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Neodegenerate on 13 January 2016
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SuperNova said:
Neodegenerate said:

Putting a cap on a company's ability to make money because some people can't control themselves is ridiculous.  Let's say I have $1,000 in disposable income that I don't mind spending on microtransactions per month and I am able to do so without getting addicted and whatnot.  Now my ability to do so is removed because others can't control themselves or their kids?  It isn't up to the people providing a service to hold our hands all the way through the process, even if that service is indeed shady.  At some point personal accountability needs to be accepted.

 

I don't disagree. That's why i said I'm conflicted.

But I'm also not convinced of putting a companies ability to make money via shady business practices over everything else, especially since this kind of sum could put people into ruin. Yes, it was very bad judgement on the fathers and kids part, but they don't deserve to, say, loose their house over it either. 7000-8000 is an astronomical sum for most people, nothing to just shrug at.

And I'm not suggesting a system where the poor company would need to go under because no one is allowed to spend on microtransactions either, more of an acceptable maxximum cap at wich point you either have gotten everything there is to get, like pokemon rumble world for example where after you spent about 15$ you basically bought the game, or you get a smaller drip feed of content, sort of like when you maxed out your bandwith on your phone, you still get internet, but it's slower. Don't know how that would work for FIFA, since I don't play it.

But pretending any company would somehow need an access of 7000$ in microtransactions in addition to a 60$ retail price doesn't help anyone either. If a company is seriously that dependent on microtransactions that a generous cap is going to hurt them unduly it is doing bad business.

 

I don't disagree about the egregious nature of a lot of the microtransactions in any game.  However, we as a populace already have the free will needed to decline making said foolish purchases and decisions.  This same type of practice exists in virtually all forms of business.  Once we start capping any of them we start moving away from the capitalism that the companys thrive on.  Of course I am getting into that whole "slippery slope" argument (which I generally disagree with coincidentally) but I think you get what I mean.

People being educated and making proper decisions, like not "accidentally" purchasing microtransactions to the tune of $7,000, solves the problem without arbitrarily deciding both how a company makes and a person spends their money.