Re: Belgium Considering Ban Loot Box Gambling
Posted: 2017-11-30 12:27pm
Ea stock took a multi-billion dollar hit due to all the backlash. Has to fucking suck to be a code jockey (I mean, I already knew this). To see this really good game you made get trashed because, literally from what I've seen, every bone-head decision, every "nofun" mechanic, is due to the business majors piling dogshit on top of something good.
The ubiquitous nature of devices that can output graphics these days is going to make the problem worse. Because this isn't just about gambling, it's about taking advantage of the human desire for completion (there's probably a more scientific term for this). Even I'm not immune and it's probably one of the reasons I was big into gaming in the past and my interest has waned over the years: there were games in Xbox I HAD to unlock all the achievements for. We whored a lot of them. Even before that: 120 stars in Mario 64, All the exits in Mario World, every bit of badass item of badassitude in Final Fantasy. It wasn't until 7 I just dropped that because the grind was way too real and breeding Chocobos is not gameplay.
Anyways, there's enough to get addicted to with video games without the money dump. Honestly, I blame valve the most for the hat collecting bullshit and economy, but Blizzard helped it along with D3, and other companies have definitely been waiting patiently for the day this kind of gouging of the human flaws could smash its way into core gaming. EA has generally been at the forefront, and Battlefield + it's derivatives has been their testing ground.
I've gone full malcontent at this point: I would love another crash. It's not going to happen, they are way to diversified and Activision even survived the first. But it would be hilarious to see Nintendo survive it because for all their faults they still understand "fun." And no matter what shitty things they've pulled, they are still small-time compared to near any other company on my shitlist.
The ubiquitous nature of devices that can output graphics these days is going to make the problem worse. Because this isn't just about gambling, it's about taking advantage of the human desire for completion (there's probably a more scientific term for this). Even I'm not immune and it's probably one of the reasons I was big into gaming in the past and my interest has waned over the years: there were games in Xbox I HAD to unlock all the achievements for. We whored a lot of them. Even before that: 120 stars in Mario 64, All the exits in Mario World, every bit of badass item of badassitude in Final Fantasy. It wasn't until 7 I just dropped that because the grind was way too real and breeding Chocobos is not gameplay.
Anyways, there's enough to get addicted to with video games without the money dump. Honestly, I blame valve the most for the hat collecting bullshit and economy, but Blizzard helped it along with D3, and other companies have definitely been waiting patiently for the day this kind of gouging of the human flaws could smash its way into core gaming. EA has generally been at the forefront, and Battlefield + it's derivatives has been their testing ground.
I've gone full malcontent at this point: I would love another crash. It's not going to happen, they are way to diversified and Activision even survived the first. But it would be hilarious to see Nintendo survive it because for all their faults they still understand "fun." And no matter what shitty things they've pulled, they are still small-time compared to near any other company on my shitlist.