Comment on EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko

• yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Absolutely the problem. They’ve stopped trying to make fun and started trying to exploit psychological weaknesses and hijack our internal reward systems to rinse us of both time and money.

  Fun is no longer the driving factor, and it makes me feel not quite angry or nauseous, but somewhere around those emotions.

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  • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They’ve stopped trying to make fun and started trying to exploit psychological weaknesses and hijack our internal reward systems to rinse us of both time and money

    Exactly, and the fact that Jeffrey Epstein was pro microtransactions really tells you the kind of scum we’re dealing with here

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