microtransaction

Japanese translation: マイクロトランザクション or アイテム課金

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17:56 Jan 24, 2020
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Tech/Engineering - Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
Additional field(s): Computers: Software, Computers (general)
English term or phrase: microtransaction
Definition from pixelkin:
an online financial transaction that involves a small amount of money (less than $12). Many games, especially mobile or casual games, involve microtransactions. Sometimes microtransactions can add up and cause financial problems.

Example sentence(s):
  • Microtransactions can be beneficial to the consumer in that they allow 'free to play' games such as the multitude of mobile games available and the most popular game on the planet - League of Legends - to be financially viable. tremr
  • This lead to a lot of community outrage as people didn’t want or like microtransactions in the video game. Medium
  • When you look at it in this light you can really see why Games As Service have taken off in recent years, and why the industry puts so much emphasis on microtransactions, whether those are skins in Fortnite (a game the NPD doesn't even track) reticles in Black Ops 4 or Gold Bars in Red Dead Online. Forbes
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Japanese translation:マイクロトランザクション or アイテム課金
Definition:
アイテム課金(アイテムかきん)とは、コンピュータゲーム内で利用できるアイテム(追加コンテンツ)を課金してユーザーに販売するビジネスモデル。
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5 +2マイクロトランザクション or アイテム課金
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マイクロトランザクション or アイテム課金


Definition from Wikipedia:
アイテム課金(アイテムかきん)とは、コンピュータゲーム内で利用できるアイテム(追加コンテンツ)を課金してユーザーに販売するビジネスモデル。

Example sentence(s):
  • 2017年10月の発売以降、『シャドウ・オブ・ウォー』はメディアからはけっして低くない評価を受けていたものの、マイクロトランザクション【※】とそれに伴うゲームプレイによってユーザーレビューは大荒れ。 - 電ファミニコゲーマー  
  • マイクロトランザクション[Microtransaction]とは、オンラインサービス内の仮想製品を少額で購入できるシステム、およびそのビジネスモデル、マネタイズモデルの総称である。略称として「MTX」が用いられることもある。 - ニコニコ大百科  
  • アイテム課金とは、オンラインゲームやソーシャルゲームで有料で配信されているダウンロードコンテンツなどを購入するシステム - ピクシブ百科事典  
Minoru Kuwahara
Japan
Local time: 02:48
Native speaker of: Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4

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  -> Thanks, Koski san. -

Yes  Katsunori Higuchi: Nice research
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