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‘No way out’: how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenders
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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"[Matt]has spent well in excess of £10,000 on player packs in the Fifa football game"
Holy shit. I spend a lot on video games, probably more than anyone should. But my biggest expenditures would be say a new system or peripheral. I can't even imagine spending that much, on one game, for no good reason.
If developers and publishers of these games werent complete pieces of shit, they would at least place a cap on how much one person could spend. But they won't.
Any ones that do or would are quickly removed from the company