Eidos Montreal, the developer best known for the Deus Ex reboot, is hiring for a monetization specialist at the studio. This might not be too much of a cause for concern among gamers, except for the fact that Eidos is also currently partnered with Marvel Entertainment to work on an Avengers series.

The job posting includes tasks that are sure to give gamers pause, including managing and improving in-game stores. This position would also handle tasks like setting up sponsoring mechanics and creating customer loyalty efforts. So not everything about the job is focused on making money, but rather giving players information about the game(s) and ways to invest in its systems.

Essentially, this new hire would be in charge of ensuring that the monetization of Eidos Montreal’s games meets a certain standard, both for the studio and the player. Considering this, it’s safe to assume that Eidos Montreal is working on some form of online experience, but it is unclear if this is for the recently announced Avengers game, or something different.

The position's duties include:

  • Manage and improve the in-game stores in terms of content, experience and pricing strategy.
  • Create and manage promotion and A/B testing campaigns inside and across Eidos Montreal titles.
  • Set-up sponsoring mechanics, coupons, rebate, deal, cross-selling and up-selling offers.
  • Create customer loyalty efforts, newsletters and customer segmentations.
  • Define, follow, analyze and improve on the business KPIs and provide reporting on an on-going basis.

Before gamers start gathering their pitchforks, it’s important to point out that this is just a job posting and we know very little about Eidos Montreal’s next project. There is the Avengers series that Eidos partnered with Marvel on, but there is no guarantee that this job will apply to that, or more importantly that those games will have monetization like microtransactions, loot boxes, etc.

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Eidos also helps out on the Tomb Raider series, which had expedition card microtransactions in its latest entry. It’s possible that this is what the monetization specialist will be in charge of.

With the discussion around monetization of games and microtransactions evolving almost every week, it’s easy to see why gamers might be concerned about a studio hiring a monetization specialist. On its face, the job title implies that a developer is looking into ways to make money of a game beyond the basic price tag.

Gamers want value out of a game at $60 (or a lower price point) and then if there are microtransactions they are typically considered on a case-by-case basis. But for now it’s best to be wary of Eidos and its Avengers game, and perhaps the developer will ensure it avoids making the same mistakes as games like Battlefront 2 and Shadow of War.

Source: Eidos (Via Resetera)