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I spent a few minutes analyzing this sentence alone. Admittedly I read the rest of your argument and respect your opinion. It’s just that this is stuck in my head.
Buying the deluxe edition through a micro-transaction? My mind wants to classify this as an oxymoron. Admittedly a lot of microtransactions aren’t really micro by any stretch of the imagination but this just stands out.
Pretty sure he means a deluxe edition upgrade as a mtx.
Where some games allow you to get the base game, try it out and upgrade if you want. Rather than diving in at the deep end and not knowing if you'll enjoy the game.
Oh 100% that’s what they meant. It’s just something that caught my attention as it almost appears to be an oxymoron.
In practice, “microtransaction” can mean many things. A small price, a purchase of non-unique content, or even a small quantity of unique (non-base) content. So yes, upgrading to the “deluxe” edition can fall under that description. But calling the “deluxe” content upgrade a “micro-transaction” almost appears contradictory. So I had a little chuckle while pondering this before becoming upset at how broad (and expensive) said “micro”transactions have become.
You're right that it is weird. It's because we use MTX and DLC almost synonymously and that's because there's a lot of overlap. They're overloads terms and we need a better vocabulary to talk about the specifics. For instance I think if Dragons dogma didn't sell resources and sold only the deluxe edition parts then there wouldn't be that big of an outrage about MTX. The outrage is about the in game resources being sold, but it's hard to present it that way when the only word we have for it is MTX, which also contains the part that is not the issue.