Create FOMO for players so they continuously check in and play to unlock stuff so they never miss out on an opportunity
I’ve reached the point where if a game gives me FOMO I will just stop playing the game
This comment made me mad at Destiny 2 again.
Your anger is pure and justified.
This is basically how I play Forza. Play a couple days to get my weeklys and then check in the next week
Are you playing then or are you just doing a todo list every week?
Worst part is you still need to download and install data for every unobtainable cosmetic ever made, bloating the game.
Devs are like that because publishers says they should do it. And publishers are like that because people keep buying and paying for all that shit. So in the end they are like that because of OP who contributes to the FOMO and wants to throw money at them for cosmetics.
God, you are so much better than OP. Always used the default costumes (humility); never opened a single lootbox, even the free ones—really just the best kind of person. I-I know this is a bit unusual to do in public (gosh, I’m nervous), but I just wanted to say: Thank you for your service.
FOMO. The answer is FOMO. buy the skin now, it won’t be here forever.
It’s not devs, it’s the managers that tell the devs to build dumbass rules like that into the games
Alright, sure, but anybody who chooses to work at places like Activision or Bethesda at this point knows exactly what they’re signing up for.
Yeah honestly fuck anyone making video games that have microtransactions, they should risk homelessness and destitution before they make a game where you have to pay for costumes
I for one would sooner die than contribute to a game with seasonal content
LMAO nobody with a real programming background or industry experience in art is risking homelessness, unless they’re at least a little less than mentally competent.
The current fascination with skins and cosmetics is hilarious. It’s ridiculous that people continue to put money and time into a game mechanic that was already perfected with the catboy costume. If you’re playing a game and you aren’t using a free catboy costume, why are you even playing that game? Secondarily, your opinion is worthless, stop wasting drive space on my internet by posting it.
You sound bitter. I bet you actually didn’t get the catboy costume. Loser.
You dare doubt my enjoyment of catboys? Do you even understand who you’re talking to?? If you EVER suggest that I am even NEUTRAL to programmer socks and midriffs, I will come down on you like the semiflaccid, freshly shaven hammer of Thor. You mark my FUCKING WORDS.
okay grandpa, now let’s get you to bed.
Meow let’s get you to bed. Now fetch the ears, boy.
Nice roleplay, but I bet that not even your headset has cat ears.
You’re right actually, but because I don’t own a headset. I’m hearing impaired. lol
If I were to pick a headset, it’d probably lack cat ears. Visual accessories that no one will see aren’t my jam and I’m definitely not taking them outside so I can get hate crimed by a chud. I apologize, it takes a certain mood for me to get into character and molesty grandpa is hard.
oh, sorry. Here I was thinking of doing the funny.
Well, take care!
Devs have nothing to do with that decision
they are the ones developing and implementing that decision though.
That decision doesn’t come from the devs.
Yes, and they’re the ones heeding it.
Dude what’s your deal?
You think they’re going to strike and refuse? This is their last stand? They throw away their job because they will die on this hill?
nah, i wanted some spine on people.
devs aint gonna starve if they refuse a crappy job for another one.
that applies to many things, not just games btw.
They develop it, sure, but much like the rest of the game, devs have minimal say in what actually goes into the game.
devs are the rare kind of worker who can choose to work elsewhere without much problems.
Somewhere else where it’s going to end up the same. The industry is shit with this kind of practice, devs can go wherever they want, sure. Assuming this is true, which I have my doubts on, it doesn’t matter if everywhere is doing the same thing.
Most of Big Tech (or Big Anything really) is owned by the same few people through companies like Vanguard. Shitty industry practices come from that crowd, so there’s no escaping them. If you get into a neat company, they are bound to get acquired sooner or later. Fuck, most small companies actually start out aiming for an acquisition now.
then open your own fucking studio instead of addicting kids for fucking money??? stop coding and do better shit for humanity?
Big moving goalposts there. Maybe direct some of that vitriol at the execs, the ones who are actually not doing shit for humanity.
The goalpost is still not having stuff like this just because some asshoIe somewhere wants more money.
And nothing will actually change if workers keep sucking it up and doing the unethical garbage they are told to do. If complaining to them did anything, this wouldn’t be a problem in the first place.
Destiny 2 moment
Play Deep Rock Galactic. If you want a Halloween hat from 4 years ago. This Halloween will have new hats, and all the previous hats. All the gear is like that.
Rock and Stone!!!
$$$
What’s the game?
Unironically, Adventure Quest.
MONEY
dats why
You’re*
Tbh, I’m okay with exclusive (cosmetic) seasonal content.
Games are expensive. A good online multiplayer game requires a stable revenue source and a huge active player base. Seasonal content is one of less scummy ways to achieve both. It spreads the costs better than milking a small number of whales and it incentivizes the average player to play on the regular.
Imo, losing out on a skin cause you didn’t buy/play a specific season is decent trade off. You don’t need to own everything you want.
For the sake of conversation, what’s your opinion on offering the same cosmetic skin for real money if you missed out on the limited time frame?
I’m definitely not a fan of micro transactions overall but I’m generally ok with purely cosmetic ones, within reason. I’m also not a fan of the whole FOMO “I have to have time every day to play a game I enjoy or else I won’t get the fun stuff” bullshit.
If for whatever reason you missed out on some skin or some other purely cosmetic thing should you be able to spend like $1 to get it? This helps financially support the game and doesn’t affect overall gameplay, just personal enjoyment.
Minecraft made 2 billion before Microsoft turned it into a micro transaction hell, and that game’s development was glacial as fuck.
I’m not buying anymore GaaS garbage. That includes a game I’ve waited years to see, I will skip it if they monetize it like Destiny 2 or Darktide. I’m done with this shit.
