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?

      • Ricky Rigatoni@lemm.eeEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Yeah. I liked Origins as a game but since playing that one, which I got for free anyway I think, I haven’t looked at the series since.

    • natryamar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I’ve never played Assasins Creed but why on earth would a game like that need loot boxes? That just sounds crazy to me.

      • Ricky Rigatoni@lemm.eeEnglish
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        3 days ago

        They decided to give the game a wardrobe system with loot rarity so you could get EPIC MOUNTS and RARE SWORDS.

        But there’s no point to it because the game just gives you the Chocobo mount for free and that’s the only one worth using.