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Don't forget the "loot box" scandals too. That's so bad even governments and stepping in.
It's a shame Bethesda didn't learn from No Man's Sky policy of "just release now, we'll actually make it game later and people can just keep downloading massive updates". Maybe they thought their name and loyal fan base would carry them.
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Yeah.. I just didn't care for EA games... but it's also a black mark for 2018. You're absolutely right! 
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When you say loot box scandal, do you mean the modern age where parents refuse to take responsibility for their children stealing from them and instead try to blame the games developers?
Don't get me wrong though, I think the whole "pay-to-win" thing is disgusting and really ruins a lot of games. But you can't blame them when so many idiots are throwing money at it.
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I mean the fact that it used to be that you bought a game and you bought the game, but now you buy the game and they want you to keep buying things. Guess that's more micro-transactions than loot boxes, but they're often the same thing.
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I would say that is more DLC, which has been around for years.
But yeah, the whole bunch of "added extras" is rubbish. One of the things that used to make a game good for me is the reply factor, the ability to unlock extra content by doing various tasks. Things like extra characters, or costumes, or weapons, etc.
Now you just pay extra for them, which takes away all the fun.
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I believe the whole "loot box" scandal had to do with gambling laws. The way the loot boxes were set up, they worked more like digital slot machines. You pay to get them and you may or may not get anything good. It is a method to keep people spending money on loot boxes rather than playing the game.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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Good for those who like to spend big money on "added extras". Not so good for those who are starting with these games. Money can't buy everything, but in this case money can buy bigger and better costumes or weapons or shields.
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Quote: When you say loot box scandal, do you mean the modern age where parents refuse to take responsibility for their children stealing from them and instead try to blame the games developers?
No he meant when games assure the parents that they have been rated for kids, but take advantage of said kids and:
1. make them addicted to the horrible system that is loot boxes
2. make them get used to the idea of loot boxes in their future games
3. and make them susceptible to more gambling when they grow up
It's not only that pay-to-win is disgusting, it's that developers are allowed to hide it by making their representative say nonsense like: restricting pay-to-win will reduce our ability to innovate. Or when they say that it doesn't affect people who do not buy the loot boxes.
Source:
ESA president defends loot boxes, warns against government regulation | PC Gamer[^]
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: It's a shame Bethesda didn't learn from No Man's Sky policy of "just release now, we'll actually make it game later and people can just keep downloading massive updates"
And how is this different from what Microsoft does?
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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modified 29-Nov-18 7:00am.
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Um, Microsoft don't make games?
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Quote: just release now, we'll actually make it game OS later and people can just keep downloading massive updates that might or might not work
Windows 10?   
P.S. Sorry... I forgot the irony/joke icon in the first answer.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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True.
Nowadays, they only make jokes.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Um, Halo?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I'll just leave these here...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelancer_(video_game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Studios
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World of Warcraft is going the way of the dodo bird, I think. I have been an avid player since 2012, but every expansion seems to get farther away from what it should be.
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I'm still at level 100; haven't played for a year or two. I already disliked the simplification of the talent-tree (because too complicated for casual users), only to get an expansion that shows a lot of nonsense-talents in the weapon.
Seen a new version of WarCraft 3 in the launcher. Let's see how they try to kill that one 
..and I'm going to guess you're.. a tauren.. warrior?
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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My main: 120 Undead Destro Warlock
...and I do wear my tin foil hat when I travel to Azeroth.
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So your "Serial Killer" game won't be released this year I guess 
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What is wrong with Fallout?
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Just google Fallout 76...
Soon after, if you were ever thinking to buy it, you will probably change your mind.
Issues ranges from: gameplay, content, bugSSS (horrendous frame rate, obvious clipping issues, outdated graphics, zero damage bug, stupid AI - monster standing still)
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It's a fun game, I've been playing a lot of it since it was released.
It is not as bad as the internet makes it
There are some bugs and game mechanics issues, but, at least for me, has been working fine.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Ahh, thank goodness. It(Xbox version) is on my Christmas list.
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My daughter spent 5 hours downloading Fallout 76 on a slow Wifi at college on the first day. Then they dropped the price a few days later.
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