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Should we boycott games with loot boxes? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have been avoiding multiplayer Valve games like Counter-Strike 2 and Team Fortress 2, due to their in-game economies that have created an underage gambling gray market, which Valve has done little about. However, I am on Linux, and the choices for multiplayer shooters are few. Besides, my small boycott is not stopping Counter-Strike 2 from being the most played steam game. Are boycotts really the best solution to stop this epidemic in gaming? How can we best prevent these gambling grey markets and the gaming to gambling addiction pipeline?

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago

I started my protest a decade ago.

While you can argue that nothing happened and we still have loot boxes, I'd argue that my life is greatly enriched for not feeling any motivation to play in those looty skinner box games.