New Low?

Generalization, not directed at any specific poster.

I believe the claims of addiction and sunken cost as the reason people are still playing despite all the reasons they have not to as much as I believe the claims here about OCD.

"TVF;c-2091090" wrote:
Generalization, not directed at any specific poster.

I believe the claims of addiction and sunken cost as the reason people are still playing despite all the reasons they have not to as much as I believe the claims here about OCD.

Then why do gaming developers use this in game design and teach this psychology to other gaming developers if it’s nonsense?

If you’re interested, probably not, but if you are there is a lot of research on the evolution of gaming and it’s pretty interesting.

"Kyno;c-2091147" wrote:

"ZAP;c-2091112" wrote:

"TVF;c-2091090" wrote:
Generalization, not directed at any specific poster.

I believe the claims of addiction and sunken cost as the reason people are still playing despite all the reasons they have not to as much as I believe the claims here about OCD.

Then why do gaming developers use this in game design and teach this psychology to other gaming developers if it’s nonsense?

If you’re interested, probably not, but if you are there is a lot of research on the evolution of gaming and it’s pretty interesting.

Because those techniques are used everywhere. The color of your car, the amount of time an advertisement is on the air, the feel and lines of any new product. they are all designed and based on research of people reactions and brain chemistry, and everything. That how advertisements/sales works. any pure leisure thing needs to tap into that research as much as they can, and since games are a combination of many things, they use "every trick in the bag" to make each one to get the most out of it.

mobile gaming is a huge marketplace with many many many (and one more, many) copies of each game. they are all trying to get everyone to pick them over the others. if that means using the right colors and flash, or researching the best "timing" for things, the big companies will do it. just like every other company out there trying to sell you something, they want to make sure they are maximizing their investments, so a base fund in that research allows them to put the best knowledge out in each endeavour.

You should be saying that to TVF that doesn’t believe addiction keeps players playing.

Not to mention you are conflating sales enticement with what freemium games actually do around psychology and how to maximize on those human traits. Selling a shiny new car is not even close to the same and you know it. Or maybe you don’t.

"Legend91;c-2092503" wrote:

"Darth;d-227637" wrote:
THEE worst packs ever brought to this game or any other free to play mobile game ever! $75 for 6 mods 4 of which don’t even have a speed secondary?!??..... hahahahaha WOW! So those 4 are getting sold! And they bring these packs out during a worldwide pandemic where ppl are dying and losing they’re jobs and losing a ton of money and this company brings out thee worst packs ever?!? Anybody who defends this is a joke!

Don't worry, TVF is on his way to tell you that you don't need to buy them and you can just ignore them and we should all just shut our mouth when CG throws some unethical (considering the current situation) cash grab at us.
#everythingisfine

what's the unethical part?

"Gifafi;c-2092652" wrote:

"Legend91;c-2092503" wrote:

"Darth;d-227637" wrote:
THEE worst packs ever brought to this game or any other free to play mobile game ever! $75 for 6 mods 4 of which don’t even have a speed secondary?!??..... hahahahaha WOW! So those 4 are getting sold! And they bring these packs out during a worldwide pandemic where ppl are dying and losing they’re jobs and losing a ton of money and this company brings out thee worst packs ever?!? Anybody who defends this is a joke!

Don't worry, TVF is on his way to tell you that you don't need to buy them and you can just ignore them and we should all just shut our mouth when CG throws some unethical (considering the current situation) cash grab at us.
#everythingisfine

what's the unethical part?

Duh, it is unethical to continue selling your goods and services during a pandemic, every company is supposed to just give things away for free, or atleast a heavily reduced price.