Should have ended it with “ - one last thing: Metroid Prime Trilogy HD is now available on the Switch eShop!”

I’ll always say it’s good business practice to scrap something that isn’t up to your standards. Nothing worse than building up hype for a subpar product.

For all the people out there I’m seeing in the comments: this is not about gameplay. Congress does not give a shit about whether or not games are having content cut or gated for the purpose of DLC or lootboxes.

Maybe they should? I mean, you dangle that question out there like it’s a killshot but maybe it’s a conversation worth having especially in regards to the difference between digital and hard products.

“That little dopamine rush...”

Publishers only have themselves to blame here. They kept pushing it, seeing how far they could take it. Now, hopefully, the FTC sets up boundaries to protect consumers from shady business practices (which loot boxes definitely are).

I actually love Overwatch lootboxes. That little dopamine rush when I wonder what could be popping out next. There’s the coin system to gun for specific stuff, and sometimes I’ll get a skin for a hero I don’t play much and want to try it out.

But the mere fact that you can buy lootboxes with real money is...awful. That…

The Problem is it took 2 $20 DCL and then a $40 DLC to get it to this state and people are just over it. 

Yeah, it’s stunning how quickly democrats will devour their own.

You have the correct take here and the commentariat at Splinter has lost their goddamn minds.

A little background:

So how do you feel about the women he killed?

The SWAT officer who pulled the trigger is to blame. The person who called the fake incident into the police is to blame. The person who passed along the victim’s address is to blame.

I wish lawyers the best of luck arguing that in-game items have no value, but I’m not gonna hold my breath on that one. The simple fact people spend real money at a chance to acquire them disproves that argument.

People buy their 9 year olds M rated games all the time, but gambling would get them an AO, the dreaded porn game rating. Stores like Walmart would sudden;y not carry Call of Duty and Star Wars Battlefront, and it would hurt the publishers.

Except the net neutrality situation is the exact opposite. The FCC is trying to remove regulations in place to protect consumers. It is deregulation.

Regulations are put into place to protect consumers and the general public. This is a good thing. Regulations mean you no longer have to worry about human fingers accidentally being in one of your hotdogs.

You know, it’s quite fitting that EA would be the one to over-extend and get actual politicians to look into this loot box bullshit. Congrats to them for being so horrible that people finally noticed.

In other words, he wasn’t fired BECAUSE he didn’t want to make his games Freemium, but the fact he didn’t want to meant they didn’t have much of a reason to keep him on come layoff season.

Good move, though they would have reaped more benefits sales-wise if they’d done it a week ago.

EA needs to learn that goodwill is valuable as well, though in a different way than all the money they’d make through loot boxes. It’s a balancing act, for sure, and some companies get away with being pretty evil, like…