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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean the one and only corporation that truly cares about its users? /s

How anyone doesn't think they're as shitty as any other company of similar size is beyond me.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I don't really like lootboxes as a concept, but cosmetic lootboxes that they actually let you trade between accounts is certainly one of the better monetization schemes out there.

I'm sure there's a better reason to criticize them than teens spending $300 to get a gun with a "leaf pattern" but the reality is they're the best seller in the market and that's why people like them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

one of the better monetization schemes out there.

Let's not let minor arguments about which is the lesser evil disguise the fact that they are all still evil.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

as shitty as any other company

In this case, the lesser evil is worth pointing out, because they aren't as shitty as any other company, they're less so

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, the reason why they make so much is because the skins have actual value, they also get 15% on any sale made through their community market. I fucking hate lootboxes, but I also hate skins costing as much as a game. MTX (micro or macro) are always going to be shit, until regulations catch up to all the predatory bullshit we are going to be stuck with one system or another and I'd rather take CS's.
I mean I made a profit, if I sold up right now.