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MDMAlliance on 04 July 2014
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phaedruss said:
MDMAlliance said:
phaedruss said:
These things are such a blatant cash grab.


Isn't that the purpose?  There's no reason to treat a company trying to make money as something bad.  It doesn't hurt the consumer.


Lol what? Corporations are criticized all the time for shady business practices. That's the best way to keep them honet. I suppose we shouldn't complain about micro-transactions and pay 2 win BS in games either, eh? I don't really get this mentality.


What about this is shady?  Is your opinion of shady "something I wouldn't buy that would make money?"  
#1 Micro-transactions are not inherently bad, depending on how they are handled
#2 Pay to win models are used in F2P MMOs for the most part
Also, the kinds of things you're referring to DOES do something to "harm" the consumer in that case. Amiibo really doesn't.  You get it or you don't.  Its purpose in the game that we know of so far is not really anything of a big deal for those who play the game seriously.