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Nearly 90% Of Developers Surveyed Say Premium Games Don't Need Microtransactions (insider-gaming.com)

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[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's still swallowing the entire industry

No, it's not. There's phenomenal indie games out there. Hades 2, Elfen Ring DLC and Black Myth Wukong are just some of the latest games I'm having a blast with, and then theres still rimworld, factorio, timberborn, CK3, Dead by Daylight ... The list goes on. None of those games has Ads for ingame purchases (except DbD) and all of them are phenomenal.

None of them are AAA,truey, but idc. Theres so many fun games out there that idc what ubisoft, EA, Activision or other shit companies release.

I think iPhones are overpriced garbage, yet I'm not sitting here and asking for them to be banned - I just don't buy it. I bought a used pixel 6, installed graphen, done.

I think casinos are stupid and a waste of money, yet I'm not sitting here and asking for them to be banned. I just don't go there.

I think Microsoft, google and Amazon are terrible companies, yet I'm not sitting here and asking for them to be banned. I just don't use their products and services.

Making a change starts with yourself. If you don't buy their stuff, great - still plenty of great games out there.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

'This systemic problem doesn't affect me personally, so it can't be serious' is hilarious enough without your list of games it hasn't spread to including a game it has spread to.

I have no remaining patience for libertarianism. This business model is fundamentally abusive. Of fucking course we should regulate that, the same way we regulated gambling, and the same way the DOJ is coming for Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, and the same way the EU has Apple by the nuts. It is perfectly fine for you to say - 'fuck these business practices, for anyone.' The fact that you, personally, can choose to ignore them, doesn't make them any less real for millions of people.