DOOM Eternal's Creative Director responds to recent MTX rumors

[IDKFA]

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TL;DR :

• DOOM Eternal will NOT have any microtransactions whatsoever.

• All XP-related unlocks are solely tied to cosmetic-only content.

• DOOM Eternal does NOT have an item shop of any kind.

• EDIT: Hugo has also provided further clarification on what DOOM Eternal's XP boosters are. They "allow you to 'sponsor' up to four other players and passively gain XP based on how well they do. The better the players you sponsor, the more XP you get." - There is ZERO monetary value tied to the XP boosters.

Special thanks to Reddit user "CisSiberianOrchestra" for giving us the information, and to Steam user "lol no" for bringing said information to my attention.

[Ransom]

Messaggio originale di Gameo:

You're gonna have to show me where you extrapolate anything about cost of anything one way or the other from that statement.
Be less pedantic and zealos and more realistic.
He seems to not be answering for certain on purpose, and I have no idea wtf sponsoring players is, but if its what it sounds like guess what... thats paying someone for something, and sitting back collecting xp is certainly a something

capcom did similar with resident evil revelations. there u can chose active players from ur friendlist and u will gain a small amount of xp when they gain xp from playing, nothing more. no costs no mtx...

[Kaizen]

But they said it was new and never done before.
Look all im sayin is you think youre getting a monetization free game in 2020 is quite a stretch

[Ransom]

Messaggio originale di Quadsword:

Messaggio originale di Ransom:

but u know fallout 76 was developed by bethesda game studios right?

Wolfenstein Youngblood wasn't developed by Bethesda Game Studios, either, yet it's full of microtransactions (on top of being a bad game).

and? that doesnt mean that bethesda softworks did this decicion. bethesda softworks is only the publisher and not the developing studio and they just could say something like "we have spend too much money for this project so our calculations expect we cant reach the goal with this price model so u should implement something more or most likely u cant comply the terms of our contract". the developer studio has the last word on this...
so fallout 76 was developed by bethesda game studio and wolfenstein yb by machine games and arkane studios. so what make u think id software would decide to implement mtx? bcs all this other studios dont have the might and the right to decide anything what happen with doom?
this would be like microsoft would dictate apple what or what not to implement in their operating system...

[Ransom]

Messaggio originale di Gameo:

But they said it was new and never done before.
Look all im sayin is you think youre getting a monetization free game in 2020 is quite a stretch

yes its not the same, its only similar. with revelations u can do this only on the residentevil.net webpage through the profile and u only get xp for the profile xp where u can unlock cometics for the page. i never saw similar in a game itself but its interesting. its maybe something where u can see how skilled someone rly is :)

[UnKn0wN]

Messaggio originale di Ransom:

Messaggio originale di Quadsword:

Wolfenstein Youngblood wasn't developed by Bethesda Game Studios, either, yet it's full of microtransactions (on top of being a bad game).

and? that doesnt mean that bethesda softworks did this decicion. bethesda softworks is only the publisher and not the developing studio and they just could say something like "we have spend too much money for this project so our calculations expect we cant reach the goal with this price model so u should implement something more or most likely u cant comply the terms of our contract". the developer studio has the last word on this...
so fallout 76 was developed by bethesda game studio and qolfenstein yb by machine games and arkane studios. so what make u think id software would decide to implement mtx? bcs all this other studios dont have the might and the right to decide anything what happen with doom?

youngblood and rage 2 both different devs both published by bethesda both have mtx.
eternal will have those no matter what hugo says, they have the hub in the game and year one season pass already.
you can buy booster and skins maybe other things later, ask Todd not Hugo lol

[Ransom]

Messaggio originale di UnKn0wN:

Messaggio originale di Ransom:

and? that doesnt mean that bethesda softworks did this decicion. bethesda softworks is only the publisher and not the developing studio and they just could say something like "we have spend too much money for this project so our calculations expect we cant reach the goal with this price model so u should implement something more or most likely u cant comply the terms of our contract". the developer studio has the last word on this...
so fallout 76 was developed by bethesda game studio and qolfenstein yb by machine games and arkane studios. so what make u think id software would decide to implement mtx? bcs all this other studios dont have the might and the right to decide anything what happen with doom?

youngblood and rage 2 both different devs both published by bethesda both have mtx.
eternal will have those no matter what hugo says, they have the hub in the game and year one season pass already.
you can buy booster and skins maybe other things later, ask Todd not Hugo lol

but u know todd howard is only the game director of bethesda game studio right? he have nothing to do with doom or id software.
also that youngblood and rage 2 have mtx doesnt need to be decided by bethesda softworks. in fact this is a decicion what the developer studio is doing and nobody else.
to say doom will have mtx bcs rage2 and yb also have mtx and they all are made by different developers is like to say google, general motors and tesla will have self driving cars on the moon bcs of all of them are researching for AI controlled cars and elon musk also have a space cargo system...

[Salamand3r-]

Messaggio originale di Ransom:

Messaggio originale di UnKn0wN:

youngblood and rage 2 both different devs both published by bethesda both have mtx.
eternal will have those no matter what hugo says, they have the hub in the game and year one season pass already.
you can buy booster and skins maybe other things later, ask Todd not Hugo lol

but u know todd howard is only the game director of bethesda game studio right? he have nothing to do with doom or id software.
also that youngblood and rage 2 have mtx doesnt need to be decided by bethesda softworks. in fact this is a decicion what the developer studio is doing and nobody else.
to say doom will have mtx bcs rage2 and yb also have mtx and they all are made by different developers is like to say google, general motors and tesla will have self driving cars on the moon bcs of all of them are researching for AI controlled cars and elon mask also have a space cargo system...

Aye, Pete Hines, not Godd Howard is the one to ask.

That said, people like to talk about the MTX in Youngblood but those are literally cosmetic only, and if you spend a dime on a skin in a game, that's really your one problem.

[Alabeo]

Hugo, if you read this, I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love ya for doing this. Just like CD Projekt RED.

Not only that but you seem to understand what fans want. Cheers to ID for Eternity.

[Bastila Shan]

Didnt other companies say they wouldnt have microtransactions and they just outright lied?

Activision did it right? This is why i never trust any game devs.

[Kaizen]

As a rule never take ANY form of PR yip yap at face value.
Ever

[tyl0413]

Messaggio originale di Hoboslayer:

Didnt other companies say they wouldnt have microtransactions and they just outright lied?

Activision did it right? This is why i never trust any game devs.

I trust id tho

[Reality Master]

Messaggio originale di Hoboslayer:

Didnt other companies say they wouldnt have microtransactions and they just outright lied?

Activision did it right? This is why i never trust any game devs.

Yes, indeed. Activision did it with Crash Team Racing. Beenox didn't want to include any mtx in the game, yet Activision made them do it. Some people here saying that Bethesda has no say in this department are just wrong.

[Stormlord]

When you look at a PR rep who says "We won't do X" then think: What is the penalty for him or the company if they do "X" despite promises?
Loss of face? Gamers, whales specifically, have shorter memory than goldfish and are easily distracted by shiny things.
Loss of credibility? See above.
Loss of profit? Likely the exact opposite.
So what do you think: Should you trust a PR rep, ANY PR rep, be it from ID, from Activision, from Bethesda, or even CD Projekt Red?

I'd say no. Trust the final product, not words describing it to you.

[Coldhands]

^Then everybody swearing up and down that Doom Eternal will have microtransactions needs to STFU until the game comes out.

[Stormlord]

Messaggio originale di Coldhands:

^Then everybody swearing up and down that Doom Eternal will have microtransactions needs to STFU until the game comes out.

Exactly