You could just sell the game at a flat cost. You know, like they use to and still do. If you want a “Live Service” game, just sell a DLC/Expansion Pack every few months.
No. That would be taking money from the parents when they purchase the game. The kids would only be playing the game and so long as there’s no store front in the game, there’s no problem.
Would you ban kids from riding bicycles because stores sell them?
Most people consider lootbox/gacha predatory and regular advertising a necessary evil. Regular advertising is often manipulative too, but most people consider lootbox/gacha to be more so, especially because of the addictive gambling mechanics it uses that regular advertising doesn’t.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You could just sell the game at a flat cost. You know, like they use to and still do. If you want a “Live Service” game, just sell a DLC/Expansion Pack every few months.
holo@lemmy.wtf 4 days ago
That would still be taking money from kids. One would assume marketing is involved so that’s tricking kids into making a purchase.
My solution is simply stop letting kids have video games. If we want to censor things, let’s censor them.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 days ago
No. That would be taking money from the parents when they purchase the game. The kids would only be playing the game and so long as there’s no store front in the game, there’s no problem.
Would you ban kids from riding bicycles because stores sell them?
holo@lemmy.wtf 4 days ago
So where, then, are kids getting money for gacha, if parents are buying games in your alternative world?
Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 3 days ago
Most people consider lootbox/gacha predatory and regular advertising a necessary evil. Regular advertising is often manipulative too, but most people consider lootbox/gacha to be more so, especially because of the addictive gambling mechanics it uses that regular advertising doesn’t.