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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Who buys them?

  • People who dont game buying a present who just go "oh deluxe version, not that much more expensive, lets treat them"
  • wealthy people that just pick the priciest option
  • people with completitionist tendencies
  • streamers and wannabe streamers for whom the extra cost is a trivial operating expense
  • children and others that dont understand the value of a dollar
  • people whose primary draw to the game is the photomode
  • "i like game, I want more game therefore I pay more" (yes this logic is terrible when applied to microtransactions)
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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The type of monetisation that especially confuses me as a guy brought up on pre-internet era gaming is any kind of pay to win. You're buying a game then paying extra money so you don't have to then go through the tedious task of actually playing the game.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I too grew up gaming in the pre internet era, and I love pay to win. My favorite is when they just let me press A and the rest of the game just unfolds and plays itself while I watch.

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