Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry
by kubiiii on Monday February 03, 2014 @05:06AM
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Would you do that again? (If $400 is a non negligible amount of money for you).
Or would you rather avoid temptation by not installing such games in the first place?
Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry
by JabavuAdams on Monday February 03, 2014 @10:57PM
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I wouldn't do it again, and I now avoid such games. Since that game, I've spent about $50 on another iOS game, before tiring of it.
In both cases, I initially considered the games vapid, but my friends got into it, and I wanted to have stuff that was as good / better.
Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry
by Lionga on Monday February 03, 2014 @04:23AM
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So spending 20$ on parking instead of taking the subway is better use of your funds?
Re:How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry
by JabavuAdams on Monday February 03, 2014 @10:58PM
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I don't understand your question. This seems to be the opposite of what I said.
It was very interesting to introspect on the self-rationalization, etc, all the while understanding that I was BS'ing myself and also understanding the tricks they were using. It was addiction, pure and simple.
Now, part of the reason I didn't stop sooner was that I can afford that, although it's not a good use of my funds. That was actually built into the rationalizations: Oh, if I'd taken the car to work today I'd have spent $20 on parking, and $15 on lunch, so I'll just take the subway and bring my lunch tomorrow ...