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I think that there's no suitable ethics system to apply to large game developers / publishers, responsible for the predatory tactics such as - Microtransac
by animuchan 3y ago
I think that there's no suitable ethics system to apply to large game developers / publishers, responsible for the predatory tactics such as
- Microtransactions
- Pay to win, punishing players for not having ample disposable income
- Lootboxes and the like ("baby's first casino")
- Blatant false advertising, especially coupled with preorders
Some of these predatory practices are actually illegal in some countries, but aren't prosecuted universally enough (or harshly enough) to be considered an issue by large corpos.
If openly preying on your customers, — in no small part, children and teenagers, — for huge profits is considered ethical, then merely copying some files is downright angelic behavior, is it not?
- cubefox 3y agoNo, you have the right to boycott a service if you don't like it, not take it for free. Apart from that, I doubt Nintendo engages in the practices you mention.
- animuchan 3y agoThe parent comment talked about ethics, which is largely unrelated to rights (you might have the right to a thing that's entirely unethical, such as owning slaves in the American history). Given the current laws you are correct, sure. (Whether to follow each and every law is a quite a personal choice...) The majority of games for Switch aren't worked on by Nintendo, so that point seems tangential.
- cubefox 3y agoYeah I meant the moral right.