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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by saiya-jin on Sunday June 05, 2022 @06:51AM (#31629787)
Until they steal their parents credit card, or somebody else's. Addicts tend to di desperate moves. Happened to friends, their son spent half of their montly salary in some stupid mobile game, took too long for them to find out
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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by bsnal on Sunday June 05, 2022 @07:08AM (#31629875)
Why is that Blizzard’s problem?
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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by ClumsyPilot on Sunday June 05, 2022 @07:46AM (#31630093)
Why do you go to jail for selling alcohol to kids?
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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by bsnal on Sunday June 05, 2022 @08:30AM (#31630387)
Because you know that they are kids. Blizzard has no way to know that some players might be kids.
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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by ClumsyPilot on Sunday June 05, 2022 @08:40AM (#31630462)
If you don't ask for ID, you don't know for sure - maybe they are adults with impaired growth.
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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by enneff on Sunday June 05, 2022 @08:42AM (#31630477)
Except they market their games to kids in myriad ways.
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