How Blizzard ruined gaming, now every game has lootboxes

[vivster]

tripenfall said:

vivster said:

Remember when Nintendo didn't charge for online? Nintendo doesn't really need loot boxes right now when they just found a brand new avenue to milk their fans. And with the Switch being quite successful right now the next shady shit they do is probably gonna take a while. Nintendo has a different business model. Instead of increasing revenue, they just decrease their costs while keeping their prices stable. The consumer still pays for it though, one way or another.

I don't have to remember because it's still happening, and yes I realise that they are set to charge a fee in 2018 but the big difference between that and loot crates is that it doesn't change the fairness of the game. When the paid Nintendo online service starts the people on there will all have a subscription and when you get shot in the back of the head in Splatoon 2 you'll know you were beaten fair and square instead of being left to wonder whether the reason you're getting spanked is because someone spent real world money for the best gun.

Loot boxes lock out game content from non paying customers.

Paid online locks out game content from non paying customers.

Find the difference.

All I'm saying is you shouldn't praise Nintendo too quickly for not using the most shady practice of the day. They're getting there and on the way there they're gonna find new ways to save money or squeeze more money out of customers. It's not gonna get better, it's not even gonna stay the same. And as I said, Nintendo right now doesn't need shady stuff to increas their revenue when they already do enough shady stuff to save costs on the back of consumers.