simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoValve ban advertising-based business models on Steam, no forced adverts like in mobile gameswww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1637arrow-down16 cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareZacryon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoIf the “win for everyone” includes shipping a game as microtransaction-based instead of ad-based, I doubt it’s really a win. Microtransactions usually come with dark patterns and rely on techniques from the gambling industry.
If the “win for everyone” includes shipping a game as microtransaction-based instead of ad-based, I doubt it’s really a win. Microtransactions usually come with dark patterns and rely on techniques from the gambling industry.