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

submitted 4 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] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do I have to start playing games with loot boxes before I can start boycotting them?

The only one I've ever played was overwatch, but overwatch 2 is garbage, so...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Sad what happened to that game. OG Overwatch was freaking awesome, OW2 is complete garbage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Almost everything about OW1 is now back in OW2! 6v6 is back, loot boxes are back. You can even play the OW1 metas if you want, though they pretty much only show just how much better the game has gotten over the years.

I've been playing OW1 since launch and have really liked OW2, my only complaint was that they were making playable heroes unlockable, but that was fixed a long time ago.