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For every Spiderman, there’s a FIFA. For every TLOU II, there’s a TLOU2 Elly edition being sold for over 4x the entry price. Even the Witcher 3 sold a season p

For every Spiderman, there’s a FIFA. For every TLOU II, there’s a TLOU2 Elly edition being sold for over 4x the entry price. Even the Witcher 3 sold a season pass for $30 prior to any expansions being released. And Cyberpunk 2077? There’s a $260 edition and a $400 edition. There’s no official word, but it’s looking likely that there will be a season pass sold for it as well.

dlp211 6y ago
And you don't have to buy any of that. Stop concerning yourself with what others spend their money on.
- falcolas 6y ago
  I concern myself with it in two cases: When they’re taking advantage of adults (and children) with gambling illnesses. Jim Sterling has a great video about this reality, and how it impacts people. The second is when games are changed in an attempt to get more money. Anytime an XP boost is sold, it’s because the grind has been made intolerable. Anytime powerful characters/abilities/gear is sold, it’s because it’s been made harder or unreasonable (or impossible) to get through the game itself. When skins are sold, they’ve been removed as a natural reward from the game itself. Games are being actively ruined by these money-making tactics.
  - dlp211 6y ago
    Yet, some (most?) of the best games of this generation don't do that. I agree the loot boxes are terrible, and I think that the government should outlaw them, but I find it hard to be outraged at MTX and DLC when I've literally spent less than probably $30 on those things in my lifetime, almost all DLC, Spiderman and Breath of the Wild, and I spent $3 on SimCity Mobile one time. If there were nothing but games that required XP Boost, that'd be one thing, but it isn't. I can't even keep up with the amount of great AAA and indy games and I probably game anywhere from 20-60 hours a week. My backlog of games to play is nearly 80 deep.

dlp211 6y ago

And you don't have to buy any of that. Stop concerning yourself with what others spend their money on.

falcolas 6y ago
I concern myself with it in two cases: When they’re taking advantage of adults (and children) with gambling illnesses. Jim Sterling has a great video about this reality, and how it impacts people. The second is when games are changed in an attempt to get more money. Anytime an XP boost is sold, it’s because the grind has been made intolerable. Anytime powerful characters/abilities/gear is sold, it’s because it’s been made harder or unreasonable (or impossible) to get through the game itself. When skins are sold, they’ve been removed as a natural reward from the game itself. Games are being actively ruined by these money-making tactics.
- dlp211 6y ago
  Yet, some (most?) of the best games of this generation don't do that. I agree the loot boxes are terrible, and I think that the government should outlaw them, but I find it hard to be outraged at MTX and DLC when I've literally spent less than probably $30 on those things in my lifetime, almost all DLC, Spiderman and Breath of the Wild, and I spent $3 on SimCity Mobile one time. If there were nothing but games that required XP Boost, that'd be one thing, but it isn't. I can't even keep up with the amount of great AAA and indy games and I probably game anywhere from 20-60 hours a week. My backlog of games to play is nearly 80 deep.