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TopicNew Jim Sterling vid on microtransactions, whales, and predatory practices.
youngfossil
10/23/17 4:36:10 PM
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50Blessings posted...
I like how right off the bat, he points out that the only people who buy into micro transactions are the so called whales and they are an extremely small percentage of gamers.

He then acts smug and says that this is a bad business model, and that it will all collapse on itself in a big big way soon.

Yet, he often complains about how microtransactions work as a sort of "free money" system, where it costs the developers/publishers nothing.

So...even if it does collapse, who gets hurt? Sure, they don't make as much money, but they're not going to lose money.

And if it's Whales that are supporting this system, why will it ever collapse anyways?

And if it is truly the whales who are the only people paying for microtransactions...who the fuck are these videos for?

Are you really that daft? you can't sustain anything off a small percentage of the customer base. they will eventually get bored and the bubble will burst. As for who get hurt? anyone that enjoys gaming or developers or graphics artist etc. everyone but the people up top. When moneys goes they would rather lose workers than lose their income.
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