You consider DLC a microtransaction?
Edit: Maybe Iām just too old, but I thought microtransactions were something you get prompted to purchase while playing the game. Is that no longer the case?
Microtransactions are āsmallā purchases made in a game (or via some kind of store that allows you to buy stuff to be used inside of a game).
DLC is any additional downloadable content that is not included with the game (so something like a day 1 patch wouldnāt be considered DLC, Iād say).
All microtransations are DLC, but not all DLC are microtransactions, generally (before someone comes along with some kind of physical microtransaction or something I guess)
I personally just view microtransations as anything that isnāt āplayable contentā. So buying a mount from an in-game store would be a microtransaction, while buying an expansion wouldnāt be. Map packs kind of blur the line in this instance, because one could argue that theyāre essentially āworld cosmeticsā, but its a hard and fast rule and not something Iād try to enforce as a law, ya know?
Itās clear that there are multiple different definitions that people have for āmicrotransactionsā. I think itās safe to assume that larian has a definition similar to mine. No time in the game that Iāve noticed did I get prompted to buy the DLC. In fact, I didnāt buy it; it seems early access people got it for free.
