to be fair this kind of expenditure and aftermarket exists in CCGs.
One of my ex coworkers has spent somewhere in the ballpark of 12k. He sells, flips and trades rare ships to sell back to people after the exclusivity of the ship has expired. He’s made like 4k. I don’t understand gaming anymore.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Yes of course! But I’d imagine the average CSGO/2 player is really only in for $100 or so on side market deals. Not 1000s. The lowest ship is like $35 or something.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
CCGS, I meant like Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu Gi Oh
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Lol if that game is ever finished, I bet there’s going to be some people who paid way too much for a ship that turns out to completely suck but seemed ok on paper. Kinda like a PT cruiser, except it looked ok on paper.
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Lmfao the PT Cruiser! My Grandmother’s new husband has one, and he put flame decals on it as one does…backwards.
Yes theres a shit ton to balance. Honestly no mans sky seems more appealing now adays. I might go fire that up on my xbone.
ours@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s not gaming anymore than people buying toys, leaving them in their boxes as an “investment” are into playing with toys.
Meanwhile the rest of us are buying games, playing them, enjoying them, moving on to other games and so on.
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Yea that’s where I’m at. I’m platform agnostic, and the only game I simp for is the original halo trilogy. Microtransactions are dirty. And making digitized items a financial value just to sell them is the same as what you said, like Funko pop collectors.