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Post by Gandalf the Fabulous on Oct 19, 2017 20:10:21 GMT
not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, on the one hand I fully support Activision patenting this idea because it limits the concept to Activision and I can't remember the last time I played an Activision game, and anyone who wants to use this scummy concept has the extra barrier of having to go through Activision in order to use it. On the other hand the very fact that this is a thing and people are coming up with these sorts of ideas just shows how scummy the video game industry has gotten.
Member when games were about having fun? Member when you could unlock items within the game without having to fork out more money to unlock it?
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Post by Qui-Gon GlenN7 on Oct 19, 2017 23:16:54 GMT
Wow, that is pretty disgusting. Listening to the video, the methodology used has only two potential targets: whales and children/teens.
It's too much. Greed is destroying the world, and most people just shrug their shoulders or ignore it. The true idiots of the world celebrate it, because the free market "works".
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Post by Sweet FA on Oct 20, 2017 0:14:57 GMT
The scale of the brazenly cynical systematic manipulation is breathtaking. The gaming industry is starting to look and behave like the big tobacco corporations of the mid 20th century.
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Post by Qui-Gon GlenN7 on Oct 20, 2017 1:22:45 GMT
Wow, that is pretty disgusting. Listening to the video, the methodology used has only two potential targets: whales and children/teens. It's too much. Greed is destroying the world, and most people just shrug their shoulders or ignore it. The true idiots of the world celebrate it, because the free market "works". The free market doesn't mean that you need to swallow this kind of shit, the current backlash is part and parcel of the free market as well, it's merely consumers defending their interests. In fact, in a healthy free market these reactions SHOULD happen in order to keep corporate interests in check.
The free market is very much like democracy, it might not be perfect in every situation, but overall it's the best method available.
But, does it work? The metrics argue heavily in my favor. They are ignoring the majority of the populace, because Richie Rich is rich and and some parents are weak as hell and can't raise a chicken. If this is the free market, which includes the endless bombardment of marketing in my face in the form of Mobile OS shenaniganry, I would say there has to be a better way, or I'll be your Uncle instead of Bob. |
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Post by Pounce de León on Oct 20, 2017 9:18:50 GMT
As if matchmaking doesn't come with enough problems already. Now you might end up with shitty connected players just because of the fucking MTs.
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Post by ApocAlypsE on Oct 20, 2017 11:43:23 GMT
I wonder how it will implicate Blizzard... A scientific paper on how to milk costomers. What has the gaming world come to :/
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Post by Melra on Oct 21, 2017 16:00:12 GMT
I wonder how it will implicate Blizzard... A scientific paper on how to milk costomers. What has the gaming world come to :/ Doubt it implicates them too much, yet. That is until they start offering items and things for real life money, that actually enhance your experience or character somehow. Also Blizzard's matchmaking for PVP content in their games tends to be pile of garbage anyway, so it's not like it can get much worse as it is  |
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Post by ApocAlypsE on Oct 22, 2017 9:04:32 GMT
I wonder how it will implicate Blizzard... A scientific paper on how to milk costomers. What has the gaming world come to :/ Doubt it implicates them too much, yet. That is until they start offering items and things for real life money, that actually enhance your experience or character somehow. Also Blizzard's matchmaking for PVP content in their games tends to be pile of garbage anyway, so it's not like it can get much worse as it is  SC2's matchmaking is actually pretty good, but it is a 1v1 centered game so it's simpler. I guess the question is when Blizzard will finally go completely pay2win, there is a debate whether Hearthstone is pay2win or not. All other games aren't. |
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Post by Melra on Oct 22, 2017 10:25:31 GMT
Doubt it implicates them too much, yet. That is until they start offering items and things for real life money, that actually enhance your experience or character somehow. Also Blizzard's matchmaking for PVP content in their games tends to be pile of garbage anyway, so it's not like it can get much worse as it is SC2's matchmaking is actually pretty good, but it is a 1v1 centered game so it's simpler. I guess the question is when Blizzard will finally go completely pay2win, there is a debate whether Hearthstone is pay2win or not. All other games aren't. That is very true. I never had really complaints about SC2's MM. I think they'd need a game first where such things seemed suitable, maybe they'll do it with Diablo 4 or something, they tend to test things out with that franchise. |
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