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You can't sue us for making games 'too entertaining,' say major game developers in response to addiction lawsuits (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Never forget it was Bethesda that started it all with the fucking horse armor.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Horse armor is completely above-board, relative to this abuse. It was a real expansion: you paid money for new files. Stupidly tiny new files that solved problems the game created. But new files nonetheless.

Horse armor was the warning sign for the next decade of min-maxed bullshit DLC. That didn't turn into this fresh hell until publishers tried doing "on-disc DLC." I.e., you pay us for the game, and the whole game is on the damn disc, but you don't get the whole game until you pay us again, for the game you just fucking bought.

Once mobile trash started charging repeatedly for the same geegaws, we were fucked. Only legislation will fix this.