Yep. And this is why I play emulated and pirated games. These older games don't use loot boxes, DLC, or the myriad of other tricks and traps to sink more money

Yep. And this is why I play emulated and pirated games. These older games don't use loot boxes, DLC, or the myriad of other tricks and traps to sink more money after the initial purchase. I'll also play more current games where I actually buy the game outright, although that's changed from computer to board games. I know what I'm getting with a board game. None of that stupid lootbox crap, or the Diablo3 method of forcing people to buy crap on eBay to play "single player game". The game companies have forced me to migrate to local games. And Emulation serves its purpose very well. It assumes the same hardware, and just works. Yeah, it's breaking copyright, but well - I'd get screwed in buying legit. So well, whatever. Arr.