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> The oldest I can think of something like microtransactions was Bethesda DLC for Oblivion, the horse armor being the most egregious bit. I doubt they took much inspiration from it.
That's one of the earliest ones that's known about certainly.
> If you had shown a gamer in 2006 what kind of things are sold in games today they'd laugh at how absurd it is.
People got mad about horse armour but they still bought it. At this point it's clear we can't rely on the average human to vote with their wallet and need actual legal changes. That or actually found a gamer terrorist group and threaten them into stopping.