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It’s not that bad. Sure, all the games allow you to spend money to rapidly get better, but the core gameplay loops work just fine without it.
by Aeolun 7mo ago
It’s not that bad. Sure, all the games allow you to spend money to rapidly get better, but the core gameplay loops work just fine without it.
- bluefirebrand 7mo agoAnecdotally, I have 3 nieces and 2 nephews and only the oldest has avoided Roblox Every Christmas and birthday now is "I want Robux" and they are actively annoyed if they get anything else This thing is bad for children
- Aeolun 7mo agoPretty sure I was annoyed when I got anything but computer games. Which, I’m pretty certain, adults told me were bad for me.
- sayamqazi 7mo agoYou guys were getting presents?
- pnt12 7mo agoJust because two things are "annoying", doesn't mean they have the same ethical problems. The fun single player games only need to convince you they are a fun experience and you should buy them once. Games with loot boxes are trying to convince you every day to spend money on them. Dunno about roblox, but often the items are visible, and "defaults" are often perceived as poor or noobs. We can't be naive: It's a whole other level and companies are spending millions on manipulating kids to spending more and more money.
- Ferret7446 7mo agoOf course a kid is gonna be annoyed if they get something other than what they want, but, to use a hamfisted but scarily apt analogy, are the kids yearning for the drug called sugar or the drug called crack/meth/etc. Both are "bad" but on completely different levels
- jameson 7mo ago> games allow you to spend money to rapidly get better Audience is the problem here. It's obviously not a big deal if the platform is targeted for adults, but majority of users are underage. The platform can certainly implement guardrails for the vulnerable users if they wish to
- Aeolun 7mo agoThose guardrails exist. They’re called parents. My son doesn’t have a credit card and therefore doesn’t have robux. Having no robux, he can’t spend it on anything.
- grvdrm 7mo agoInteresting. You don’t think adults have the same problem?
- Ferret7446 7mo agoI can't speak for GP, but at least adults are responsible for their own spending problems
- loloquwowndueo 7mo agoDunno man, when the “core gameplay loop” gets interrupted every 2 minutes with “do you want to pay to win?” Banners and 50% of the screen is covered in ads and trap buttons that pop up a purchase dialog when you press them accidentally (a given on mobile with touch controls), it’s fairly obvious the gameplay loop is the last thing in the developers mind.
- dogleash 7mo ago> the core gameplay loops work just fine without it. Of course it's functional, it has to string people along for enough time to get them to start paying. That doesn't mean grinding a system tuned to get you hooked enough to give up and pay is a 'just fine' as a game. It's openly deliberate malicious design.