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This is the ultimate pay-to-win. This man has won Diablo Immortal. Congratulations; he can retire as the undisputed champion. And congratulations to Blizzard f

This is the ultimate pay-to-win. This man has won Diablo Immortal. Congratulations; he can retire as the undisputed champion. And congratulations to Blizzard for finding a way to efficiently separate rich idiots from their money like this. Well done.

proc0 4y ago
It's beyond P2W and closer to a slot machine that rewards you with items. Consumers are easily fooled because it's a very blurry line. Games are meant to reward skill first, while slot machines reward the "roll of the dice".
sethjr5rtfgh 4y ago
emiliobumachar 4y ago
I'd be smart of Blizzard to fix this issue ASAP least they deter the next heavy spender from giving them large sums.
- helmholtz 4y ago
  Succinctly, that is why we have the society we do. Great meta commentary.
- WorldMaker 4y ago
  Big spenders love VIP high stakes tables with only fellow "elite" players to compete with. Blizzard probably just needs to make it an official tier, call it the Penthouse Club or something, and make some shiny in-game ads for it to attract more whales. I'm half-joking, but the joke is based on sad truths.
  - egypturnash 4y ago
    In my dream world the profits from this sparkly, gold-plated tier would be split between charities and huge bonuses for all the people who labored to make this game. Welcome to the Wealth Redistribution Club, Mr. Jtisallbusiness. Pardon our dust, we didn't expect anyone to meet the sky-high entrance requirements so fast.
    - WorldMaker 4y ago
      That's related to why so many US states have struck devil's bargains with lottery companies. The lottery companies promise to give a percentage of profits back to public funds (often state education funds) for the rights to operate in that state. On the one hand it is nice to imagine that money going to fund education programs. On the other is the realization that gambling addiction affects every class of people, not just the super-rich and that if those lottery funds are broken down in comparison to other taxes they are often egregiously regressive (the poor buy a lot more lottery tickets than the average rich person, and worse spend a much larger share of their disposable income). It's hard to imagine pay-2-win not having similar devil's bargain problems for "wealth redistribution" that some of the players most interested/encouraged to pursue it aren't always the players that can truly afford it.

proc0 4y ago

It's beyond P2W and closer to a slot machine that rewards you with items. Consumers are easily fooled because it's a very blurry line. Games are meant to reward skill first, while slot machines reward the "roll of the dice".

sethjr5rtfgh 4y ago

emiliobumachar 4y ago

I'd be smart of Blizzard to fix this issue ASAP least they deter the next heavy spender from giving them large sums.

helmholtz 4y ago
Succinctly, that is why we have the society we do. Great meta commentary.
WorldMaker 4y ago
Big spenders love VIP high stakes tables with only fellow "elite" players to compete with. Blizzard probably just needs to make it an official tier, call it the Penthouse Club or something, and make some shiny in-game ads for it to attract more whales. I'm half-joking, but the joke is based on sad truths.
- egypturnash 4y ago
  In my dream world the profits from this sparkly, gold-plated tier would be split between charities and huge bonuses for all the people who labored to make this game. Welcome to the Wealth Redistribution Club, Mr. Jtisallbusiness. Pardon our dust, we didn't expect anyone to meet the sky-high entrance requirements so fast.
  - WorldMaker 4y ago
    That's related to why so many US states have struck devil's bargains with lottery companies. The lottery companies promise to give a percentage of profits back to public funds (often state education funds) for the rights to operate in that state. On the one hand it is nice to imagine that money going to fund education programs. On the other is the realization that gambling addiction affects every class of people, not just the super-rich and that if those lottery funds are broken down in comparison to other taxes they are often egregiously regressive (the poor buy a lot more lottery tickets than the average rich person, and worse spend a much larger share of their disposable income). It's hard to imagine pay-2-win not having similar devil's bargain problems for "wealth redistribution" that some of the players most interested/encouraged to pursue it aren't always the players that can truly afford it.