[quote] You're welcome to disagree, but lootboxes and microtransactions are paths to disingenuous business practices. Full stop. [/quote] I agree to some extent. In fact, I'd go as far to say that the practice itself is disingenuous. I'd thought that everyone had the common sense to come to the conclusion that paid loot boxes are [i]bad[/i] by now. They are, and have always been, a play on the same psychology that things like trading cards and casinos abuse. It's funny to think about how both of those practices saw similar controversies at some point. Is it possible that business practices which aim to quite literally [i]manipulate people into spending more money[/i], are dishonest and could be very unhealthy? Especially when exposed to children and teenagers that have yet to develop the skills needed to properly manage their money? In a social dogma where people prefer to spend, rather than think? Could loot-box practices maybe, [i]just possibly,[/i] be a major and valid point of contention? A significant issue that warrants the backlash it attracts? Could this trend suck ass? Could it be just as important, if not more important, than the [b]nebulous and completely erroneous social effects that video game themes have otherwise?[/b] I dunno, man. These issues persist. Regardless of whether or not companies exist to [i]earn money[/i], which is perfectly valid, they do so through contempt-worthy means constantly. To dismiss things like loot boxes and pay-to-skip tactics as non-issues is pretty silly. [quote]Okay, then what you are mad about is, the MMO team that continues to work on updates, fix errors, work on new content and expansions and a bunch of other things try to incorporate a way for them to get paid for their continued work.[/quote] ...Subscription fees? I mean, theme-park MMO's have become grind-trash after WoW went soft, and sandbox MMO's have the potential to fail [i]miserably[/i] for the same reason that RPs fail on this [i]miserable[/i] website. The MMO genre is a huge money sink for producers, and doesn't have as much potential to pay out as people seem to think. The only reason things like WoW and FFXIV are so huge, is because they have a solid fan base to leech off of. F2P MMOs are a dime a dozen, with only a few actually seeing any success. Even then, a lot of F2P MMOs have crashed and burned after living out their life-span. Have you played FFXIV levels 1-60? It's absolutely fucking garbage. Had to be the worst experience in any MMO I've ever had to endure. WoW's 1-70 during MoP wasn't much better, either. To be fair, all MMO's are bad, so why even play them in the first place? kappa. [hr] The only MMO I'm kind of excited for is Pantheon which may see a 2019 open beta release. It looks promising, kind of. Resident evil 2 Remake looks amazing. Also... [h1]MEGAMAN X LEGACY COLLECTIONS AHHHHHH[/h1]