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World of Warcraft’s $90 Mount Is So Popular the In-Game Auction House Is Selling Out of WoW Tokens (www.ign.com)
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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (15 children)

A feature that costs Blizzard nothing, given an obscene price larger than any game or expansion they've ever sold, dangled with rationality-undermining time pressure, and using some bullshit tokens for artificial scarcity.

Only legislation will stop this.

Nothing inside a video game should cost real money.

If we allow this to continue, there will be nothing else.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Only legislation will stop this.

Disagree. Let the whales waste their money, I have plenty of other options. In fact, indie gaming is better than it has ever been.

I certainly don't like that type of revenue model, but I don't think it should be banned, especially since the alternatives are plentiful and growing.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I disagree with letting whales waste their money.

Video game design has changed to specifically cater to whales and ignore regular gamers.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

That doesn't impact all games though, the game market has essentially split into catering to three groups:

  • casual games (mostly mobile games) - more "investment" into a profile than actual game
  • live service MP games - "investment," but with a skill element
  • "experiences" - focus is on SP gameplay and/or graphical fidelity

The more social a game is, the more likely the game is to throw in vanity purchases like skins.

I have a simple rule in my house, no F2P games, and it has worked really well in avoiding BS. There are some paid games w/ MTX and whatnot, but those are a lot fewer than among the F2P games.

Refuse to play the worst offenders and offer alternatives to your gaming friends, so you can eat your cake and have it too.

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