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Video game execs: ruining video games since I don't know when (lemmy.zip)

submitted 9 months ago by balderdash9 to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

$10 / month doesn't even rate on the whale scale. It's people with addictive personalities who get FOMO or lose a match and think "If I just bought 10 more loot boxes...", and can't stop themselves. They're the people these games are built to take advantage of. Some folks spend hundreds / month or more on these games.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Warthunder has loot boxes and airplanes that cost hundreds of dollars on their market, and people pay for them. I sold some random tank once for like $35 and it wasn't even anything special.