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MMO players blast "disgusting" $90 early access charge for WoW: The War Within - "We must say early and loudly that this is not okay" (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 9 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago (73 children)

Only legislation will fix this.

You were never going to shop your way out of it.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee -1 points 9 months ago (11 children)

that is one of the worst ideas I've heard

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Yeah god forbid we have laws about money. Can you imagine?

[–] anon232@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Governments shouldn't tell companies what value their products have. Consumers should simply not buy the product if they dont consider it a fair value.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Consumers should simply not buy the product if they dont consider it a fair value.

Does that work?

Think long and hard about your answer. Does that, in fact, have the effect you insist it must? Or are there abundant counterexamples, where greedy horseshit makes bank for negligible value?

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Consumers should simply not buy the product if they dont consider it a fair value.

Does that work?

Yes, it works. Source: Me, I don't consider WoW's costs to be a fair value for my time and interests, and have not bought their products or services.

It was really tough, though. I had to really fight my credit card who was just begging to be spent on WoW. But I pulled through.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Oh good, the protagonist of reality didn't fall for it, so systemic issues aren't real.

What a load... off my mind.

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