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[osby]

Why wouldn’t it? Anyway I don’t really care as long as it’s good and it’s not free to play.

I also love this narrative that Nick Brawl is already dead. Like, how do you even know.

What if it's good and free to play?

 

[SnakeFighter64]

What if it's good and free to play?

It can’t be good if it’s free to play. If it’s free to play it’s full of micro transactions and is no longer a game but instead a gambling program designed to prey on children and the neurodivergent.

 

[Deleted member]

It can’t be good if it’s free to play. If it’s free to play it’s full of micro transactions and is no longer a game but instead a gambling program designed to prey on children and the neurodivergent.

Tell that to Among Us

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Tell that to Among Us

I paid $5 for that game. But it still has micro transactions, this I know.

 

[Deleted member]

I paid $5 for that game. But it still has micro transactions, this I know.

It's free to play on mobile phones

 

[SnakeFighter64]

It's free to play on mobile phones

Hissssssssssssss
Either way it still has micro transactions and those only exist for one reason. To allow greedy ******** to go whaling.

 

[TheMightyP]

It can’t be good if it’s free to play. If it’s free to play it’s full of micro transactions and is no longer a game but instead a gambling program designed to prey on children and the neurodivergent.

Fortnite would beg to differ.

 

[Deleted member]

Hissssssssssssss
Either way it still has micro transactions and those only exist for one reason. To allow greedy ******** to go whaling.

I dunno.

Historically, micro transactions have been used to paywall content behind a percent chance rather than a guarantee, but I feel like micro transactions themselves aren't inherently bad.

Clash of Clans/Boom Beach is a good example of this. You can play the entire game without paying a cent: the only difference the microtransactions make is how fast you progress(by speeding up timers mainly)

Fortnite and it's cosmetic-only skins is another good example as well, for somewhat obvious reasons.

 

[Z25]

Neuro issues or not, for most people it’s really not that hard to avoid spending in a free to play game.

Your also ignoring all the other content a free to play game has, that never need you to pay to feel satisfied with the game. Most companies still strive to put out good quality free to play games most of the time.

 

[cashregister9]

Fortnite also has no lootboxes

 

[osby]

It can’t be good if it’s free to play. If it’s free to play it’s full of micro transactions and is no longer a game but instead a gambling program designed to prey on children and the neurodivergent.

I'm not gonna defend microtransactions but honestly, most whales are I've met are either adult people with disposable income and/or content creators who get paid for playing the games they pour money to.

 

[Z25]

Also let’s say you always want the battle pass in Fortnite,

You literally have to buy it once and you never need to again because you get enough v-bucks from each pass to buy the next.

 

[Noipoi]

Hissssssssssssss

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[Deleted member]

Hard to believe that this Sunday is the last day I'll be working over the summer.

it's been a long time coming, but I'm glad I decided to work where I did.

I also got another job lined up now too so my income isn't going to go down the gutter.

 

[Wario Bros.]

Teaser 2 for Helluva Boss episode 7

Sooner....❤😈 #HelluvaBoss pic.twitter.com/Tq8YNIXjps

— Helluva Boss (@IMPmurderpros) October 28, 2021

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Teaser 2 for Helluva Boss episode 7

Sooner....❤😈 #HelluvaBoss pic.twitter.com/Tq8YNIXjps

— Helluva Boss (@IMPmurderpros) October 28, 2021

I've got a feeling its coming out on Halloween.

Win-win because then I can watch this and Antlers on the same day.

 

[BlondeLombax]

On the topic of MTX, Team Fortress 2 I feel does a fantastic job with them; the entire game is free to play, but you have access to not only every single map and class in the game, while every single thing available for real world purchase is purely cosmetic. You don't need cosmetics to play (regardless of what folks with unusuals tell you), all you gotta do is load up a map and start shooting the people on the other team. It's that simple.

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

I dunno free to play games aren't bad.

Like, I **** with gacha on the side and so long as you're not a complete idiot and set reasonable boundaries it's hard to overspend. Things have gotten a lot better over the years as regulators have honed in on predatory microtransactions and forced companies to reign things in or risk ****ing things over for everyone.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

I like F2P games

 

[Noipoi]

I love free to piss games

 

[TheMightyP]

I love free to piss games

Free to piss
Born to ****

 

[Schnee117]

Acting like paid games don't also try to pull the same **** that's being haphazardly applied to any and all F2P games despite reality proving otherwise is pretty ****ing funny.

Like you don't remember the whole Battlefront 2 fiasco? You're just ignoring that Ultimate Team still gets more focus in EA's sports titles than actually fixing broken and outdated stuff because they'd rather exploit kids?

EA also put out Apex Legends which is F2P and the monetisation in that is significantly less harmful

I love free to piss games

Good Shot m8

 

[Wario Bros.]

I've got a feeling its coming out on Halloween.

Win-win because then I can watch this and Antlers on the same day.

Considering that episode 1 premiered on Halloween last year, I can believe it.

 

[TheCJBrine]

idk man the microtransactions in Minecraft seem good most of it is even community members getting paid.

what seems to be a rarity system in the character creator is dumb though, considering there’s no actual “rarity” since there’s no loot boxes or anything like that. I think they at least reduced emote prices to 5 dollars at most but not sure, might be wrong.

(the creator items don’t explicitly say a rarity iirc but they have different prices matching a color so y’know)

 

[Deleted member]

I used to play gacha games a lot in my middle school years. Never spent any money, but I know first hand how addictive it is.

I still play a few of them. Mostly TCG ones like MTG Arena and Yugioh Duel Links.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

I love free to piss games

insert dark joke about that celebrity

 

[dezeray112]

There was a problem fetching the tweet

Apparently Tekken 7 announced a Legendary Edition that contains 8 of the DLC characters but somehow has no Leroy, Fakumram, Lidia Sobieska, Noctis, Geese and Negan?

 

[TheMightyP]

insert dark joke about that celebrity

The celebrities that could apply to

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I'm not gonna defend microtransactions but honestly, most whales are I've met are either adult people with disposable income and/or content creators who get paid for playing the games they pour money to.

You just arent looking hard enough because there are the adult people that whale themselves into debt

 

[Schnee117]

Competitive Gamers and Weirdo Media Analysts when Lizardman changes Facebook's name to "Meta"

 

[Deleted member]

God, can it just be Friday already?

Waiting to do a draft is pain

 

[TheMightyP]

You just arent looking hard enough because there are the adult people that whale themselves into debt

You're right, but the irony of saying this while having a Cookie Run pfp

Competitive Gamers and Weirdo Media Analysts when Lizardman changes Facebook's name to "Meta"

Bruh that name change actually ****ing sucks lmao.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

You're right, but the irony of saying this while having a Cookie Run pfp

The joke here is I havent spent a cent on this game and I have 7 epic cookies. In fact, i just got the new new one that just got added after todays update on my first roll from gems the company gave me for free. Hell, I got Espresso as a free login bonus

 

[Aurane]

I love free to piss games

When your friends have to pay microtransactions to poop but you're free to piss.

 

[TheMightyP]

You're telling me Zuck is a multi billionaire and yet can't afford a ****ing bookend?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

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You're telling me Zuck is a multi billionaire and yet can't afford a ****ing bookend?

hol up, what?

 

[Schnee117]

Metaverse?

It's about time you met some *******

 

[KillerCage]

I love free to piss games

I love free to pop games.




No, I'm not adding another "o".

 

[osby]

Metaverse?

It's about time you met some *******

This whole people accessing social media from their mobile devices thing gives me serious P5 vibes.

 

[TheMightyP]

hol up, what?

Zuck daddy is an actual lizard, that's what's up.

Who tf keeps bbq sauce in their library? Lizard behavior

He held a press conference regarding the Facebook name change