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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Where's "video games that you never actually own, but at least you pay to beat them"?

Where's "removal of a common phone feature, because if you don't buy a $528 external DAC and a $9164 planar headphones, you'll be okay with a pair of raycons"?

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Where's "video games that you never actually own, but at least you pay to beat them"?

This new and groundbreaking technological innovation?

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

So gatcha games are just video games returning to their roots?

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It gets funnier when people do everything they can to not even play them, even paying to cheat

It's like Idiocracy and the waiting guy

https://media.tenor.com/k8VaJE8rchAAAAAM/patience-waiting.gif