You're ignoring the core bit about how it is a part of another product that you are purchasing individually instead of the full product. I don't understand this take; nobody has this line of thinking when ordering a la carte anywhere else. Why is it so prevalent in this instance? Nobody says I'd...
I don't see the logic in calling the a la carte purchases microtransactions. I understand that at the simplest of terms it is a small transaction and thus micro, sure, but they don't operate how microtransactions work at all. That's like saying buying a pack of gum vs buying a stick of gum is a...