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They are and I hate it. It‘s bad enough with trading cards, but now every single collectible is employing gacha mechanics and it’s frustrating.
by tourmalinetaco 10mo ago
They are and I hate it. It‘s bad enough with trading cards, but now every single collectible is employing gacha mechanics and it’s frustrating.
- throwaway48476 10mo ago"Everything is gambling now"
- georgefrowny 10mo agoProtip: If you call it an investment, it becomes not only respectable but it is in fact the responsible thing to do for your customer's financial security.
- eru 10mo agoFor eg Magic cards, a secondary market formed very quickly where you could buy exactly what you wanted.
- parl_match 10mo agoI don't get it. It's a "collectable". Your "hobby" is "collecting". You put your "collection" on a shelf and look at it. That's not a hobby to me. It's just consuming for consumption's sake.
- PunchyHamster 10mo agoWell, they took that formula and made it worse because now you can't just buy it, you have to roll a dice or get a second hand. Also nothing wrong with just having a shelf with things you like to look at.
- megablast 10mo agoPerfect then, don't buy it. > Also nothing wrong with just having a shelf with things you like to look at. I completely disagree.
- parl_match 10mo ago> Also nothing wrong with just having a shelf with things you like to look at. Sure. That's a collection of things you like but it's not "collecting". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4onp1zbjSjU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4onp1zbjSjU