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17:56 Jan 24, 2020
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
Additional field(s): Computers: Software, Computers (general)
English term or phrase: microtransaction
Definition from pixelkin:
an online financial transaction that involves a small amount of money (less than $12). Many games, especially mobile or casual games, involve microtransactions. Sometimes microtransactions can add up and cause financial problems.

Example sentence(s):
  • Microtransactions can be beneficial to the consumer in that they allow 'free to play' games such as the multitude of mobile games available and the most popular game on the planet - League of Legends - to be financially viable. tremr
  • This lead to a lot of community outrage as people didn’t want or like microtransactions in the video game. Medium
  • When you look at it in this light you can really see why Games As Service have taken off in recent years, and why the industry puts so much emphasis on microtransactions, whether those are skins in Fortnite (a game the NPD doesn't even track) reticles in Black Ops 4 or Gold Bars in Red Dead Online. Forbes
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5 +1微交易;小额氪金
Wanglin (Maelys) Lin
4 +1小额交易
Soh Nee Tey
4微型额度转账
Bo Liu


  

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微型额度转账


Definition from own experience or research:
微型额度转账是指额度非常小的转账。

Example sentence(s):
  • 这带来了很多问题,因为用户并不喜欢视频游戏里面的微型额度转账。 - Example sentences  
Bo Liu
Canada
Local time: 23:27
Native speaker of: Chinese
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小额交易


Definition from 中国网络游戏服务网:
小额交易是指金额小的游戏内交易。

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Soh Nee Tey
Local time: 14:27
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish

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Yes  Kefeng Zhou
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微交易;小额氪金


Definition from 百度百科:
微交易专指非常小额的交易;但是之所以称之为微交易,特点在于并未突出交易额度小,而是突出交易批量大,颇有点薄利多销的意味,甚至微交易代表着巨额的利润的一种获取方式。

Example sentence(s):
  • 知道现在,单机游戏内微交易的话题仍然比较敏感,单机游戏开发商们在此问题上也比较慎重,虽然单机游戏内普遍存在饰品等充值交易系统,但是他们也不敢轻易逾越雷池一步,至少目前这个敏感的时期暂时不会迈出这一步,就连EA也承诺,不会在自己最新的《战地5》游戏中不会加入类似的“开箱”微交易模式,玩家们和游戏开发商暂时保持着一种默契的平衡,至于这个平衡什么时候会打破,由谁来打破?这就不是当下可以预见的问题了。 - 百度百家号  

Explanation:
这本来不是游戏专用语,用在游戏里,我觉得可以使用“小额氪金”、“微氪金“这样的游戏专用语,可以清楚地表明这种行为是发生在游戏中的。
Wanglin (Maelys) Lin
China
Local time: 14:27
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

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Yes  Ruidong Chen: This word "氪金" is created recent years, used especially in in-game purchase.
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