I don’t think I’ve ever bought a microtransaction or cosmetic. I’m doing my part!
*Ok, i think I paid like $5 into warframe after 200 hours, and I used some fake money from google surveys on pokemon go, so I’m not entirely without sin.
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creamlike504@jlai.lu 1 day agoWe (the gaming community) say this every time, but microtransactions and lootboxes have spread like viruses because gamers are buying them.
I hate predatory pricing on principle, but whale votes count for a lot more.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 day ago
Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hey I spent a little money on Warframe. Shit’s free and fun.
Octavia is my girl.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
Those systems are literally designed to be psychologically addictive and prey on those weakest to such tactics. It’s not stupidity; it’s literal brain washing.
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Basic human psychology has been weaponized against us, and they’ve been getting better at it faster than we’re getting better at resisting it, for decades.