| haqqaton said:
You are not forced. Don't buy. Oh I get it, you'll want something but you don't want to pay what they ask for it? It happens all the time, everywhere... I want a Lancer EVO X, but I don't want to pay that much for it... or Back to the Future action figures... or a *tiny* diamond xD Also, you should consider that Amiibo aren't DLCs exclusives for a single game, it's price is diluted on the compatible games. You pay $12 for a figure and "some" DLCs. It's not that bad. |
Yes, you are forced. "Don't buy" doesn't fly. That's not how consumerism works.
If you want the content, you're forced to buy the toy. It doesn't happen "all the time everywhere." They're locking away content that is desirable outside of the physical toys. No one should have to buy a toy they don't want in order to get extra digital content they do want. Not when it's $12 a pop and the content is only worth cents by comparison. It's price would be more "diluted" if it wasn't tied to a $12 toy. To a large amount of consumers, including me, the figures have no value. That means that to a large amount of consumers, including me, their only value comes from the digital extras they lock out of the games. In order to regain all of that extra content, I'd need to buy an amiibo for every single peice of content.
If I want all of the costumes in Mario Kart 8, and I do, I have to spend over $228 on 19 fucking amiibo toys I don't want. I'd have to spend $228 on what is maybe $2 worth of content. Their is no fathomable universe where that isn't complete and utter bullshit. It is "that bad."
