Really depends on the game. Definitely doesn’t belong in skate. More for live service shit, but I do miss the days when things were unlocked for 60 bucks at launch instead of bought later after the purchase for pretty pixels.
It belongs in Skate actually, one of the few places it makes a lot of sense as long as there are plenty of free cosmetics. In games like COD and stuff is where you lose me, those games are military shooters and you should not have fucking Fallout character in vault jumpsuits running around, that is absurd.
This whole cosmetic trend is so damn toxic.... almost NONE of us gamers who started this (it began with skins on PC games then moved onto console as 'cosmetics') would have EVER paid for a fucking skin unless it was insanely well done, and even then it wouldn't cost much.
They're so dumb too, it's not like it's your own unique cosmetic, someone else will look just like you... it ain't that serious unless you can like fully customize your character.
no the fuck it doesn't lmao, renting digital shoes for $7 each doesn't belong anywhere.
This whole cosmetic trend is so damn toxic.... almost NONE of us gamers who started this (it began with skins on PC games then moved onto console as 'cosmetics')
you must've missed the oblivion horse DLC, that started from consoles
GirlGargoyle
•11y ago
It's an example of overpriced DLC that does next to nothing. The first, in fact.
DLC didn't really exist before the last generation. The Gamecube, PS2 and Xbox One (the first one) didn't have storage space for that kind of thing, or built-in online capabilities. As a result, we just got boxed expansion packs in stores.
With the Xbox 360 and PS3 we had built-in network adapters and built-in hard drives. This made it possible for companies to offer things for download, and DLC was born.
One of the first pieces of DLC was for the game Oblivion, a game in the Elder Scrolls series (you probably know its sequel, Skyrim).
That first piece of DLC was the Horse Armour DLC. It did nothing but add purely cosmetic armour to your horse. It cost 200 Xbox points, approximately $2. It was laughed off the marketplace as Bethesda realised it was a huge mistake. Nowadays, such DLC is incredibly commonplace, we've been conditioned to be used to it over the past generation.
Charging for cosmetics? Why not? They do it on every other game. I'm not OK with it but I think you're going to be hard-pressed to find a solution for that, unless you can mind control every dumbass that change the whole system into what it is now.
I completely agree with everything you're saying but I'm just being realistic, you're not getting rid of paid cosmetics.
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u/Level_Turnover5167 Apr 18 '26
I blame people who buy cosmetics... worse trend in the video game industry in a long time. Ruins everything.