Games@lemmy.worldbyValiane@lemmy.world3 monthsEuropean lawmakers will study a ban on 'loot boxes' and addictive features in video gameswww.euractiv.com English 63572578
Cruxifux@feddit.nlEnglish3 monthsLoot boxes and microtransactions made me hate playing videogames. 1187%13
Feyd@programming.devEnglish3 monthsEven the benign psychological manipulation away from just starting a game and enjoying it that is achievements is annoying 789%8
Cruxifux@feddit.nlEnglish3 monthsYeah. I think part of it is just that I’ve grown out of them. But part of it is enshittification. 2
mushroommunk@lemmy.todayEnglish3 monthsYour tastes may change and you might have changed as a person as you aged but there’s nothing to “grow out of”. Games aren’t inherently childish. Certain ones can be, but games as a whole aren’t 371%5
doublah@sopuli.xyzEnglish3 monthsLuckily for you, there’s more games without any loot boxes or micro transactions than you can play in your lifetime. 2
Loot boxes and microtransactions made me hate playing videogames.
Even the benign psychological manipulation away from just starting a game and enjoying it that is achievements is annoying
Yeah. I think part of it is just that I’ve grown out of them. But part of it is enshittification.
Your tastes may change and you might have changed as a person as you aged but there’s nothing to “grow out of”. Games aren’t inherently childish. Certain ones can be, but games as a whole aren’t
Luckily for you, there’s more games without any loot boxes or micro transactions than you can play in your lifetime.