{"id":1190760,"date":"2023-10-10T16:09:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T20:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1190760"},"modified":"2023-10-10T16:09:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T20:09:51","slug":"rocket-league-will-remove-player-to-player-item-trades-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1190760","title":{"rendered":"Rocket League will remove player-to-player item trades in December"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rocket League<\/em>\u2019s player-to-player trading is going away. Developer Psyonix announced Tuesday that peer transactions will be removed from the title on December 5 at 4PM PST. The beloved feature added a game-outside-the-game element as players sought trade partners, often using third-party websites to find suitable swaps. Psyonix says it will consider those sites \u201cfraudulent\u201d moving forward.<\/p>\n

Psyonix wrote that the decision was based on parent company Epic Games\u2019 cosmetics policies<\/a>, which ban sales and only allow in-game trades. \u201cWe\u2019re making this change to align with Epic\u2019s overall approach to game cosmetics and item shop policies, where items aren\u2019t tradable, transferrable, or sellable,\u201d the announcement blog post<\/a> reads. However, Psyonix hints at the game\u2019s automobiles appearing in other titles. \u201cThis opens up future plans for some Rocket League<\/em> vehicles to come to other Epic games over time, supporting cross-game ownership.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The fan response on social media was swift and fierce. \u201cThey really want this game to die, huh,\u201d wrote<\/a> u\/DshadoW10 on Reddit. \u201cThis is absolute bs,\u201d added u\/MuskratAtWork. \u201cStill z e r o communication or care for the community at all. Just a cash grab at this point. All [they] care about is selling product and items and no care at all for the health of gameplay or the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Users on X (formerly Twitter) weren\u2019t exactly thrilled either:<\/p>\n

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i thank god every day that I’m at least not this brain dead<\/p>\n

\u2014 \u064b (@Volterohh) October 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

Psyonix removed loot boxes<\/a> from Rocket League<\/em> in 2019 after many of gaming\u2019s most prominent companies agreed to disclose the odds<\/a> of receiving rare items. The (not quite) loot boxes returned later that year<\/a> with a more transparent design. At the time, Psyonix and Epic said items from post-game drops were still tradable<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Epic Games, which bought Psyonix<\/a> in 2019, recently laid off 16 percent of its workforce<\/a>. \u201cThis was a survival move that was necessary,\u201d CEO Tim Sweeney said of the company\u2019s \u201cfinancial problems,\u201d which began over the summer. In response, the Fortnite<\/em> creator tweaked pricing for Unreal Engine<\/a> for non-gaming uses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/rocket-league-will-remove-player-to-player-item-trades-in-december-200951688.html?src=rss
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\nSource: Engadget – Rocket League will remove player-to-player item trades in December<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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