It's great that they are speaking out. I just think it's really dumb I'm seeing youtubers, gamers, etc say that the government needs to fine them and EA needs to be sued for this shit because they are pissed the video game they were excited about turned out to be a lifeless moneygrab from a company with a reputation for lifeless moneygrabs. Can't you see how that's kind of an overreaction? It's not even really the government aspect that gets me, it's the idea that time and money would be spent on a lawsuit for something so utterly trivial. We shouldn't worry about the people dumb enough to buy this game and loot boxes, they should learn to worry about themselves.
Dude, you're worrying about lootboxes in a video game. And your first thought is they need to be sued? I'm not saying you can''t care, I can see how strongly you feel about it, but a whole lawsuit thing seems pretty dumb. That is millions of dollars being spent for a long-drawn out legal battle that at most ends up with EA tweaking their shitty DLC practices. I guess Hawaiians are fine with using tax dollars for that purpose, but I hope my state doesn't. I'm not sure what ancaps have to do it with this. It's just simple market logic, dude, if people like this shit they buy it and roll around in the mud, if they don't EA learns their lesson. And getting "genuinely upset" over an EA game?
Then make a case it's consumer fraud or misleading advertisements. Still not a great case, from what I can see about this situation. But the whole "it's gambling!" edge just seems like people are latching at whatever they think will get EA. If you want to get EA on that then they'll just tweak how they handle DLC (and it won't take very large changes) .
It doesn't really matter that it's a $60 supposedly AAA game. I agree with you that it's a rip off. But I do not agree that this particular case is so severe as to warrant anything other than massive consumer backlash and refusals to buy the game. I'm saying there's a difference between overt deception and just offering a shitty product. It's a shitty and overpriced product, and if a company sells a shitty and overpriced product you just don't buy it.
You're right it won't stop every idiot from buying it. So what? I really, really do not understand why we need to worry about these people, for something so trivial, for some game people will not be playing in 2 years. Having the law step in because because they don't like the way a video game they don't have to buy works.
Even if EA doesn't listen to customer feedback, it really doesn't matter. That'll be their downfall, and the faster the better. It's not like EA is even a monopoly. The video game market is saturated with great games this year, and most of them don't try to squeeze every last penny. Play one of those instead and let EA decide if it wants to learn from its mistakes.
