this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2024
501 points (98.5% liked)

Games

16997 readers
433 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
501
We learned just how small Valve really is this year, but also how good it is at raking in the cash: It's making more money per employee than Apple (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
234 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] TORFdot0 -3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Lootboxes are literally gambling and redeeming them even look like slots.

Allowing the selling/trading of skins allows for a black market to emerge to convert them to currency. Valve created the conditions for this exploitive system to emerge and does nothing to stop it. You can debate whether valve has a duty to stop it but they are forever a black eye on gaming in my eyes. Just because they sell cheap games twice a year doesn’t white wash them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

TCGs did it first. Shake your fist at Magic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So amazon or ebay are responsible for a merchant scamming you?

Wüsthof is responsible for people being stabbed with their knives?

Ferrari is responsible for people driving too fast and crashing with their cars?

Or if we extend it into absurdity: Are you responsible for paying taxes that your country uses for bad purposes?

[–] TORFdot0 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes eBay and Amazon is responsible for not vetting sellers and buyers on their platforms and why the experience is so terrible for honest sellers.

The other examples aren’t applicable because Ferrari, wüsthof, or local taxpayers don’t make money off of vehicular manslaughter, murder, or war crimes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Yes eBay and Amazon is responsible for not vetting sellers and buyers on their platforms

Guess we fundamentally disagree on this point then.