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Microtransactions reach new level of hell once thought impossible with buy now, pay later options: "Interest-free biweekly payments or longer-term monthly installments" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nothing inside a video game should cost real money.

Ban the entire business model.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why not just not play them if you don't like them?

I think that hunting games are not fun at all, but I can very easily address that by just not playing them, which avoids starting a fight with people who do like them. If I decided "I need to tell people to play games as I see best" and impose a ban, I'd be going out and starting a fight with people that just doesn't need to happen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

They're making everything like that now

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it's gambling for children is why. While I can choose to not buy the MTX inside a game, children and some young adults are more vulnerable to psychologically manipulative dark patterns that have been designed to mimic addiction as closely as possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Fuck them kids. Children aren't why these bastards are offering financing for this industry-swallowing abuse.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Bu-si-ness mo-del.

Not: genre. Not: content. Not: players. We are talking about corporations committing systemic abuse for profit.

Abuse that's gouging so hard, you might need FINANCING... to play a VIDEO GAME. How big a hint do you need that something has gone wrong?