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Booga1 [soylentnews.org] writes:

Eurogamer reports: A month after launch, Assassin's Creed Valhalla starts selling XP boosts [eurogamer.net]

Assassin's Creed Valhalla launched in November with a shop selling cosmetic extras for real money, but to the surprise of many, the XP boost packs sold in Assassin's Creed Odyssey were conspicuously absent. Not to worry, everyone: the controversial microtransactions have now arrived.

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The XP boost was controversial in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, not only because players felt microtransactions didn't belong in a full-price single-player title, but due to Odyssey's slow levelling process and level gates. This led some fans to claim the grind was there to deliberately encourage players to buy boost packs.

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Of course, given this microtransaction was available in Odyssey at launch, players have noted [reddit.com] it seems a little dubious that Ubisoft waited a month after release and reviews to introduce the packs to Valhalla.

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