Wargaming siger undskyld efter anklager om for aggressiv monetarisering i World of Warships

For nylig kunne vi dele en række klager fra de mest prominente World of Warships-spillere, at direkte forbrugeraggressive beslutninger fra udvikleren Wargaming havde resulteret i at mange havde valgt at droppe spillet helt.

Det var særligt måden hvorpå udvikleren tilføjede nye mikrotransaktioner, og tillod potentielle pay-to-win scenarier. Nu svarer Wargaming dog igen, og siger nu også undskyld. I et blogindlæg starter de ud med at sige følgende:

"Lately a lot of you have been upset with various incidents, our decisions, as well as a general state of things in the game and community. Before we continue, we want to apologize to all of you, players, content creators, moderators, testers, and other volunteers, to those who support us and those disappointed with us. Everything that happens within the game and the community is our responsibility, and we are sorry that we let the situation come to its current state."

Og de skrider også til handling. De fjerner ikke Loot Boxes i spillet, men lover eksempelvis, at alle de skibe der fås via disse, kan optjenes ved bare at spille.

"As a business, we always follow laws and comply with new regulations as they appear. Therefore, our position on containers and random bundles is always consistent with governments' decisions on this matter and will keep being so. In some cases, we will even try to work ahead of industry practices. We are aware that there are slowly progressing trends to regulate the digital space more and more, to catch up with technical solutions and business models built on them. With that in mind, we appreciate your feedback and commit to the following: from now on for all new ships, if they are distributed via Containers or Random Bundles, there will be an alternative way to obtain them. Methods may vary and may include timegating (i.e. early access or time delayed offers), direct purchases, completing in-game activities, etc."