Battleborn Now has Microtransactions

<p>A few months ago&comma; Gearbox talked about bringing microtransactions into <em>Battleborn<&sol;em> and as of June 16 it has through an update for the game&period; The premium currency is called Platinum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As of right now&comma; Platinum can buy you skins and taunts for the game&period; However&comma; Gearbox is thinking about further down the line using the currency to let gamers purchase bank spaces&comma; loadouts&comma; boosting XP and credit in ways that &&num;8220&semi;do not affect actual game play&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is apparently to keep the game from becoming pay-to-win as many games have become with microtransactions&period; However you will have to to purchase the currency as &&num;8216&semi;Platinum Packs&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here&&num;8217&semi;s the exchange rate&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>&dollar;1&period;99 for 230 Platinum<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&dollar;4&period;99 for 700 Platinum<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&dollar;9&period;99 for 1625 Platinum<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&dollar;19&period;99 for 3500 Platinum<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&dollar;49&period;99 for 9300 Platinum<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>Taunts will be a whole 230 Platinum while a new skin will be 430&period; So of course most times you will probably have just a little left over&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s how they get you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gearbox included a message at the end of the update that is something you shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t overlook&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;<em>And remember&colon; as we’ve said all along&comma; we’re stuffing Battleborn with lots of free content across the board – five new&comma; free heroes&comma; competitive multiplayer maps&comma; modes&comma; and updates&period; Keep an eye out over the next several months as we have lots more content coming down the pipeline for those who own Battleborn&period;<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pcgamer&period;com&sol;battleborn-is-getting-microtransactions-this-week&sol;">PC Gamer<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;