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it's probably pretty safe to say that most of us have experienced purchasing

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an anticipated game shortly after its release and then hunkering down to catch

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up on some serious play time just to be blown to bits by our friends who

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mastered the game weeks earlier have grown bored of it and only hopped on to

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punish us for fun well in the old 8bit

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days that would be the end of the story since whatever came with the box was

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what we were eternally left with but today thanks to the sweet weed internet

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and downloadable content Publishers can continue to Breathe new life into

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previously released products much to the Delight or sometimes dismay of their

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fans DLC content such as storyline

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extensions extra character packs equipment upgrades and skins usually

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range in price from nothing given freely in the form of things like basic Map

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Quest or item expansions to $20 or

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higher for expansive storyline content or bundles of other DLC commonly called

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season passes might not seem like much

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but when added up the sales from aftermarket content have actually

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created a multi-billion dollar industry with

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individual companies like EA reporting profits reaching 921 million in the last

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year alone outstripping all other

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digital Revenue assets including doubling their numbers for full game

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downloads wow wow so many DLC

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transactions for things like the aforementioned stat boosts or in-game

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accessories are usually cheap and don't necessarily expand a gamer's overall

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experience as much as provide them with an in-game virtual value so they've

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lovingly come to be known as microtransactions by The Gaming

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Community but while many bulk at their mere mention they can provide Gamers

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with several potential benefits for instance some games allow players to

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circumvent the hours or even weeks sometimes needed to hit certain

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benchmarks and Level Up characters so they may unlock Stables of Munitions

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Vehicles Etc by paying a nominal fee to obtain temporary experience boosts or

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unlock upgraded gear allowing somewhat more casual gamers to have at least

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something resembling a chance against even the most Hyper Elite and time

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Thrifty of their Frenemies there are also many decent free-to-play games and

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apps which depend solely on income from microtransactions to support or expand

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their titles usually by offering players level advantages in the form of

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exclusive items extra turns or even just exchanging real cash for good

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oldfashioned in-game tokens that the player can spend to their liking but

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that is not to imply that detractors

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don't have anything worth getting upset about as there are lots of valid

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concerns regarding the current trends in DLC and

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microtransactions like those who believe that downloadable content is simply a

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way to peace meal out what should have been a single complete experience or

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that microtransactions are really meant to trick players into doing out more

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Moola than a title is actually Worth or or that paying to get ahead should just

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be considered another form of cheating I mean is it really any different than

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buying a Diablo 1 trainer but arguing

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over the merits of DLC and microtransactions is kind of a moot

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point now I mean if Candy Crush Saga is still making nearly a million dollars a

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day then the microtransaction model will probably be with us for some time so

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what can we do about our situation now

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spend wisely in the end I think most of

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us would agree that the most important thing is to receive a decent value

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whether we pay upfront or incrementally over time and be able to rest

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comfortably knowing that we weren't ripped off as long as we can still

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dominate all of our friends and family of course so be cognizant of the amount

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that you're spending on a game and when it feels like too much the only thing I

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can say is beyond not pre-ordering games

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don't buy the DLC if it's not worth it

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speaking of buying things that are worth it fresh books actually it's a free

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trial so you can try that out in the link in the video description but basically it's an online tool for small

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businesses that makes invoicing getting paid and tracking your hours and

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expenses easier all the little details about cash flow are in one place and it

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shows a full history of each invoice allowing you to check if your client has

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viewed the invoice and even accept payment through the freshbook system so

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there's no excuses you can update the freshbooks time sheet from your phone

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from anywhere and they just launched their deposits feature which will allow

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you to create a new invoice and request a deposit for it at the bottom of that

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invoice which is great for like if you do major projects like house painting

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for example yeah baby you just enter the percentage of your invoice you'd like

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paid up front and bippity boppity done

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once the deposits paid the status changes to deposit paid and the client

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will be able to begin making payments against the remaining invoice balance

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cool freaking stuff so head over to freshbooks.com

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tequi and try it out today it is

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definitely worth your time if you run a small business oh and don't forget to

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