Our Two Cents on Micro-Transactions - DTNS 4733
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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How are game microtransactions infuriating game players and why might we see more of them in the future? Plus Spotify is testing a fourth category of content alongside music, podcasts and books; online courses. And did Microsoft’s Phil Spencer hint about a future handheld Xbox?
Starring Tom Merritt, Trisha Hershberger, Roger Chang, Joe.
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| 1:16.1 | On this episode of DT&S, Spotify gets into online courses, |
| 1:19.8 | Xbox drops all the hints about a handheld. |
| 1:22.2 | And why is everybody so mad about microtransactions? X box drops all the hints about a handheld, |
| 1:22.6 | and why is everybody so mad about microtransactions in games? |
| 1:26.2 | Pay 99 cents to find out. |
| 1:28.7 | Now we'll tell you, we won't change you. This is the Daily Tech News for Monday, March 25, 2024 in Los Angeles. |
| 1:36.0 | I'm Tom Merritt. |
| 1:38.0 | I'm the show's producer, Roger Chang. |
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