Payday 2 developer defends microtransactions

Payday 2 developer Overkill recently came under fire from fans after adding paid microtransactions. Producer Almir Listo has since defended the move saying that Overkill needs additional money to keep the game going.

In a Reddit AMA with fans, Listo explained that the game didn’t sell as well as hoped and they "had to think of other ways to make sure we can continue creating content in the pace we want in order to keep PayDay 2 fresh and exciting."

Overkill partnered up with 505 Games and, as part of the deal, agreed to produce a certain amount of content until 2017. Listo added that the team wants to create more content than initially agreed upon.

Microtransactions aren’t a new revelation, but Overkill previously said that they would never be added the game, going so far as to say "Shame on you" for even suggesting such a thing might occur.

Listo addressed this change of heart, explaining that times had changed. Rather than immediately setting about working on Payday 3, he wrote, they kept working on Payday 2 and microtransactions are a way of ensuring "the future survival of the game."

Payday 2’s microtransactions, after two years of paid-for and free content, are here to stay.