I work in video games. Our job is to make our game as a...

Absolutions: 20 • Condemnations: 3

05/20/2017

I work in video games. Our job is to make our game as addictive as possible so that we can make the most money out of micro-transactions. (Think mobile phone games) A lot of our game design is by marketing telling us what people will most likely buy in the game by watching data. Sure, it starts free-to-play, but to keep you playing and paying we mine data to make it more "sticky." After a while I felt like I was working for a drug dealer and quit recommending our games to people I knew. Sure, people have fun playing the games we make, but I don't want to hear later about how much money you or your kids wasted on it.

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fuckstain:

fuckstain

Anonymous #1:

that's tough man.

Anonymous #2:

I absolve you of your sins my son

GFY:

Go Fuck Yourself

Anonymous #3:

Why do people like GFY, fuckstain und hopefully-you'll-be-fired - guy exist?

Anonymous #4:

Gamers did this to themselves by bitching about how expensive games are and refusing to buy quality products until they are discounted to %70+ on Steam, or worse, on mobile, refusing to buy anything at all. Fuck em, fuck em all.

Anonymous #5:

To Anon3 -> thats called trolling

Anonymous #5:

I once played a game of the kind OP is talking about - I don't generally do them but I was on a long boring flight. The game was Shadow Warrior 2 or something. Actually amazed on how aggressive and blatant their monetizing attempts were. It exploits human psychology a lot. It basically tries to frustrate the hell out of you and "hey for only 4.99 Eur you can...". It is psychological violence. That's evil. Really fucking evil. Can't hate the people who implemented it, can I? But this industry makes money from weak people by means of violence.

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