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Ubi Support: "If players simply didn't buy loot crates, they would not be in future games"
- Thread starter MauroNL
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Welp. Can't blame a company to serve a market that desperately wants to be served.
Voting with wallet is a thing. It is just that one has no natural right to be in the most represented group. I personally think that the situation could be way worse with how eager people are to buy that stuff. I still see that companies try to make the both sides happy.
Voting with wallet is a thing. It is just that one has no natural right to be in the most represented group. I personally think that the situation could be way worse with how eager people are to buy that stuff. I still see that companies try to make the both sides happy.
I think a lot of these companies view successful implementation of loot boxes and go "well it works for them—lets do it too." It's one of those things where they could sell 100 boxes, if it's working for the other guy it's going to make its way into their title. Purchases (or a lack of them) won't matter, because they're looking outward.
Exactly. It seems many people actually like MT's and love spending their money on them.
What'll really happen is the players won't buy the game outright because the micro transactions changed the quality of the game in a fundamental way. But the publishers won't take the hint because money. Then they'll just sideline the IP because it didn't make them money.
For example deus ex
For example deus ex
While what they are saying makes sense, you could also extend that to Ubisoft converting to selling only energy drinks.
People buy a shitload of them too.
People buy a shitload of them too.
For halloween i opened a disgusting amount of boxes between OW and TF2.
And every year i do it i ask myself why. Addiction is why. In the case of OW its because i dont wanna constantly play the game in a 3 week span.
And every year i do it i ask myself why. Addiction is why. In the case of OW its because i dont wanna constantly play the game in a 3 week span.
I was about to write just that.
They are at different scales (except maybe for the gambling that is almost touching the same brain strings) but man, place the guilt on the consumer when you are the supplier of the problem seems so wrong.
Literally what many people on here have been saying for years.
But you still have the crack addicts coming to justify them.
But you still have the crack addicts coming to justify them.
They wouldn't. The government usually steps in like in the case of Video Poker machines.
Makes perfect sense. It is kind of scummy but people can't help themselves and it is successful for them so why remove them. Jist don't buy them.
And I truly doubt gamers can unite seeing those comments by thise two and toxicity in general.
And I truly doubt gamers can unite seeing those comments by thise two and toxicity in general.
"If junkies simply didn't buy this cocaine, it would not be sold on the streets in the future"
Just because something that's manipulative and addictive is purchased does not make it okay from a moral or legal standpoint.
Just because something that's manipulative and addictive is purchased does not make it okay from a moral or legal standpoint.
Oh no, ubisoft-san, you see, the consumer can't make those kind of decision, we must create laws to protect us from making our own stupid choices. The laws has always be welcomed with open arms by us and we are sure that they will be exactly what we need yet again, don't you worry.
That's a half truth. People obviously buy the stuff, but if they are so great for gaming why they make such and effort in developing new insidious ways to get more people further adicted to them?. Why they design a game's mechanics and gameplay around helping to sell more MT's?. If they were such a great and progressive thing, they surely be able to stand on their own merit without the need of enticing and manipulating gamers into buying them.
Shit thats pretty much Activision. Instead of calming the fuck down and not jamming games down peoples throats, they flooded the market and people got tired of the shit pretty quick. Instead of spacing the games out they just killed the IP's and moved the manpower to the remaning games. Which is partly why there are so many studios on CoD right now. Most of those studios used to have their own franchises. I don't think their strategy has ever changed but now they have microtransactions too.
He's not wrong, but then again people wouldn't buy lootboxes if the game didn't offer lootboxes, so there's that.
How did you manage to find the shittest quality picture on the internet?
tobacco companies - "If people didn't buy cigarettes..."
I'd also love to see a breakdown of the ages of loot box buyers
I'd also love to see a breakdown of the ages of loot box buyers
