You've probably seen the ads on YouTube that proudly declare Marvel Snap was designed to be a game in which you couldn't buy your way to winning. The game's latest controversy puts the lie to that advertising. A powerful new card, Kid Omega, isn't attainable without spending money.
Kid Omega requires 50,000 Volts (in-game currency) a number impossible to hit without either serious spending or serious grinding. Second Dinner said there would be Twitch Drops to help with said grind, but then they didn't go live as planned.
Popular Snap YouTuber Regis Killbin said he spent $100 to unlock it. If somebody who plays the game for a living had to reach for the credit card, it stands to reason that anybody with a regular job would need to do the same. Second Dinner's statement in response to the ongoing controversy stoked the flames instead of quelling them. Here it is in its entirety:
"We want to thank everyone for providing your honest feedback about High Voltage: Overdrive and its rewards–specifically Kid Omega.
The intent behind Kid Omega’s pricing was to offer players a significant discount off the price of a Series 5 card using Volts. We set a precedent in previous Limited Time Game Modes and we didn’t clearly set new expectations which caused frustration. Moving forward, we’ll set better expectations for event rewards, including when cards like Kid Omega will be added to the Series Pack pool, which will be next month. Our aim is for all new LTGM card rewards to hit their respective pools around 30 days after its debut.
We’ll continue to iterate when it comes to how LTGMs play and also how we structure their rewards. Our goal for all of these modes is to have something that players want to earn, regardless of their level of spend. Some events will be more focused on free-to-play rewards while others may include other rewards that provide more purchase value.
For the remainder of this edition of High Voltage: Overdrive, we’ll be sending a one-time delivery of 2500 Volts to players’ Inboxes due to some impactful bugs dampening Volts and XP acquisition. It was also pointed out that it is cheaper to directly supplement Volts for Gold, as opposed to the more expensive Mission refresh. That was unintended, and we’ll look at fixing that in the future.
To lead off improving our communications around events ahead of time we’ll be sharing details about next week’s Sanctum Showdown very soon."
In the eyes of an angry Snap community, that wasn't nearly enough. Many players believed this situation was handled so poorly that Kid Omega should be given out for free, or at a significant discount.