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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by skohan on Sunday June 05, 2022 @08:06AM (#31630235)
But these games are explicitly designed to be frustrating and not fun when played for free.

The math and game design are expertly crafted to make you play compulsively. They most certainly have been designed to cause psychological pain when you don’t play it you don’t pay. They are not designed to cause fun or joy.

Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by toxik on Sunday June 05, 2022 @08:41AM (#31630468)
The free aspect is like your heroin dealer going “the first dose is free”. That is exactly what they want you to do.