I'll be honest I despise things like lootboxes, season passes, microtransactions etc.
I can understand that nonsense in F2P games, they have to make money somehow but when a new PS4 game is £45 and day one it has a season pass for another £20 to me that is basically a scam. They obviously cut things from the game to charge people more for it.
as for lootboxes, well regardless of how you spin it, that is gambling and should be imo heavily restricted or ideally banned.When it comes to microtransactions, I loathe them and I find the name insulting. when some are £10-£30-£50-£80 there is nothing 'micro' about them.
as for "time savers", that holds no water with me. if you don't have time to play the game then don't buy it. and you know, we can save the game so what's the rush? even if it takes you a year to finish a game, who cares as long as you enjoyed it? Only a fool would drop £45+ on a game and then pay extra NOT to play it. lol
I have no problems with a game having expansions down the line, that's how they used to do it and that's fine as you get a decent amount of content for your money.So yeah, I dislike all that nonsense, it's greedy and quite a despicable business practice.