US kids are indoctrinated into a capitalist system and don’t know of any better. Fixed it for ya.
Buy games not live service scams. Subscriptions, micro transactions, loot boxes and season passes should be illegal.
The more you buy of those the less and less incentive for the big corporations to ever put out a regular game.
Games are a product not a service. Fuck your rent seeking behaviour.
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Subscriptions, microtransactions, etc do seem like training behavior to mold the ideal consumer by gradually removing the initial price shopping and value assessment shopper might have.
I’m amazed by some the monthly bills people run up.
Ok, but keep in mind: Kids are also fucking stupid and sometimes want things that are harmful to them.
Besides, they want the games or the things you can buy in the game. They don’t actually give two shits about the subscription or currencies. They just need those to get the thing they do want. If they could get them for free, they would; same as any other person.
This entire business model should cease to exist.
Games make you value arbitrary nonsense. That is what makes them games. Directly monetizing that is wildly unethical.
If it is possible for someone to spend a thousand dollars on a single video game, and not even have all possible things in that game, that’s a fucking scam.
The game industry is acting like children gambling is a novel concept. What hurts one of us hurts us all.
Children aren’t what make this a problem.
Agreed
I’m not feeling too good about that one.
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/kidsarefuckingstupid
I mean… OK? There’s nothing wrong with just wanting stuff in a game you’ve played for a while and plan on sticking with. Even as an adult with adult money, I still occasionally buy things like skins in games. Because ultimately I’m not always looking for a new game to play. I like the ones I already play. Nothing wrong with throwing $20 at a game I’ve played for years and would easily play for just as long going forward.
lies
Yeah sure they do.
