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Golf Story! Snake Pass! Puyo Tetris! Spla2n! Was bomberman any good?
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Nov 1, 2017 15:43
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They managed to patch it into something resembling decency, yes.
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The new CoD game has lootboxes that fall from the sky onto the beaches of Normandy
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Regy Rusty posted:A world does not exist where I don't play Zelda the day it is released. Steamworld Dig 2 is cool
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Dr Cheeto posted:The new CoD game has lootboxes that fall from the sky onto the beaches of Normandy 
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Nov 1, 2017 16:01
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Dr Cheeto posted:The new CoD game has lootboxes that fall from the sky onto the beaches of Normandy  I thought maybe it would be like the care package from past games but it looks like some drat gatcha from a phone game.
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Nov 1, 2017 16:01
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If only grandad had spent $9.99 on an phat epic purple vest he'd still be with us.
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Nov 1, 2017 16:02
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Dr Cheeto posted:The new CoD game has lootboxes that fall from the sky onto the beaches of Normandy Feel like we're hitting the peak of shoehorning lootboxes into every big game lol Has to stop/slow down eventually yeah?
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Nov 1, 2017 16:03
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Wamdoodle posted:
Even better, the boxes are opened in a social space so a whole bunch of potential rubes can see when someone opens something good.
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Nov 1, 2017 16:04
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COD has had lootboxes since AW
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Monkey Fracas posted:Feel like we're hitting the peak of shoehorning lootboxes into every big game lol Not until people stop buying them, and since loot box opening is now apparently an entire genre of streaming they're probably sticking around for a good long while.
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Nov 1, 2017 16:06
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God loving dammit you loving shitbrains are losing us this match! I've been watching you GokuWeedLord69 you haven't bought even a single box! You're loving costing us the game!
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Nov 1, 2017 16:07
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Monkey Fracas posted:Feel like we're hitting the peak of shoehorning lootboxes into every big game lol If financial reports are to be believed it's been very profitable for publishers for very little overhead, which means you'll probably see increasingly insidious forms of lootboxes until things reach a saturation point and some alternate way of fleecing nerds for money is discovered.
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I didn’t get a job I didn’t want. How should I celebrate / mourn?
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Dr Cheeto posted:Even better, the boxes are opened in a social space so a whole bunch of potential rubes can see when someone opens something good. There needs to be a confetti drop when you get a legendary
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Nov 1, 2017 16:11
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The Gun Skins of Navarone
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Jay Rust posted:I didn’t get a job I didn’t want. How should I celebrate / mourn? Play Super Mario Odyssey
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haveblue posted:Not until people stop buying them, and since loot box opening is now apparently an entire genre of streaming they're probably sticking around for a good long while. This will never happen as these companies are only getting better at exploiting gambling psychology and there's always going to be a subset of gamers who are especially susceptible to those pressures. The only thing that's gonna stop it is government regulation in a major market.
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Saint Freak posted:If only grandad had spent $9.99 on an phat epic purple vest he'd still be with us. Hey gently caress you my grandfather died in Auschwitz... he fell off a lootbox lmao!
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In Training posted:Steamworld Dig 2 is cool I didn't really like the first one because it felt kind of unfocused. Is the second one better?
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Regy Rusty posted:I didn't really like the first one because it felt kind of unfocused. Is the second one better? You've always got a clear objective in Dig 2, but they're more spread out this time. There are multiple caverns to dig down through, with lots of little side rooms hiding a collectible or two.
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Dr Cheeto posted:The new CoD game has lootboxes that fall from the sky onto the beaches of Normandy Little brother, sitting on the couch next his big bro who just got back from Afganistan. Playing his murder sim, talking guns with the vet and learning that miltalk to use when he calls in his next kill streak reward. Little bro casually goes through the motions of opening a few loot boxes and big bro starts to furrow his brow, getting legit angry that equipment is literally falling out of the sky for this snot-nosed kid while he had to practically beg his mother to slip some ceramic inserts into his care package after watching his new best friend get chewed up by enemy fire. "So," little bro starts to ask, "you ever teabag someone in real life?"
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Sorry to beat the lootbox drum again but this industry is finding increasingly effective ways to harness the power of pathological gambling to pad their bottom line. Also this is gauche as gently caress even for this dumbass war game lol Dr Cheeto fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Nov 1, 2017 |
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Nov 1, 2017 16:25
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A lootbox drops from the sky but you can't kill people with it, what a missed opportunity.
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Dr Cheeto posted:The new CoD game has lootboxes that fall from the sky onto the beaches of Normandy Holy poo poo lol
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Monkey Fracas posted:Feel like we're hitting the peak of shoehorning lootboxes into every big game lol not until it stops making money. and right now they raking in the big bucks so it will probably only get worse
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Wamdoodle posted:
More importantly, other players can see your loot box drop and what items you get out of it. A lot streamers already make a spectacle of lootboxes/gacha summons so this seems like a natural step. Got to keep up with the digital Joneses. Monkey Fracas posted:Feel like we're hitting the peak of shoehorning lootboxes into every big game lol Only a small amount of whales have to buy lootboxes to make them worthwhile. Most players play casually and do not spend money on microtransactions/loot boxes. Whales tend to be very specialized in what they play and treat their games as a 'lifestyle game.' So different games can have very successful monetization systems since there is little overlap in whales who make up the bulk of each individual game's revenue. In a way, microtransactions can help smaller developers, such as Grinding Gear Games or Digital Extremes, compete with larger companies since they have dedicated fanbases to make up for their smaller size or lack of mainstream appeal. Most small and mid-sized developers were forced out of the market when their $60 game had to compete with EA/Acti-Blizzard/Take2/Ubisoft. We can also see this in the Japanese gacha mobile game segment where games with niche appeal can compete with more mainstream brands in terms of revenue since the former attracts more power spenders. A licensed anime game with a hardcore fanbase can easily out earn a global brand like Sonic the Hedgehog. It's why we're seeing so many 90s anime revivals on mobile, such as DBZ Dokkan Battle and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, do well since kids who grew up watching these shows are now working adults with money.
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Sakurazuka posted:They managed to patch it into something resembling decency, yes. That uh does not sound like what I would call “good” exquisite tea posted:Hey gently caress you my grandfather died in Auschwitz... he fell off a lootbox lmao! 
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Looks like Housemarque's done making the types of games Housemarque makes. http://www.housemarque.com/arcade-is-dead/
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My remake of Saving Private Ryan where Tom Hanks just purchases the $99.99 Unlimited Infantry Platinum Tier Booster Pack (Best Value!) and the entire movie is only 8 minutes long.
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Mordja posted:Looks like Housemarque's done making the types of games Housemarque makes. Is it lootboxes? gently caress, I knew I was forgetting a game last month. I need to get Nex Machina and make some time for that
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Dauntless, an actual free to play game, has apparently decided to drop loot boxes, which gets it more of my attention. I think it's a monster hunter clone with a neat art style so right up my alley, but I don't recall whether it's actually out yet.
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Sunning posted:Only a small amount of whales have to buy lootboxes to make them worthwhile. Most players play casually and do not spend money on microtransactions/loot boxes. Whales tend to be very specialized in what they play and treat their games as a 'lifestyle game.' So different games can have very successful monetization systems since there is little overlap in whales who make up the bulk of each individual game's revenue. The end of lootboxes is probably either diminishing returns so they aren't worth it anymore (like you said above the more I think about it the less likely this seems since they're easy to implement and essentially free money) or federal regulation classifying it as gambling/regulating it as "basically gambling" and kinda creating a new class for it Sunning posted:More importantly, other players can see your loot box drop and what items you get out of it. A lot streamers already make a spectacle of lootboxes/gacha summons so this seems like a natural step. Got to keep up with the digital Joneses. like I thought IRL unboxing videos were bad lol this is some kinda new twisted consumerist low
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chumbler posted:Dauntless, an actual free to play game, has apparently decided to drop loot boxes, which gets it more of my attention. I think it's a monster hunter clone with a neat art style so right up my alley, but I don't recall whether it's actually out yet. There is absolutely zero chance I'm going to try a f2p hunting game when there's an actual new MH game coming soon
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Does anyone have some decent articles about the weaponized gambling elements of microtransactions?
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My gut reaction would that this would almost be satire or a headfake of some sort considering how closely it matches the wording and sentiment of the Visceral closure press release, but...
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Is it lootboxes? It's on sale this week so good timing on remembering that game
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