▲ 471 ▼ 'We don't have shareholders, but we also don't think about them,' Larian Studios uses its stage time at the DICE Awards to speak out against a brutal industry climate (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 2 years ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 46 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] NoneYa@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's no different from VLTs and other gambling products. Not everyone will become addicted, but they are designed to addict. You and me might drop a dollar here or there and move on, but for every ten of us, there is 1 who gets addicted and drops a paycheque a month on this stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Since a lot of it is marketed to kids, I'd bet it's more than 1/10 who have bought into useless microtransactions (with or without parental consent). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's no different from VLTs and other gambling products. Not everyone will become addicted, but they are designed to addict. You and me might drop a dollar here or there and move on, but for every ten of us, there is 1 who gets addicted and drops a paycheque a month on this stuff. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Since a lot of it is marketed to kids, I'd bet it's more than 1/10 who have bought into useless microtransactions (with or without parental consent). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Since a lot of it is marketed to kids, I'd bet it's more than 1/10 who have bought into useless microtransactions (with or without parental consent). permalink fedilink source parent