H1Z1 Splits into two games today, both valued at 19.99 USD on Steam. This marks the first time that a game has introduced micro transactions and doubled in price before Alpha concludes.

For those of you that don't know, H1Z1 is a MMO survival game comparable to DayZ. H1Z1 includes a side game mode called Battle Royale, where more than 100 players fight until only one remains.

Within the past couple of months, the devs at Daybreak Games announced that H1Z1 would split into two games. H1Z1: Just Survive, and H1Z1: King of the Hill. The original version of H1Z1 cost 19.99 on Steam, and with this update each installment will cost 19.99.

Daybreak also introduced in-game purchases similar to Counter Strike: Global Offensive a number of months back. Players can buy "Daybreak Points", a non-transferable internet currency that can be used to purchase keys to open crates dropped in game. The items received in the crates cannot be sold on the Steam Community market, but do remain in your steam inventory. Daybreak announced that players will only be able to use their skins in the version of the game that they acquired them in.

All of these changes have taken place while the game is still in Alpha. There are outstanding game breaking bugs and heavy optimization that has yet to be performed. Daybreak has announced that the release of two separate games means that there will be two dev teams working on their version of the game, but the community is skeptical.

I just wanted to put this out there, regardless of the response it might provoke. I personally feel like this is getting out of control, and it's companies like Daybreak Games that are taking advantage of their customers.

by Even-Stephen http://ift.tt/1RNpn4d