Oh fuck off, people can make their own decisions off the information available.

I don’t think taking responsibility for them is even relevant beyond calling for two (incredibly simple) demands: Microtransactions need to be labelled as ‘Gambling’ and no game with gambling can be sold to anyone under 18.

100% agree

Yeah, calling it a “moral issue” is a little much. I guess she believes companies like EA are lying to consumers? I don’t see that.

I agree that I really can’t be bothered to share the moral outrage. If there are idiots out there that want to spend their rent money on loot crates... well... as callous as it seems, that’s their choice and I’m prepared to let them. I was brought up to believe that people are responsible for their choices. Not a…

That’s a very Raistlin opinion to have...

I might say that you might not have responsibility to those people, but at the same time, that doesn’t make it okay to exploit them.

That is really sad, I’ve only seen that kind of thing in movies and it is usually played for laughs or it always came off as overly dramatic. I feel like a movie needs to include something like this more often to show the damage gambling does.

Heather, nothing you wrote there answered the guys question : “The developer made the decision that they will make more money from those micro transactions than they will lose from people who are turned off from future purchases. That’s the same calculus that goes into any consumer product” 

It’s not about you personally taking the responsibility but rather the video game industry, which at this point has avoided attaching gambling systems to real world currency. (Nor is it about those people who have trouble controlling themselves taking total responsibility, because addiction doesn’t work that way.)

I can completely understand not feeling like shouldering that burden when at the end of the day it’s just a first-world hobby, like you said.

I guess I would just say to you that if profits aren’t tied to a good game but instead these sort of pseudo-gambling practices, then there’s no real incentive to make a “good” or…

You’re not part of the problem. I will do the same: buy the game and enjoy for months on end, not spend a single cent on loot crates, and be perfectly happy with my purchase.

“I should add that I am already heavily invested in the MS/Xbox ecosystem.”

That was my favorite part

I’ve been determined to get Mario and Zelda for Christmas (Zelda is best played at Christmas. It’s the law). The rumours of stock issues, combined with feeling like I deserved a treat after a shitty couple of weeks at work lead to me getting one last month.

Even then you still couldn’t equip the higher level cards until leveling up, which you could probably earn those cards anyway.

Yeah, I actually am having way more fun with the game now that I’ve beaten it and have moved on to just collecting everything. The main story was surprisingly weak, and I think Nintendo’s intention was that it was meant as a sort of appetizer for when you become free to do whatever you want. I’m not a big fan of that…

I agree. And it’s even worse if you start later on after everyone expects you to know exactly what you’re doing.

Unfortunately it’s powered by diesel and has 3 open recalls on it.

Totally! I finished BOTW and started to wander the eshop and found so many interesting 3rd party games to play. I’m in a point in which I anxiously wait for new games each Thursday without knowing what’s gonna be there. I used to be excited about one or two big games and knew exactly when they’d be out and get them.…

Pretty much it’s an attention thing. They’re dealing with a lot of Indies right now and only have enough people to bring over so many games at a time due to their extensive vetting process. My own group is basically on a “talk to us when your sequel is ready” state. They have to pick and choose to make sure they get…