Comment by pjc50
4 years ago
> is it good that a game is so boring that players are willing to pay real-world money to skip parts of it?
The difference between now and then is that people had to go to third parties; nowadays the game developer themselves will sell you the skip. Or a chance to gamble at a boost.
Some of these mechanics are "compelling", in a very visceral sense - they compel people to spend time or money, in a way that isn't quite describable as fun. And yet creating an obsession and a goal and providing a way to grind or spend to that goal is popular.
> And yet creating an obsession and a goal and providing a way to grind or spend to that goal is popular.
Now that the veneer of such "games" is dropping away to reveal that they've just been casinos all along, the bright side is that society might finally find the gumption to start taking gaming addiction as seriously as gambling addiction.
You mean, take it not seriously at all, and exploited by the government (lottery) to rip off its own citizens?
Sports gambling via apps is getting huge and deregulated and advertised on major TV broadcast networks.
It depends on where you are. In many places sports gambling is starting to be cracked down on.
Plus having a single state owned lottery is better than 1000 shady companies competing, and lottery revenues can even be used for state budgets.