If someone can figure out a reasonable way to legislate against FOMO, then by all means, go for it. I already agreed it’s a problem, but it’s pretty much the base of capitalism - make something, put a price on it, and if someone deems it worth the price, they buy it. So aside from a complete restructuring of what at this point is the main economic system of the world, I’m not really expecting much to be done about expensive cosmetics in video games.
As if ending microtransactions means destroying capitalism. Jesus fucking Christ, do people get weird about this topic.
This business model did not exist fifteen years ago. Games did fine. What we can do about dumb shit in video games costing obscene amounts of real money for no reason, is… stop that.
Yes, actually. Because there’s nothing different about microtransactions than anything else being sold today, and realistically, microtransactions in video games are just about the least important problem with our economic system. We have much more serious problems that still can’t get regulation. Nobody with an ounce of authority is gonna bother specifically with video game costumes.
So if you actually want government mandated change on this particular problem, the only real way that’s happening is a wholesale revision or rejection of capitalism itself by the government, which, yeah, is pretty far fetched.
Our real options are just…not buying these things. Don’t support it, ever, even for things that appeal to you. Advocate for others to reject it as well. It’s probably not gonna work well or quickly, but it’s gonna be the most effective thing we as consumers can actually do.
If someone can figure out a reasonable way to legislate against FOMO, then by all means, go for it. I already agreed it’s a problem, but it’s pretty much the base of capitalism - make something, put a price on it, and if someone deems it worth the price, they buy it. So aside from a complete restructuring of what at this point is the main economic system of the world, I’m not really expecting much to be done about expensive cosmetics in video games.
As if ending microtransactions means destroying capitalism. Jesus fucking Christ, do people get weird about this topic.
This business model did not exist fifteen years ago. Games did fine. What we can do about dumb shit in video games costing obscene amounts of real money for no reason, is… stop that.
It is that simple.
Yes, actually. Because there’s nothing different about microtransactions than anything else being sold today, and realistically, microtransactions in video games are just about the least important problem with our economic system. We have much more serious problems that still can’t get regulation. Nobody with an ounce of authority is gonna bother specifically with video game costumes.
So if you actually want government mandated change on this particular problem, the only real way that’s happening is a wholesale revision or rejection of capitalism itself by the government, which, yeah, is pretty far fetched.
Our real options are just…not buying these things. Don’t support it, ever, even for things that appeal to you. Advocate for others to reject it as well. It’s probably not gonna work well or quickly, but it’s gonna be the most effective thing we as consumers can actually do.