didn't see transactions on the new fire emblem game now did you?

 

[Celinalia]

oh i hope that there aren't actual in-game purchases. that's what always annoyed me about pocket camp so i hoped that they would at least make a normal mainline game. i'm still a minor and just purchasing things ain't it. really hope that there is just some kind of misunderstanding here

 

[Envy]

This is really concerning. However, I will see what it is all about before making a judgment. I just know that in between the near-lootbox Amiibo Cards and the straight-up lootbox Pocket Camp, Nintendo certainly has the capacity to go down the wrong road here.

Reggie may not be the president anymore, but not too long before he retired, he defended microtransactions, saying that they get too bad of a rep, and that Nintendo is open to putting them in games. It's no telling when and where that may start, and I'm just giving everyone a word of caution. I have already seen people on other forums saying "Well, if it happens in Animal Crossing it isn't so bad..." making Animal Crossing the perfect place to sneak them in because people are complacent.

As someone who has played The Sims for almost as long as Animal Crossing, I know all-too-well how a life simulation series can be milked for all its worth, and I'm not even talking about microtransactions. I'm talking about just plain DLC. The Sims 1 started with DLC in the form of Expansion Packs. The Sims 2 kept the idea running and then added a secondary tier of DLC - Stuff Packs. The Sims 3 took it even a step further and added "The Sims 3 Store" which added content in addition to the Expansion Packs and Stuff Packs (which's content was shrinking, with work being put into so many different forms of DLC). The Sims 3 would be an inexplicably expensive game to own in its entirety.

The people who say that it can't go wrong in Animal Crossing think that microtransactions and DLC are only bad if they give advantage in a competitive setting, and I just think that's so demeaning to those of us who appreciate life simulation gameplay. I guess it's okay if Animal Crossing DLC adds that one feature or object you've been wanting in the series forever, because "it's just aesthetic! Get over it!"

Now, I've really run off worst-case scenario here. I don't want to come under the impression that I think that this is for sure going to happen. I really hope not. This post I'm making here is just a word of caution to those who think "It won't happen here". Hopefully it won't, but don't get too safe in thinking so. Nintendo is a corporation and they will seek out making money in whatever scummy way they can slip past the consumers. The Amiibo Cards are one way they've done this, and they sure as heck might target Animal Crossing for the very reasons I mentioned above: People thinking that DLC and microtransactions in non-competitive games are petty and not worth getting upset about.

 

[Soot Sprite]

I'm not that worried about it. Like plenty of other people have said, DLC doesn't mean miceotransactions, or even that it'll be released any time soon. It just means they're planning on having DLC eventually.

 

[John Wick]

I asked EB Games about it as I am thinking about cancelling my preorder depending on what the in app purchases are, and they gave me nintendo's number, so I'm going to call them when they open and try and get an answer out of them.

At least get an idea about a direct.