Apex Legends dev says players angry with monetization should protest \u201cwith their wallets\u201d Electronic ArtsAn Apex Legends developer recently addressed monetization concerns and suggested that players start protesting with their wallets. Free-to-play games must walk a fine line between sustaining the model and providing value to those who invest money in the experience. Even the best F2P titles occasionally falter on this front, and Apex Legends is no exception. Since 2019, Apex Legends events and recolor releases have caused fury due to the cost of certain microtransactions. This criticism continues to plague the shooter, but developers argue that players have a say in deciding what does and doesn\u2019t work. Sometimes, however, verbal protests simply don\u2019t get the point across. Apex Legends devs address ongoing monetization concerns In an interview with Dexerto, Game Director Steven Ferreira and Senior Design Director Evan Nikolich spoke about the criticism leveled against Apex Legends\u2019 in-game purchases. The pair specifically tackled complaints about recolors and collection events, some of which spawned following a Season 15 collection event rewarding players with a recolor instead of the usual heirloom or mythic skin. According to the lead developers, the team has heard these objections \u201cloud and clear.\u201d But social media feedback isn\u2019t enough, Nikolich added. The designer noted, \u201cwe want people to feel good about the money they spend, to feel good to get something new, not cheap.\u201d As such, he thinks players should express their concerns verbally and by voting \u201cwith your wallets \u2013 don\u2019t spend money if you don\u2019t want the item.\u201d Nikolich\u2019s comment suggests Respawn, like countless other companies, pays close attention to purchasing data when deciding on content releases. Still, it\u2019s a good reminder that buying items you aren\u2019t interested in constitutes a prime example of sending the wrong message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends dev says players angry with monetization should protest \u201cwith their wallets\u201d Electronic ArtsAn Apex Legends developer recently addressed monetization concerns and suggested that players start protesting with their wallets. Free-to-play games must walk a fine line between sustaining the model and providing value to those who invest money in the experience. Even the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}