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Unless you're straight-up stealing, you have to persuade people to hand over their money. The way you do that is by convincing them that what they're getting in
by Meekro 9y ago
Unless you're straight-up stealing, you have to persuade people to hand over their money. The way you do that is by convincing them that what they're getting in return is valuable.
Unfortunately people tend make value assessments that I think are horrible, and that causes entire industries to pivot in ways I don't like. For example, I love Nintendo's $60 games that come with plenty of content and no microtransactions. I don't like "free" smartphone games that do the opposite.
However, huge numbers of people have determined that getting nickel-and-dimed with thousands of dollars in microtransactions is something that adds value to their lives. I certainly don't think I have any right to object to their conclusion, except in the way that I'm already objecting: by refusing to spend any money on microtransactions. It just stings a little that I'm quickly finding myself in the minority.
It sounds like you're going through something similar with respect to the cryptocurrency market.
- andrepd 9y agoI'm quite sure people that don't spend thousands of dollars (or even a penny) on microtransactions aren't the minority.
- tbrake 9y agoIndeed the non spender is in the majority. "Whales" - the term for those spending thousands - although few in numbers, are the ones accounting for most of the profit. https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-whales-of-microtransactions-and-the-elephant-in-the-room https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-whales-of-microtrans...
- derblitzmann 9y agoYeah, it is "whales" that support those games. The business model is to attract and retain people who pour money into the game for whatever reason.
- FiveDegrees 9y agoYour comment reminds me of the first half of this essay on Slate Star Codex, up to the comment about Las Vegas: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/