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inb4 ce just says don't buy them
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Who?
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ur a microtransaction
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Don't see the big deal with microtrasactions tbh
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alphagamble posted...
Don't see the big deal with microtrasactions tbh That's because you have no idea what you're talking about. Go to hell.
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alphagamble posted...
Don't see the big deal with microtrasactions tbh completely changes the design/focus of a game. this is VERY obvious if you have ever played a smartphone game in the last few years but that model is starting to seep into your average PC and console game now too. basically a death sentence for video games IMO
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The craziest thing about microtransactions is that people f***ing buy them.
People will literally spend hundreds of dollars on loot cases that drop random loot that is worth absolutely nothing. I don't care who you are, if you waste real money on cosmetics you are dumb. |
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I remember in Ass Creed IV when you were advised at one point to either grind or buy the upgrades with real money.
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Bashes on micro transactions and bashes on Hellblade. If he wants to fight micro transactions maybe he should encourage people to buy games without them.
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clearaflagrantj posted...
The craziest thing about microtransactions is that people f***ing buy them. This. I s*** on GTA Online all the f***ing time, but at least you know what the f*** you're buying in that game even if it is overpriced. Lootboxes and random drops are the dumbest things you can buy IMO. |
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The goal is generally to take advantage of people with gambling issues. So the people buying them are dumb, but the people selling them are scum.
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D-Lo_BrownTown posted...
Lootboxes and random drops are the dumbest things you can buy IMO. Agree And the only reason lootboxes/random drops exist is to provide a thinly veiled attempt at avoiding P2W status. Rather than allow you to purchase the best items in a given game, they allow you to purchase more chances at obtaining the best items. Thus, they can safely say "You can't buy the best items," giving them a shallow feeling of being on the moral high-ground. We are screwed if this continues.
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He's 100% right about the "You can still get them in-game" argument and how it's bulls***. Yeah you can if you want to deal with artificially inflated grind to maybe get one item. That's the disease, it makes the "best" rewards in games designed to be almost out of reach so you're forced to buy them if you want them.
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Bligh_with_no_T posted...
The goal is generally to take advantage of people with gambling issues. So the people buying them are dumb, but the people selling them are scum. the worst part is that i think a lot of the people that are buying these aren't dumb, they're kids who don't really know any better. they just love the dopamine rush you get from getting a cool costume or skin or whatever from a loot box, so when these kids receive Xbox gift cards for their birthday or their parents put some money in their steam wallet, it all goes to virtual gambling since this kind of thing is proven to be addictive and effective
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I probably agree with what he's saying, but holy s*** I had to turn that off after 15 seconds. I'm guessing it's supposed to be super cringey, but I couldn't even handle the intentional cringe.
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 Here is another troubling video from a better YouTuber who points out that companies are avoiding taxes and making something like half their profits off of micro transactions. He focuses on Blizzard pretty heavily.
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DevsBro posted...
I remember in Ass Creed IV when you were advised at one point to either grind or buy the upgrades with real money. Yea but it wasn't that time consuming to get it the legit way. Some games makes it near impossible though
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Games with microtransactions are foremost about making money. Fun takes a back seat if you're lucky. This is usually done by taking a good concept and making it s*** on purpose so people will pay to bypass the s*** parts.
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Cabal of corporate thralls?
Given the subject matter, that comes of as highly pretentious.
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Yea but it wasn't that time consuming to get it the legit way. Some games makes it near impossible though I mean, it did take me a couple days. It was a design decision based on selling the consumable DLC instead of providing an enjoyable or menaingful experience. Of course, I ended up upgrading the ship all the way anyway because completionism but it would have been nice to do it with the end-story sidequest binge and such. |
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Gacha based games have basically killed multiple franchises and mostly ruined mobile as a gaming platform and yet criticizing them tends to get serious backlash for reasons I don't really understand
I'm not a big fan of microtransactions in general but I can at least accept the kind where you pick something and pay for it and that's that. stop turning games into casinos
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LordRazziel posted...
Cabal of corporate thralls? Not at all, the same group of users routinely show up in my threads to make excuses to defend multibillion dollar corporations crying poor. It's insane
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ZombiePelican posted...
LordRazziel posted...Cabal of corporate thralls? I don't think they're colluding in any way, much less being part of any kind of group.
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The worst offender is loot boxes. I f***ing hate that s***. I was so hyped for Anthem until I saw it had loot boxes and then I f***ing dropped it.
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Jim Sterling can yell and scream about microtransactions all he wants, and I don't disagree with him, but as long as they're a successful business model they'll be around.
It's the people who are being taken advantage of that need to understand. Not the people who watch him on YouTube because they agree with him about most things already.
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justaguy3492 posted...
I probably agree with what he's saying, but holy s*** I had to turn that off after 15 seconds. I'm guessing it's supposed to be super cringey, but I couldn't even handle the intentional cringe. What's worse is that his toxic fanbase love that cringy trash.
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LordRazziel posted...
ZombiePelican posted...LordRazziel posted...Cabal of corporate thralls? I wasn't serious when referring to them as a cabal >_> NeonOctopus posted... The worst offender is loot boxes. I f***ing hate that s***. I was so hyped for Anthem until I saw it had loot boxes and then I f***ing dropped it. It's EA, what were you expecting? How many times am I going to have to explain that publishers can never be trusted and will try to take as much money from you as they can get away with even if they know full well we hate it?
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ZombiePelican posted...
LordRazziel posted...ZombiePelican posted...LordRazziel posted...Cabal of corporate thralls? I didn't think you actually believed that. That's why I found it pretentious.
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LordRazziel posted...
I didn't think you actually believed that. That's why I found it pretentious. I'm sorry for having a wide vocabulary I use, I'll dumb it down for you next time |
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I've just stopped giving business to games that have a microtransactional P2W model.
That basically means I don't play videogames anymore.
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clearaflagrantj posted...
The craziest thing about microtransactions is that people f***ing buy them. What blows my mind about this is the absolute s***-tier games that people do this with. Some of the most seasoned gamers I know spent like $100 on buying new rifles for the mobile Deer Hunter games. The f*** is wrong with them.
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pinky0926 posted...
I've just stopped giving business to games that have a microtransactional P2W model. That only kills a game series, not microtransactions.
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CableZL posted...
Jim Sterling puts puts microtransaction apologists in their place Scott is a hero. Jim just mad he cant reach the lunch box |
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I hate microtransactions
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LordRazziel posted...I didn't think you actually believed that. That's why I found it pretentious. There it is, again. I understood all the words.
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gacha games.
I played both FF gacha games and I spent like $200 on it and it was the most disgusting thing. I took a step back and realized all I was doing was gambling, with no possible return. The only way to advance and complete higher tier dungeons and levels is to secure the best items and characters. I'd be totally content if there was a one time option to pay a premium for all content for free, but there is little money there.
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Microtransactions don't bother me, rng boxes do.
If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all
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I Like Toast posted...
Microtransactions don't bother me, rng boxes do. I can agree with this. The biggest problem I with micro transactions are they are not very "Micro." Just looking at the cost of some things and the cost of premium currency. I wish I could think of a good example off the top of my head but I know some characters in mobile games translates to something like $6 dollars for a single character and $3 for a costume.
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I Like Toast posted...
Microtransactions don't bother me, rng boxes do. enjoy playing Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite with 6 DLC characters on day 1 lol
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ZombiePelican posted...LordRazziel posted...I didn't think you actually believed that. That's why I found it pretentious. Then what's the problem? |
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Romulox28 posted...
I Like Toast posted...Microtransactions don't bother me, rng boxes do. I don't play mvc, I've spent money in mahvel heroes before they ruined it. I've bought costume packs game for dynasty warriors. I've bought stash in part of exile. Dota is the only game I buy rng boxes, but they at least don't allow duplicates, and I only do it for the compendium
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I don't like Jim Sterling as a person, but I generally agree with his points. (just not his numeric scores)
I realized how 'speed up' micro transactions on earn able items means they have designed the game around you paying so you don't have to play it years ago when mobile gaming started gaining traction. It is by far the worst, most useless and terrible design mantra in gaming today. I thought it was bad on mobile, where the game is free to play, when you are paying $60 for a game, then they expect you to want to pay more money to skip playing it, wut.
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One of my friends has spent over £150 on Pokemon Go. It's awful.
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I play Fire Emblem Heroes, and I can see just how quickly someone could break down and spend money on virtual currency for the chance of summoning the characters you want. There's a lot of pressure to keep up with the metagame, the characters you want to get have low percentage chances of appearing (which decrease as more characters are added to the game) and it's frustrating to finally get the character you wanted to summon but it has individual values (IVs) that aren't optimal.
I'm happy that I have yet to spend a dime on the game since its release in February. Hopefully this trend continues. I think the biggest issue isn't that people aren't stupid, far from that. But it's a lack of self-discipline to withstand all the balls the game throws at you to succumb to paying for orbs to summon more characters. Last month, they introduced summer edition characters which if you liked any of the characters previously, you'd be tempted to try to summon. It takes roughly 100 orbs to summon the character you want if you only target summoning orbs of its color. Then the beginning of this month, they introduced more summer edition characters, one of which is critical to a specific niche, as well as 3 banners featuring other top tier characters that people are constantly on the lookout for. Tomorrow, they're releasing characters from FE Sacred Stones, and among them are characters that are going to drive certain playstyles. There's no way you try all these banners and get the characters you want. Not without paying up. There's not enough free orbs to do so. It also doesn't help that they introduced a new feature where your first summon is free, so you're more inclined to want to finish the summoning session (5 summons but the cost drops after each summon 5->4->4->3->3 for a total of 20 orbs per session) since you're basically getting a discount. l Dudeboy l posted... It's the people who are being taken advantage of that need to understand. Not the people who watch him on YouTube because they agree with him about most things already. It's usually the whales that complain the loudest about being taken advantage of by the business model.
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It honestly is one of the few things that gets me worked up. And I'm not even mad solely because companies are doing it, I am mad because the consumers are making it a brain-dead action for the companies, When mobile gaming and its terrible games and practices are WORKING several times better for the company than producing a regular game, what motivation is there to produce a quality product for the consumer?
Just look at what happened to Pokemon Go Fest, A terrible game that generated nearly a billion dollars on its own in 2016, and the people in charge can't manage to host an event without their already bare-bones game ceasing to function. Mobile gaming generated over 40 Billion dollars last year. Console gaming generated less than 7.
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I hate microtransactions but it;s hard to blame companies for doing them when gamers keep paying for them
I think slapping people in the face is wrong but if someone went "Guys keep paying me $5 to slap them in the face" I'd find it hard to blame the slapper
^ Hey now that's completely unfair.
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Megaman50100 posted...It honestly is one of the few things that gets me worked up. And I'm not even mad solely because companies are doing it, I am mad because the consumers are making it a brain-dead action for the companies, When mobile gaming and its terrible games and practices are WORKING several times better for the company than producing a regular game, what motivation is there to produce a quality product for the consumer?
Agreed. I'm not really mad at developers. I'm mad at everyone who makes this the sensible and obvious choice for developers.CE's Resident Scotsman.
http://i.imgur.com/ILz2ZbV.jpgRomulox28 posted...they just love the dopamine rush you get from getting a cool costume or skin or whatever from a loot box, so when these kids receive Xbox gift cards for their birthday or their parents put some money in their steam wallet, it all goes to virtual gambling since this kind of thing is proven to be addictive and effective
Didn't this used be (possibly still is) legally considered gambling in some jurisdictions?
Romulox28 posted...completely changes the design/focus of a game. this is VERY obvious if you have ever played a smartphone game in the last few years but that model is starting to seep into your average PC and console game now too. basically a death sentence for video games IMO
The reason this happens, is because mobile games have an expected initial price point of $0, and the AAA model has bloated production costs to the point where a new game has to sell several million copies at $60 just break even.
Unless you're willing to pay $100 for a console game, or anything at all for a mobile game, or are willing to play games that are less "pretty" with a hell of a lot less Hollywood voice-acting, that's just how it's going to be.(edited 3 hours ago)Don't like It? Don"t buy it.chrono625 posted...gacha games.
I played both FF gacha games and I spent like $200 on it and it was the most disgusting thing.
I took a step back and realized all I was doing was gambling, with no possible return. The only way to advance and complete higher tier dungeons and levels is to secure the best items and characters.
I'd be totally content if there was a one time option to pay a premium for all content for free, but there is little money there.
Brave Exvius is ridiculous with that s***. 1% drop and then the unit gets replaced soon after. Remember when Chizuru was the best? Do people even use Chizuru now?Voted best user on CE 2012 - 2016
Current e-argument streak: 9005 wins. 0 losses.I don't know who this Jim Sterling guy is but I watched this video and also his video explaining how he got dropped with a $15mil lawsuit for criticising a videogame and in both he was eloquent, funny and badass - but I get the impression a lot of people really dislike him. What am I out of the loop on here?CE's Resident Scotsman.
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Chiefs are going to win the Super BowlJustMyOpinion posted...Brave Exvius is ridiculous with that s***. 1% drop and then the unit gets replaced soon after. Remember when Chizuru was the best? Do people even use Chizuru now?
I liked Brave Exvius, it actually had some amount of depth to it's gameplay. When I hit the paywall I laid it to rest like I do with nearly all mobile games. Will not support that pay model at all.move all remaining groundhog mercenaries to the front lines. Have sheep troopers squadrons A and B flank the cows. They're using DC-17 hoof blasters.That's what I was just saying. The s*** they pull in mobile games are slowly making its way to console gamingPsn: An_Axe_Murderer 360: An Axe Murd3r3r 3ds friend code: 3067 6981 0482 plz add meMegaman50100 posted...JustMyOpinion posted...
Brave Exvius is ridiculous with that s***. 1% drop and then the unit gets replaced soon after. Remember when Chizuru was the best? Do people even use Chizuru now?
I liked Brave Exvius, it actually had some amount of depth to it's gameplay. When I hit the paywall I laid it to rest like I do with nearly all mobile games. Will not support that pay model at all.
I played final fantasy xi back before it was easy to get max level and even I think brave exvius is too grindy. So many events going on all the time that require doing the same thing over and over. And I dunno if they fixed trust but farming trust is ridic.Voted best user on CE 2012 - 2016
Current e-argument streak: 9005 wins. 0 losses.Melonfarms posted...
Here is another troubling video from a better YouTuber who points out that companies are avoiding taxes and making something like half their profits off of micro transactions. He focuses on Blizzard pretty heavily.
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LordRazziel posted...
I didn't think you actually believed that. That's why I found it pretentious.
I'm sorry for having a wide vocabulary I use, I'll dumb it down for you next time
There it is, again. I understood all the words.
Then what's the problem?
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The only bad part about flying is having to come back down to the f***in' world ~RatMegaman50100 posted...I liked Brave Exvius, it actually had some amount of depth to it's gameplay. When I hit the paywall I laid it to rest like I do with nearly all mobile games. Will not support that pay model at all.
Much like casinos, microtransaction-heavy games are propped up by a handful of "whales" who drop buckets of money.
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(forbes warning) https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/03/01/why-its-scary-when-0-15-mobile-gamers-bring-in-50-of-the-revenue/It doesn't bother me that much as long as the items are accessible without the paywall and it doesn't provide an advantage to gameplay.{}\\{}(o){}\\//{}//=\\{})){}(< \\//{}{{-{}//\\{}
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Lol yeah. Almost none of these games are designed to be fair. Jim sterling maybe a clown, but he is a good one and i support 100% his stance on microtransaction, especially on lootboxes.
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Brave Exvius is ridiculous with that s***. 1% drop and then the unit gets replaced soon after. Remember when Chizuru was the best? Do people even use Chizuru now?
I liked Brave Exvius, it actually had some amount of depth to it's gameplay. When I hit the paywall I laid it to rest like I do with nearly all mobile games. Will not support that pay model at all.
I played final fantasy xi back before it was easy to get max level and even I think brave exvius is too grindy. So many events going on all the time that require doing the same thing over and over. And I dunno if they fixed trust but farming trust is ridic.
Yea, the events were trash. Only game with worse events that I have played was Yugioh Duel Links.
I just meant that BE actually had depth to its gameplay with multiple stats mattering, individual HP, tons of passive/active skills per character, equipment, summons, etc. Most of the time, games like it are really basic, shared HP bar, HP and ATK are the only stats, only have basic attack and one active, etc.move all remaining groundhog mercenaries to the front lines. Have sheep troopers squadrons A and B flank the cows. They're using DC-17 hoof blasters.pinky0926 posted...I don't know who this Jim Sterling guy is but I watched this video and also his video explaining how he got dropped with a $15mil lawsuit for criticising a videogame and in both he was eloquent, funny and badass - but I get the impression a lot of people really dislike him. What am I out of the loop on here?
I demand someone answer this lingering question I haveCE's Resident Scotsman.
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I don't know who this Jim Sterling guy is but I watched this video and also his video explaining how he got dropped with a $15mil lawsuit for criticising a videogame and in both he was eloquent, funny and badass - but I get the impression a lot of people really dislike him. What am I out of the loop on here?
I demand someone answer this lingering question I have
CEmen hate anything but a lot of people here like him. The man knows his s***"This is your last dance."Melonfarms posted...
Here is another troubling video from a better YouTuber who points out that companies are avoiding taxes and making something like half their profits off of micro transactions. He focuses on Blizzard pretty heavily.
The craziest thing about it is they lobbied for it. They knew the law in Holland and lobbied for a similar in the US just so they don't have to pay taxes.
Effective tax rate of 13%! f***ing absurd...We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons.His character is that he's deliberately arrogant, annoying and pretentious, with a lot of recurring memeish jokes. A lot of people don't like that.
Also he's a know SJW so I imagine that rubs a lot of people the wrong way.clearaflagrantj posted...The craziest thing about microtransactions is that people f***ing buy them.
People will literally spend hundreds of dollars on loot cases that drop random loot that is worth absolutely nothing.
I don't care who you are, if you waste real money on cosmetics you are dumb.
Hold up a team captain is $$$Good to know at least a couple people appreciate Supper BunnyHop. Good content.
It's the "known SJW" thing that most people don't like about Jim. He has a bias against Nintendo too.
Although, I agree with him about BOTW I think he was more harsh than necessary.PSN: obsurdrandom
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That's obviously what he did.
You called a spade a spade. No use using energy to argue about it.<insert sig here>Melonfarms posted...He is bias against Nintendo too.
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That's probably the big game company he is least biased against, and his criticism are usually less scathing when compared to any other big publisher.<insert sig here>there's nothing wrong with cosmetic stuff for microtransactions
already on the disc dlc is something that should never happen
if you play a game like Overwatch and can't control yourself enough to not buy loot boxes to gamble on getting skins that literally have no effect on the game whatsoever and are 100% optional and you can only ever use one at once and that you can get by just playing the game anyway, that's your fault not Blizzard'sI could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen...pinky0926 posted...I don't know who this Jim Sterling guy is but I watched this video and also his video explaining how he got dropped with a $15mil lawsuit for criticising a videogame and in both he was eloquent, funny and badass - but I get the impression a lot of people really dislike him. What am I out of the loop on here?
He's a huge SJW is his only drawback and will constantly reach when trying to make points for the sake of virtue signalingJabodie posted...Melonfarms posted...
He is bias against Nintendo too.
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That's probably the big game company he is least biased against, and his criticism are usually less scathing when compared to any other big publisher.
He hates Nintendo and Nintendo fan boys. They only company I have seen him be harsher with is Konami. With good reason.PSN: obsurdrandom
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He is bias against Nintendo too.
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That's probably the big game company he is least biased against, and his criticism are usually less scathing when compared to any other big publisher.
He hates Nintendo and Nintendo fan boys. They only company I have seen him be harsher with is Konami. With good reason.
You're joking right? He absolutely loves Nintendo,he literally shilled the Wii U up until it's death. He just hates how out of touch and greedy Nintendo is when it comes to their IPs and the internet. Also he hates fanboys on general not just Nintendo'spinky0926 posted...pinky0926 posted...
I don't know who this Jim Sterling guy is but I watched this video and also his video explaining how he got dropped with a $15mil lawsuit for criticising a videogame and in both he was eloquent, funny and badass - but I get the impression a lot of people really dislike him. What am I out of the loop on here?
I demand someone answer this lingering question I have
That lawsuit was a joke. Jim couldve counter sued and won. The game was garbage and they got banned from ever selling on steam for the way they handled it.
He trolls this place a lot. But thats his gimmick. A lot of people play along, some take it too seriously.
Its gamefaqs.... All that needs to be saidpinky0926 posted...pinky0926 posted...
I don't know who this Jim Sterling guy is but I watched this video and also his video explaining how he got dropped with a $15mil lawsuit for criticising a videogame and in both he was eloquent, funny and badass - but I get the impression a lot of people really dislike him. What am I out of the loop on here?
I demand someone answer this lingering question I have
Kizuna Ai plays Quick, Draw!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO7n_qaQJUAif you play a game like Overwatch and can't control yourself enough to not buy loot boxes to gamble on getting skins that literally have no effect on the game whatsoever and are 100% optional and you can only ever use one at once and that you can get by just playing the game anyway, that's your fault not Blizzard's
Sure some of the responsibility is the player's but there's a reason casinos and gambling have all the restrictions they do. Don't try and act like the companies are totally innocent hereTHIS IS WHAT I HATE A BOUT EVREY WEBSITE!! THERES SO MUCH PEOPLE READING AND POSTING STUIPED STUFFZombiePelican posted...Melonfarms posted...
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He is bias against Nintendo too.
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That's probably the big game company he is least biased against, and his criticism are usually less scathing when compared to any other big publisher.
He hates Nintendo and Nintendo fan boys. They only company I have seen him be harsher with is Konami. With good reason.
You're joking right? He absolutely loves Nintendo,he literally shilled the Wii U up until it's death. He just hates how out of touch and greedy Nintendo is when it comes to their IPs and the internet. Also he hates fanboys on general not just Nintendo's
Do these videos sound like they are from someone who "loves" Nintendo? Maybe he just liked the Wii U for some reason. Most people didn't care for it.PSN: obsurdrandom
FEH: 6893310631(edited 1 hour ago)thronedfire2 posted...if you play a game like Overwatch and can't control yourself enough to not buy loot boxes to gamble on getting skins that literally have no effect on the game whatsoever and are 100% optional and you can only ever use one at once and that you can get by just playing the game anyway, that's your fault not Blizzard's
you can opt to not open loot boxes, but even if you refuse, there's going to be 20 kids in your place that got a gift card for their birthday and love the dopamine rush of virtual gambling when they click the open button on their loot box.
and then of course since this concept is so successful, it greatly affects game design. skins, characters, emblems, etc are no longer fun little extras to unlock that give a player a sense of progress and accomplishment but are another revenue stream, so devs have no incentive to make these fun or interesting to unlock.
your options will be to either dump hundreds of hours into a game for the CHANCE to win an item, or bust out the wallet and pay for the item straight up. AAA games are becoming increasingly more and more tailored towards being a service where your chief input is either time or money. gameplay is now secondary. this is very obvious in smartphone games but people put on the blinders when they see these practices in AAAA Green Butter Alt(TM)
http://i.imgur.com/LhwwG.gif(edited 1 hour ago)Melonfarms posted...ZombiePelican posted...
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He is bias against Nintendo too.
That's probably the big game company he is least biased against, and his criticism are usually less scathing when compared to any other big publisher.
He hates Nintendo and Nintendo fan boys. They only company I have seen him be harsher with is Konami. With good reason.
You're joking right? He absolutely loves Nintendo,he literally shilled the Wii U up until it's death. He just hates how out of touch and greedy Nintendo is when it comes to their IPs and the internet. Also he hates fanboys on general not just Nintendo's
Do these videos sound like they are from someone who "loves" Nintendo? Maybe he just liked the Wii U for some reason. Most people didn't care for it.
Cherry picking is bad and you should feel bad
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Those are just as cherry picked. Only one of those is current. The Mario Kart one that I have not seen.
His current attitude seems to dislike Nintendo more than he likes them.PSN: obsurdrandom
FEH: 6893310631I'm sure this guy has interesting things to say but the whole Iron Cross podium thing is so f***ing stupid. They're just video games, man. You or them aren't that important.Posted with GameRaven 3.2.1Melonfarms posted...ZombiePelican posted...
Those are just as cherry picked. Only one of those is current. The Mario Kart one that I have not seen.
His current attitude seems to dislike Nintendo more than he likes them.
Considering I was able pull up more Jimquisition where he's in favor of Nintendo rather than against, no it isn't cherry picking. Also I've been watching the Jimquisition since 2012 and I can tell you he doesn't hate Nintendo but rather how out of touch and greedy they are with their IPs and the internet(edited 1 hour ago)I've been pretty keen to not spend money on microtransactions, so I haven't been personally affected by their existence. If/when a game's practices becomes too RNG or too P2W, I just drop it and go play something else. Hell, I've made it a point to not buy *any* game on release (especially PC) because I *know* there will be DLC later, and by extension a definite all-in-one edition, and that it will in turn end up in a Steam sale somewhere down the line.
If there's one thing I've learned from gaming, it's that patience is indeed a virtue, and that I'm frugal as f***. (I blame the RPGs mostly.)
That said, there's nothing I can do to dictate (or even discourage) how other people spend their money. I mean, great, I'm not part of the problem, but there's also nothing I can do to solve it either. and I've since come to accept that microtransactions will be the harbinger of the next video game crash within my lifetime. (Which is amusing considering the first happened in 1983, the same year I was born.)Les aristocrates a la lanterne!
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