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

submitted 2 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kids have parents who pay for it and are responsible for their consumption patterns.

Adults gonna need to git gud... We are going to be lobbying US government for this until everybody in this thread is dead and then our kids will keep doing it while poor impulse adults clowns get fleeced

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And there are plenty of irresponsible parents. There was a story about 5 years ago I remember of a young kid (like 6 years old) who literally emptied his parents' bank account on mtx in an iPhone game because they didn't know it had mtx in it.

And saying that people with mental health issues need to git gud is like saying that people in wheelchairs need to git gud and use stairs. What we need to do is replace the idiots with people who understand how bad this shit is so we can get something done about it.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What we need to do is replace the idiots with people who understand how bad this shit is so we can get something done about it.

I am with you on this but it aint happening lol

The regime is colluding with mega corps... why would they do anything to hurt profits of the mega corps? How are "we" going to change that?

Circle jerking each other in lemmy comment section about coulda, woulda, shoulda?

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Better than blaming addicts for being addicted.

As usual, vote local, vote often applies here, but personally, I'm in 100% agreement that the odds of it happening in our lifetime are slim to none.