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> genuine mission beyond profit This may not be entirely clear to you yet, but most (there are exceptions) of the f2p and "social gaming" online games (regardl
by Mithaldu 11y ago
> genuine mission beyond profit
This may not be entirely clear to you yet, but most (there are exceptions) of the f2p and "social gaming" online games (regardless of whether they're in a browser, mobile phone, or sometimes even on the desktop) do not by design have any mission whatsoever other than profit. The opposite, they are designed to abuse "bugs" of the human psyche (read up on sunk cost fallacy among others) to maximize profits while staying just barely legal.
Zynga and others, quite frankly, are some of the first companies i'd love see crushed by class action lawsuits. I'm sure they've ruined lives with the product they knowingly produce to be as addictive as possible.
- andrewingram 11y agoI'd have thought my comment indicated all this was entirely clear to me, but no matter. Sometimes i've deliberately played these games to try and find the point at which you absolutely cannot realistically expect to progress without spending ridiculous money. If Zynga has a vision of a future of games being social, they have to stop being inherently anti-social.