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Why this coming into the spotlight now as opposed to collectible sports cards, trading carding games, coin operated gacha/cache capsule machines, etc?
by bazooka_penguin 7y ago
Why this coming into the spotlight now as opposed to collectible sports cards, trading carding games, coin operated gacha/cache capsule machines, etc?
- ianferrel 7y agoNone of those could result in $thousands charged to parents' credit cards without a lot more effort.
- bazooka_penguin 7y agoThese games shouldnt either with parental/family friendly controls. Would that make it good enough? Because I'm pretty sure at least on consoles you need to go through the platform to use saved credit data, and consoles offer parental controls.
- GaryNumanVevo 7y agoWith trading cards, you can trade with your friends, or buy rare cards on Ebay. Since they're physical, there's no DRM. With skinner boxes, most games don't let you transfer skins so there's no marketplace and the only way to get rare skins is to buy coins and gamble.
- bazooka_penguin 7y agoPhysical comes with its own set of problems, like bootlegs, which I've fallen before. And there are games that do have aftermarkets like PUBG and Counster Strike iirc. Are those blameless? They were/are some of the biggest lootbox games actively played today Edit: it's to its