To most of us, this is probably just a summary of events over the past year or so. But, it’s good to know that this sort of news is reaching non-gaming channels.

  • maynarkh@feddit.nlEnglish
    292·
    7 months ago

    Vote with your wallet means people with more money get more votes than you do. MTX does not target people at large, they are fishing for the small amount of whales for whom money is no object. It ruins gaming for the rest of us.

    There is a reason industries get regulated. Swill milk killed a ton of babies, and sold like hot cakes.

    • Landless2029@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 months ago

      MTX is also aiming for kids stealing thier parents credit cards and charging them up. At a minimum they ask ONLY for game credits for Xmas/bdays to burn on games so they have cool skins to brag to friends about.

    • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      7 months ago

      Up to a point. I mean they have to get a large player base still and if by and large gamers just didn’t pre-order and buy the latest fucking re-hashed, yearly version of COD, I doubt just the whales would be enough to sustain them since whales only get gratification of pay to win against other people.

      I mean look at some of the latest rounds of shitty GaaS. Suicide squad, Marvel avengers. No playerbase, not enough whales to sustain.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
      22·
      7 months ago

      I played multiple supercell games (coc, bb, cr, be) for years, each, without paying a dime. They were well polished and fun games, and I got to play them for free.

      I also really enjoy foetnite. Again, well polished. I play for free.

      Will I ever compete at the highest level? No. And omg I’ll never own all the skins! Lol But I’ve had plenty of fun, because other people will pay the game makers for me. This is fantastic, as far as I’m concerned.

      Sure, mtx can be implemented terribly, but I’ve also benefitted from it’s implementation as well.

      • maynarkh@feddit.nlEnglish
        4·
        7 months ago

        You playing for free illustrates my point perfectly. You are there to provide entertainment for whales who actually pay for the game. The deal is that you get some entertainment of your own so that you stay around. But the game is not made for you, and that becomes apparent every time the owner puts the screws on to extract some more money.

        • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          7 months ago

          I get your point, but I disagree because they need me for the whales, so the game has to also be made for the non whales as well. The payment system is made for extracting money from whales.

          But really I was responding to the claim that it was ruined for me. And I find that to be the exact opposite: I care about having fun playing a well polished game, and now can do that for free. It’s like the opposite of being ruined.