microtransaction

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17:54 Jan 24, 2020
English to Catalan translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
Additional field(s): Computers: Software, Computers (general)
English term or phrase: microtransaction
Definition from pixelkin:
an online financial transaction that involves a small amount of money (less than $12). Many games, especially mobile or casual games, involve microtransactions. Sometimes microtransactions can add up and cause financial problems.

Example sentence(s):
  • Microtransactions can be beneficial to the consumer in that they allow 'free to play' games such as the multitude of mobile games available and the most popular game on the planet - League of Legends - to be financially viable. tremr
  • This lead to a lot of community outrage as people didn’t want or like microtransactions in the video game. Medium
  • When you look at it in this light you can really see why Games As Service have taken off in recent years, and why the industry puts so much emphasis on microtransactions, whether those are skins in Fortnite (a game the NPD doesn't even track) reticles in Black Ops 4 or Gold Bars in Red Dead Online. Forbes
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microtransacció


Definition from Viquipèdia:
Una microtransacció és un model de negoci on els usuaris poden comprar objectes virtuals mitjançant micropagaments. Aquest model s'utilitza en els jocs free-to-play perquè els desenvolupadors tinguin guanys amb el producte. Aquest model de negoci es troba en les aplicacions de mòbils però igualment es dóna en jocs d'ordinador en plataformes com Steam, de Valve Corporation.

Example sentence(s):
  • No costa ni un cèntim, tot i que hi ha algunes microtransaccions que hi estan contemplades per tal d'aconseguir millores de determinats aspectes de les partides. - Catalunya Diari  
  • ’any en què s’ha discutit que els videojocs amb història i els d’un jugador estan de capa caiguda i que la tendència són els videojocs online amb microtransaccions i caixes de loot (amb armes, personalitzacions o habilitats amb diferents categories). - El tecnològic  
  • D’aquesta manera, s’incita al jugador a comprar amb diners reals aquests continguts addicionals a través de microtransaccions, fet que ha fet saltar les alarmes en diversos àmbits. - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya  
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