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Apologies, but you just hit on a pet peeve. If cosmetics didn’t matter, why are they such lucrative items to sell? Cosmetics were once the reward for playing t
by falcolas 6y ago
Apologies, but you just hit on a pet peeve.
If cosmetics didn’t matter, why are they such lucrative items to sell? Cosmetics were once the reward for playing the game, not for spending money. And the look of your in-game avatar matters - has always mattered - to a vast majority of players.
The reward for playing the game now? Getting the opportunity to spend more money.
- hnick 6y agoExactly, gamers have gone from thinking horse armor is stupid to now accepting "only cosmetic" and it's a problem. Are you going to put better looking items in the game for free if you could charge $20 in the store? Are you going to spend time writing an engaging and rewarding quest line when you can just throw a price tag on it? Games do need content so they won't do this for everything, but the mere existence of a cash shop and MTX is a perverse incentive on development quality. It also often ruins the cosmetic experience of the rest of us, with knights running around wearing angel wings for some weird reason. That aside, Jim Sterling brought up something I hadn't even considered since I'm too old. Kids getting bullied because their Fortnite characters only have the default skins and they can't afford (or aren't allowed) to buy anything else. "Only cosmetic" indeed!