/v/ - Video Games

>no webm

Faggot. Also, why do you care about some jew youtuber?

>Super BunnyWifeNiggerHopping

They're "right-wing" in the sense of them being for the deregulation of their industry (and even then not necessarily that, they just want special treatment and to be able to walk all over their competitors). In every other aspect they are left-wing.

>>13881151

Not all people have the same capacity for agency, for as in any other human trait, distribution is unequal. Been a problem for a long time and over the last few centuries people threw away previous solutions.

>>13881174

You could wallow in apathy, or become a light in the darkness and spread Truth to prepare for the revival of the human spirit. It's coming.

>super bunny flop

>>13881151

>Though seriously, can't people just stop buying lootboxes? is the human race so stupid it can't stop itself from buying a game cause Sterr Werzz?

That's not how human psychology works. You can resist for a certain amount of time, but as long as the option is shoved down your throat, it's going to be progressively more difficult to do so. Go ahead, try it. Take something you know you'll love (a candy bar, a cigarette, porn, etc) and place it next to you on your desk. You might at first ignore it, but eventually your lizard brain is going to override you will to resist, and you're going to have to do something about it (either give in and enjoy it or you'll have to completely get rid of it). That's fine for a physical object, but what do you do if you can't get rid of the constant reminder that items in the cash shop are now 50% off for a limited time? You'll either give in a fork over some cash, or you'll drop the game entirely. If you're smart, you'll do the latter, but there are plenty of people who look at such a small investment and think, "fuck it, I have over 200 hours in this game, a one time microtransaction couldn't hurt" which then can start a precedent.

>>13881215

>spread Truth to prepare for the revival of the human spirit

>implying this can happen when the world is in it's current state

You might as well ask for an honest jew.

<still thinking corporate bigwigs are right wing

>he hasn't realized that being as outspokenly left-leaning as humanly possible has been good PR for the last 30 years

Pathetic.

>>13881256

Darker the night, the brighter the light shines.

>>13881279

>The simple solution is to simply treat it as online gambling.

That will just ban lootcrates entirely. Not that that's a bad thing.

>>13881292

However the longer the dark the more light dies. How long do we have until we get past the point of no return?

>>13881151

>is the human race so stupid it can't stop itself from buying a game cause Sterr Werzz?

NORMALFAGS

=ARE==

CATTLE

>>13881279

>>13881314

It's a shitty business practice, but people have the power to inform themselves and abstain from purchasing shitty products with shitty features. In the case of children, I think it's the responsibility of the parents to be informed adults and control what their children have access to. Burdens like these shouldn't be handed off to the government and those who fund it.

>>13881215

>>13881246

I understand the concern these posters have for people who aren't capable of exercising restraint, but I don't think the solution to this problem is to have governments control what people have access to and what they do with their own money. Legislation targeting lootboxes in video games would give the government yet more power over our lives. In any case, EA is garbage and I feel bad for whales, but this is ultimately a problem individuals and markets can and should solve on their own. Just my two cents, not terribly invested in this.

>>13881151

>Post last edited at 11/28/17 (Tue) 23:33:11

Nice time dubs, hotpockets!

>>13881353

100% demoralized

>>13881464

Some people can definitely make the right decisions if they're motivated, but I definitely don't expect the majority to. The worst case scenario is that EA keeps getting away with it because people keep buying lootboxes. This isn't desirable and it especially sucks for people who just wanted a multiplayer Star Wars shooter, but ultimately nobody if forced to buy it, they can buy games that don't have lootboxes or microtransactions instead. Hopefully dumb and/or impulsive people stop being dumb and/or impulsive, but I honestly don't care enough about those people to forcefully stop them from doing stupid shit. I don't care much about AAA multiplayer games, though, so it's not a big deal for me in general.

>>13881214

So basically in the only sense that matters then.

>>13881214

Nah, no profit driven company is left wing, that's an oxymoron.

>>13881151

>supports private property and capitalism

>right wing

Well yeah. (D) and (R) are both right wing. Welcome to burger politics.

>>13881529

>I don't care about the idiots who buy lootboxes so why should I care?

Because the idiots who buy lootboxes influence how the industry behaves? You say you don't care much about AAA multiplayer games, you do realise shit like this is part why studios are discouraged from making singleplayer titles? Because they can make more money exploiting gambling impulses with multiplayer games?

>>13881927

>Because the idiots who buy lootboxes influence how the industry behaves?

But that doesn't affect me.

>You say you don't care much about AAA multiplayer games

I don't.

>you do realise shit like this is part why studios are discouraged from making singleplayer titles?

>Because they can make more money exploiting gambling impulses with multiplayer games?

Fine by me. I want nothing to do with the studios that are jumping on that bandwagon, since either they've never made a single good game, or they did long ago but none of the original staff are still around.

We've had 1-3 great games released per year for over a decade, and those games typically aren't coming from these big studios in the first place. Who gives a fuck?

I can't even blame companies for doing it at this point. People wont stop buying the fucking things. You'd be stupid not to give your audience what they so clearly crave.

>>13881785

Not really. Being left-wing in ideology means your games are full of propaganda

Being left-wing in terms of freedom of speech in current year means bowing to political correctness and censoring your games

being left-wing means there will be less merit in your product to begin with because you believe in "equality" over "meritocracy"