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How Greed Ruined Gaming (www.youtube.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 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.