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Topic	Supply drop/loot box systems are the worst modern gaming mechanic bar none
LightHawKnight 06/26/17 10:51:47 AM #84:	SGT_Conti posted... Asherlee10 posted... LightHawKnight posted... dave_is_slick posted... As long as nothing in them affects gameplay, why do you care? This. Video game companies need to make money, or else they die out. Raising the price of games to match with the times isn't going to work, since people would bitch even more about it. Might as well do something mostly harmless by selling cosmetics, either directly or through lootboxes. I honestly don't understand how the game prices haven't raised by a lot since the 90s. I suppose I do understand that the medium is a bit cheaper than it was (cartridge vs dvd), but is that it? Cost of game development has risen but so has the customer base. Far more people play video games today than 20 years ago. I'm not sure how much it balances out, but it must be sustainable or we wouldn't have games. It really isn't that sustainable. You can tell by how many game developers have been dying out in the past few years and how many are latching onto DLC and lootboxes to make back money. --- The Official Odin of the Shin Megami Tensei IV board. "You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me." <cite>LightHawKnight posted [p:881831075] in Supply dro... [t:75496849]...</cite> <quote><cite>SGT_Conti posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Asherlee10 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>LightHawKnight posted...</cite> <quote><cite>dave_is_slick posted...</cite> <quote>As long as nothing in them affects gameplay, why do you care?</quote> This. Video game companies need to make money, or else they die out. Raising the price of games to match with the times isn't going to work, since people would bitch even more about it. Might as well do something mostly harmless by selling cosmetics, either directly or through lootboxes.</quote> I honestly don't understand how the game prices haven't raised by a lot since the 90s. I suppose I do understand that the medium is a bit cheaper than it was (cartridge vs dvd), but is that it?</quote> Cost of game development has risen but so has the customer base. Far more people play video games today than 20 years ago. I'm not sure how much it balances out, but it must be sustainable or we wouldn't have games.</quote> It really isn't that sustainable. You can tell by how many game developers have been dying out in the past few years and how many are latching onto DLC and lootboxes to make back money. --- The Official Odin of the Shin Megami Tensei IV board. "You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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