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

submitted 6 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] 3 points 6 days ago

If the loot boxes affect your ability to win, don't buy the game. If they are just cosmetic, meh.

But don't stop there. If it has day one DLC, don't touch it. If it has DLC to patch game functions that should be in the base game, don't touch it. If it has any kind of pay to win function, don't touch it. If it has a subscription, don't touch it. If it's a pre-order, don't touch it. If it's put out by a conglomerate publisher that eats real developers and shits out imitations of their IP, don't touch it.

And most of all, teach these things to gamer kids and their parents. Kids are ignorant of the effect their purchases, and parents don't have the time and energy to go learn for themselves. Spreading awareness helps everyone.