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by Spooky23 4215 days ago
I never appreciated how awful the modern gaming environment was until I had a kid. For little kids in particular, it's incredibly difficult for them to deal with accidentally clicking the "buy X now" buttons and back out of the purchase process.

Personally, I shifted my son and nephews/nieces to old video game consoles. They love the NES, N64 and ColecoVision that we found in my parent's attic, and there's no nickel and diming within the games!
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ssharp 4215 days ago
My nieces each have Amazon tablets they play games on. I watch them play and they're become experts at clearing out the in-app purchase come-ons. They don't seem to have much of an issue with it, but it annoys me seeing them have to do it. I guess it's the price you pay for the sheer volume of choices you have. When I grew up with the NES, I couldn't get hundreds of games to try out for free.
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acveilleux 4215 days ago
I can't get behind it, I prefer to pay 5-75$ upfront for a full game (depending on platform) and no in-game purchases.

If I can't play the whole game without in-game purchases, then it's not a game, it's an interactive ad. If on top of that I have to pay for the privilege of playing the ad, it's downright criminal.

(I'm excluding expansion-type DLC, I don't mind paying for more optional content.)

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chii 4215 days ago
it's unfortunate that the market has spoken - a studio earns more money doing IAP than traditional selling. I don't like IAP model either, but because it simply out-earns the old model, it's either do it or die for most studios.

I really wish more people would paid for a game the traditional way.

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