I initially did not get this, because most of the games I play aren’t microtransaction riddled hell.
Ohhhh, now I get it!
Yeah, same here.
I’m playing Skyrim at the moment and my first thought was that that “thought” was about vendor stores in RPGs like that one.
Or you could stop playing games that are made to suck as much money from your pockets as possible then implode once they are no longer profitable. Then they get to replace the game with an identical product and tape a 2 at the end and repeat the cycle.
Stop fucking preordering and purchasing scams!
This really says a lot about society
We live in a game
that’s what psychopaths realize and exploit their whole life. In a way, all of us non fucked up people are like NPCs in their big psychopath MMO
We Live in a Society
I loved the post, and I love your snarky response. I feel like this is exactly the level of insight a showerthought should have.
One of the rare showerthoughts that I like, nice one
The Outside is a pretty cool game. There are indeed shops there.
Just be sure you have enough money to pay the shopkeeper, the in-game justice system can really set you back if you try and steal items.
Recently most clerks are coded not to summon city guards, but random NPCs may start aggro depending on your race & class.
I don’t like the recent patches, my build is very off meta and weak at the moment. I hope the devs will buff the support class soon
Too bad it is Pay to win and the Devs do not listen to the non whale users about problems.
Too many of yall haven’t played Hollow Knight and I’m sick of it.
Yup. Yesterday, I was shocked to find out my favorite soccer game of all time PES was completely free of charge. It is now called “e-football”, but you guessed it, microtransactions everywhere. It did have a whole store for buying “coins”. Me being me, I’ve just been playing for free and having the time of my life 😂
Until you hit the paywall. Which you will.
These games are made to let you play just long enough to get hooked and then tighten the grip slowly to get you to pay.
These aren’t games they are parasitic services.
I’ll just stop playing it when it gets to that point. I have never and never will pay for a single microtransaction. Plus, I don’t really play a lot of games anyway. I don’t even play daily. You know, life, work, kids and all that stuff. I can barely play a couple of hours a week anyway. :)
Good on you. Lots of people aren’t that strong and addictions are hard to kick.
Lootboxes have been marked as gambling for a reason.
Thank you :)
While you’re right in some cases, many of these companies want lots of ftp players to keep the whales playing, as it gives them people to play against. Any empty game is no fun for anyone.
I stopped playing brawl stars maybe a year ago. That’s 4+ years of playing a game without spending a cent on it. It was a similar thing with clash royale and clash of clans. I never felt I hit a paywall. Pokemon go I still occasionally play, and never spent s dollar.
I agree that they are parasitic, as they take advantage of people without impulse control, but they’ve been great for me as I get access to high quality games without having to pay.
Konami ☕
The only in-game shops should be AWESOME shops.
In Soviet Russia…
