People just automatically assuming we'll get a MT filled F1 2K22 are getting way ahead of themselves.
Considering that the F1 games are already 80% of the way there in terms of implementation of micro-transactions, and as has been pointed out and shown that FOM, and Liberty Media as owners, don't give a **** about where the money comes from, as long as its green and the money comes on time, why *wouldn't* people consider this viewpoint the logical end game?
It should be noted what happened to various 2K sports franchises in the past decade once Take Two took total control:
NBA 2K: Once 2K was established as the definitive basketball game (admittedly, it is still a well designed and very good game of basketball, and it benefited from legendarily bad outings from EA with NBA Live/Elite before going away) that's when they began to hammer down the micro-transactions to the point where they have it now.
WWE 2K: Admittedly, WWE games have been tire fires for years even before 2K bought into it, and Yukes has been universally reviled as a wrestling game developer for literal decades by this point, but once T2 took total control of the series, the micro-transactions were shoved hard into the game and the ability to create (a pretty big point of pride for most wrestling games) was neutered, and the legendarily laissez-faire attitude towards gameplay and especially bugs was ignored to the point where the last game was literally canned because it was in such an unplayable state that 2K had egg on their face.
PGA 2K: Admittedly, this one is early, considering that 2K only just bought into the game. But it's certainly coming. PGA 2K21 is really an anomaly when it comes to having no micro transactions considering it's still ultimate another The Golf Club game at it's heart, except with more and better branding, but it's pretty much a guarantee that will change in the next few years as 2K takes more control.
And in all these situations, none of the rights holders has really given a **** about how their licenses have been wrapped up in predatory micro-transaction practices. The NBA certainly hasn't, the PGA certainly won't care, and the WWE has historically never cared about the quality of their games going on decades by this point, but the past few years under 2K's stewardship of Yukes has been especially galling. To say that people are 'way ahead of themselves' for pointing out the obvious (and what has historically happened in the past few years since Take Two has especially cornered the sports market) is kind of snitching on yourself, no?
