Re: Predatory Gaming Practices

Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 6/26/2024 1:53 AM, Mandrake wrote:

Kyonshi wrote:

On 6/26/2024 4:33 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

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The blog post's headline is "Predatory Tactics In Gaming Are Worse
Than You Think".
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/predatory-tactics-in-gaming-are-worse-than-you-think >
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And the article then straightforwardly follows up on that topic. If
you wanted to get an idea of some of the tactics used by game
developers -especially in the mobile arena- then this is a good primer
on the subject. I particularly enjoyed the bit where one developer
admitted that -through data-harvesting- they identified members of the
Saudi royal family and changed the MTX pricing /just for those users/
to over a hundred times what other people paid.

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that is an interesting way of price-gouging. I never thought about that, but it easily might be that with advanced techniques they can target rich people with higher prices and they will never notice.

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It's worse than price-gouging.  'Price-gouging' satisfies economic theory.  More along the lines of false advertising here.  Rich people will notice and then go commit suicide.

 With the Saudi royal family they really won't _care_.  If you are going to spend 1.5 Trillion dollars to build a city in the middle of the desert what's a million or two on a phone game?

Salt Lake City is in the middle of the desert.  Wait, is that right?  It says here, 'Salt Lake City, Utah has a semi-arid climate.'  Maybe you're right, but those Utahns they're like another species how much water they save each year by comparison.  My ex-girlriend's ex-boyfriend was in water reclamation.
This may seem like nonsense to you.  You can't experience it until you visit.
We played a game called 'Mother.'  One person was a goalie at the sink while the other players tried to waste Mother's water.  One time I just ignored someone playing because I was talking to my (then) girlfriend. It cost me a great deal of respect around the house and in the end there was a legal/refugee battle over the home like tug of war for property.
When you read this again 10 yrs from now, you will be amazed at how much the price of water has gone up, even in the soft and wet Midwest.
My point is, it may not be foolhardy to colonize the desert.
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