“Methinks the lady doth protest too much!”

Getting very repetitive ITT.

This point has come up a lot ITT and each time I have to remind people that parental controls are effective, convenient, and available on all platforms.

You misunderstood: when I say “We as gamers” I’m not talking about you and me and what we as individuals are willing to pay. I meant “we” as in a majority of gamers in the context of the free market.

So, lip service? It sounds like your saying that the game industry wouldn’t need to do much, just let people know it’s aware of the problem and use warning labels we all know don’t work. And, sure! I’m cool with that. I believe I even expressed that in a response to an earlier response of my own. Warning people has…

I had a fake ID and bought cigarettes/booze at a very young age. I wasn’t implying parental controls are a perfect system, because in my experience none of the systems in place are perfect including those enacted by the federal government.

Right on. There will always be exceptions. But it’ll take more than a relative handful of exceptions to disprove the rule.

Eschewing an analogy for a more direct point: I can’t do microtransactions because some people are addicted to them?

Pretty good profits thanks to microtransactions. It’s nice seeing that money spent to up the quality of the games I play. I really appreciate it.

That’s not at all what I’m doing. But if you’d rather think that than read all of my points (or miss my point) I won’t stop you.

I would argue that in 2017 microtransactions are necessary if the base game costs the same as Mortal Kombat II did in 1993.

And sorry, I was perhaps a bit aggressive with my first comment. you did not deserve that.

Trust me, I’m not worried. It’s naive to think microtransactions are going anywhere.

If you bought the game, you shouldn’t be harassed for more money while you are playing it. Most people are annoyed by this. Strange that you seem to like it.

Just like alcoholics either avoid all concerts, or go to the concerts without buying any alcoholic beverages.

That sucks. And kudos for having the restraint for not losing everything. It takes true strength.

An ad hominem! The best way to tell someone they’re right when you aren’t big enough to actually say the words: You’re right. I’m mean, if you had a counterpoint surely you would’ve presented it, right?

Whoa! Look, if name-calling is your thing, fine—you win. You’re king of the playground. I surrender.

I can get behind this.

I think parental controls already give that responsibility to the people who should already be monitoring the spending habits of their children.