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I agree with several things in your post, but I don't want legislators anywhere near my games.
by pawn 13y ago
I agree with several things in your post, but I don't want legislators anywhere near my games.
- fhd2 13y agoIt's not ideal, but I actually think it's a good thing that e.g. gambling is restricted to adults. A fairly difficult topic IMO. Ideally, people would just be educated/interested enough to identify and avoid scams. Definitely hoping for that.
- Karunamon 13y agoBut there's no gambling involved here. I agree with the parent poster, the last thing I want are out-of-touch politicians legislating more things they don't understand. That would be a worse outcome than all the scammy games in the world.
- untog 13y agoI think there's at least an interesting debate to be had. Why is gambling restricted to adults? Presumably because children are unable to comprehend the way in which it persuades you to spend more than you ever intended to. Or maybe it's because the money is unlikely to be theirs. Either way, you could argue that Candy Crush is the same on both counts.
- fhd2 13y agoCandy Crush, Farm Ville, most prominent examples of F2P are nothing short of gambling. Zynga (and I presume King as well) has large teams of psychologist focusing solely on making the game as addictive as possible and exploiting that addiction, i.e. making addicts pay.
- Karunamon 13y agoWhat are you talking about? There is no chance involved in most of the F2P games, without which there is no gambling. That's what the word means! Candy Crush is ostensibly skill based, being a bejeweled-match-3 type game and Farmville and the like are based around time, not chance. (You get X actions per day, and can spend money to get more actions)