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Squall28 06/01/23 4:34:02 PM #1:	Early access? Take my money! On disk DLC? Take my money! $20 costume? Take my money! Gacha rolls? Take my money! Gaming gonna be a glorified cash shop in a few years. --- You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. -Misattributed to CS Lewis <cite>Squall28 posted [p:973862948] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>Early access? Take my money!On disk DLC? Take my money!$20 costume? Take my money!Gacha rolls? Take my money!Gaming gonna be a glorified cash shop in a few years.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CRON 06/01/23 4:35:04 PM #2:	An entire generation was conditioned to be normalized to it, and it intersects with the same generation not having any media literacy and not being able to understand how predatory a lot of pricing and content distribution tactics are. --- Thanks for reading! <cite>CRON posted [p:973862973] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>An entire generation was conditioned to be normalized to it, and it intersects with the same generation not having any media literacy and not being able to understand how predatory a lot of pricing and content distribution tactics are.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dakimakura 06/01/23 4:36:08 PM #3:	Squall28 posted... Early access? Take my money! On disk DLC? Take my money! $20 costume? Take my money! Gacha rolls? Take my money! Gaming gonna be a glorified cash shop in a few years. What do you mean in a few years? Already is. --- "Let the bears pay the bear tax I pay the Homer tax." - Bart Simpson <cite>Dakimakura posted [p:973862996] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>Squall28 posted... </cite><quote>Early access? Take my money!On disk DLC? Take my money!$20 costume? Take my money!Gacha rolls? Take my money!Gaming gonna be a glorified cash shop in a few years.</quote>What do you mean in a few years? Already is.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KeeperOfShadows 06/01/23 4:36:11 PM #4:	Because they like the games the monetization is attached to. --- Currently playing: DFFOO, HonkaiStarRail, CotC <cite>KeeperOfShadows posted [p:973862998] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>Because they like the games the monetization is attached to.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy 06/01/23 4:36:35 PM #5:	Gamers have shitty impulse control. It's why every single video game boycott fails. It's impossible for gamers as a group to not spend their money. --- Who is? I am! <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:973863006] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>Gamers have shitty impulse control. It's why every single video game boycott fails. It's impossible for gamers as a group to not spend their money. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pedro45 06/01/23 4:36:38 PM #6:	Why do people waste money on anything trivial? Usually someone else is doing the thinking --- Warning: Sometimes biased http://i.imgur.com/V0x5fw8.jpg http://i.imgur.com/IOovUge.gif http://i.imgur.com/zw7bqPH.jpg <cite>pedro45 posted [p:973863008] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>Why do people waste money on anything trivial? Usually someone else is doing the thinking</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CoyoteTheGreat 06/01/23 4:37:21 PM #7:	People have very little self-control, and capitalism is full of neat little psychological tricks designed to make that even worse. --- Disobedience is the stamp of the hero. -Ragnar Redbeard Also, this is Kagata.. <cite>CoyoteTheGreat posted [p:973863017] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>People have very little self-control, and capitalism is full of neat little psychological tricks designed to make that even worse.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam 06/01/23 4:40:22 PM #8:	Gamers be like "you can see the characters cleavage with this extra DLC costume, it's only $7.99" --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs <cite>Turbam posted [p:973863079] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>Gamers be like "you can see the characters cleavage with this extra DLC costume, it's only $7.99"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Axiom 06/01/23 4:41:37 PM #9:	Early access one isn't fair tbh Yeah a lot early access games aren't worth playing until release. There are also a lot of indie developed games that have been in early access for years and still release monthly content like Caves of Qud which I wouldn't be surprised if no one on here has even heard of The rest I agree with <cite>Axiom posted [p:973863107] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>Early access one isn't fair tbhYeah a lot early access games aren't worth playing until release. There are also a lot of indie developed games that have been in early access for years and still release monthly content like Caves of Qud which I wouldn't be surprised if no one on here has even heard ofThe rest I agree with</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dakimakura 06/01/23 4:41:50 PM #10:	Turbam posted... Gamers be like "you can see the characters cleavage with this extra DLC costume, it's only $7.99" You are woefully out of date sir. It is like $27.99 now. Then I am like "haha no one will buy that shit at that price." Then log into the game to see every single person with the item. --- "Let the bears pay the bear tax I pay the Homer tax." - Bart Simpson <cite>Dakimakura posted [p:973863114] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>Turbam posted... </cite><quote>Gamers be like "you can see the characters cleavage with this extra DLC costume, it's only $7.99"</quote>You are woefully out of date sir. It is like $27.99 now. Then I am like "haha no one will buy that shit at that price." Then log into the game to see every single person with the item.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
itachi15243 06/01/23 4:51:16 PM #12:	Axiom posted... Early access one isn't fair tbh Yeah a lot early access games aren't worth playing until release. There are also a lot of indie developed games that have been in early access for years and still release monthly content like Caves of Qud which I wouldn't be surprised if no one on here has even heard of The rest I agree with I think he means when you buy deluxe edition and get to play a few extra days early --- I do drawings and stuff https://www.fiverr.com/blueblitz <cite>itachi15243 posted [p:973863324] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>Axiom posted... </cite><quote>Early access one isn't fair tbhYeah a lot early access games aren't worth playing until release. There are also a lot of indie developed games that have been in early access for years and still release monthly content like Caves of Qud which I wouldn't be surprised if no one on here has even heard ofThe rest I agree with</quote>I think he means when you buy deluxe edition and get to play a few extra days early</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 06/01/23 4:52:13 PM #13:	itachi15243 posted... I think he means when you buy deluxe edition and get to play a few extra days early Yeah, like pre-order to play D4 three days early ~~for fifteen minutes before the servers fucking explode~~ --- He/Him http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:973863340] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>itachi15243 posted... </cite><quote>I think he means when you buy deluxe edition and get to play a few extra days early</quote>Yeah, like pre-order to play D4 three days early for fifteen minutes before the servers fucking explode</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kingdrake2 06/01/23 4:53:31 PM #14:	Squall28 posted... Gacha rolls? Take my money! i learned my lesson on this... it's why i quit playing metal slug when i didn't get a particular character from a pull. --- Republicans " hold together like a ball of lusty ticks" - drclaeys <cite>kingdrake2 posted [p:973863372] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>Squall28 posted...</cite><quote>Gacha rolls? Take my money!</quote>i learned my lesson on this... it's why i quit playing metal slug when i didn't get a particular character from a pull.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Squall28 06/01/23 4:57:33 PM #15:	pedro45 posted... Why do people waste money on anything trivial? Usually someone else is doing the thinking My gripe isn't that it's trivial. It's that it's rewarding grubby practices so we will get more in the future. We used to get full games with the purchase. --- You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. -Misattributed to CS Lewis <cite>Squall28 posted [p:973863460] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>pedro45 posted... </cite><quote>Why do people waste money on anything trivial? Usually someone else is doing the thinking</quote>My gripe isn't that it's trivial. It's that it's rewarding grubby practices so we will get more in the future. We used to get full games with the purchase. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 06/01/23 5:13:51 PM #16:	CRON posted... An entire generation was conditioned to be normalized to it, and it intersects with the same generation not having any media literacy and not being able to understand how predatory a lot of pricing and content distribution tactics are. KeeperOfShadows posted... Because they like the games the monetization is attached to. A_Good_Boy posted... Gamers have shitty impulse control. It's why every single video game boycott fails. It's impossible for gamers as a group to not spend their money. --- Eat the rich Destroy the GOP <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:973863822] in Why do gam... [t:80463023]...</cite> <quote>CRON posted... </cite><quote>An entire generation was conditioned to be normalized to it, and it intersects with the same generation not having any media literacy and not being able to understand how predatory a lot of pricing and content distribution tactics are.</quote>KeeperOfShadows posted... </cite><quote>Because they like the games the monetization is attached to.</quote>A_Good_Boy posted... </cite><quote>Gamers have shitty impulse control. It's why every single video game boycott fails. It's impossible for gamers as a group to not spend their money.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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