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Yeah, I just avoid sucky games that do shit like that. You should too. Those "video games have become" apparently the ones you chose to play and not the ones you didn't choose to play...


Right, I've been playing Kirby and the Forgotten Land for the past hour. No microtransactions to speak of.


I have 424 Steam games and not a single one is a freemium game, funny how that works


^ I can’t speak for which 424 games you have in your library, but careful with the terminology—there are (sadly) lots of paid games with microtransactions and dark patterns.


I get that. I detect it and I consciously don't participate in it. If you understand and recognize the dark pattern, you can opt-out.


Not always true. Minecraft started out as a great game, and parts of it still is, but Microsoft bought it up and is busy stuffing it full of crap.


Why do people blame Minecraft for this and not Microsoft? Microsoft has been pulling these sorts of quasi-ethical moves for decades now




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