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SPLITTING THE ATOMS

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This being a major game release in 2018, naturally there’s a tale of microtrans­action controvers­y to tell. Its guise in Fallout 76 is Atoms, a currency earned by completing quests and in-game achievemen­ts and also by spending real-world money. There’s nothing freshly scandalous about that model, except that the Atom price for modest items such as laminate flooring or player outfits is surprising­ly high. For the former, a payment of £3.99 ($4.99) in order to purchase 500 Atoms is required (400 of which are then spent on flooring), while an 800Atom player costume required a £7.99 ($9.99) transactio­n to buy 1100 coins. There’s more than a whiff of cynicism to the item Atom prices and the increments by which Atom packs increase, and the community has already noted this, and reacted in kind.

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