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Edit: Never mind, after a re-read it looks like this has nothing to do with the PC version... for now. Who said it was okay? I for one am disgusted with it. I'
by jasonkostempski 10y ago
Edit: Never mind, after a re-read it looks like this has nothing to do with the PC version... for now.
Who said it was okay? I for one am disgusted with it. I'm sure they'll catch my kids eye with some lame skin or map and I'll have to have yet another argument with him about how it's absolutely insane to buy virtual clothes in exchange for real money. He's already done it, and I've caved, several time with the XBox version. He moved to PC about a year ago so it hasn't been an issue. I knew MS was going to turn this great game into a shit hole as fast as they could. This game will eventually be completely centralized.
- zepolen 10y agoThat sounds like bad parenting. Kid wants skin? Fine, make them understand the value of it and work for it though. Teach them that buying an overpriced skin will cost them eg. 10 hours of actual work - like chores.
- bitJericho 10y agoMy kid didn't understand until the vurtual items he bought with his hard earned money, about 80usd, vanished when the company shut down. It was a brilliant educational moment. Alas Minecraft is probably good for another decade!
- zepolen 10y agoYeah your kid probably wouldn't have felt the 'blow' if he didn't work for that money. The problem isn't virtual items, everyone pays money for non material experiences/services - and on a long enough timescale even material things wear down/break. The important thing to teach a kid is if the value they derive from buy a skin eg. and whatever it brings to them (happiness, bragging rights) is more important that opportunity cost of paying for that. If the cost is always zero (daddy pays) - then the kid will not stop to think about it ever. Something about telling a kid that the iron is hot vs the kid needing to burn himself to learn.