Jiggle_Physics
@Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world
- Comment on RANT : The thing i miss from reddit is that when a series or movie came out or ended there would be a big discussion threads. 9 months ago:
Yeah, I hope some day, sooner rather that later, people from those communities move on and somewhere more ethical gets the fruits of that labor instead.
- Comment on RANT : The thing i miss from reddit is that when a series or movie came out or ended there would be a big discussion threads. 9 months ago:
The thing I miss about reddit are the subs like r/askhistorians and other strictly moderated subs that vetted comment information and regular poster credentials.
- Comment on US kids want games subscriptions and virtual currency more than games this Christmas 11 months ago:
That’s because I am not speaking on the corporate point of view here, I am discussing the kids’. Every time I see this subject come up there seems to always be people who think that the move to subscriptions are due to a preference of access model upon the consumer, naively ruining their own capacity to own things, namely kids/young people, thinking it’s just the modern, and thus better, more convenient, way to go.
Even the article’s headline is written in a manner that suggests that kids prefer the subscription model it’s self, not that they are choosing based on the game without thought to the access model.
- Comment on US kids want games subscriptions and virtual currency more than games this Christmas 11 months ago:
It’s cool, happens
- Comment on US kids want games subscriptions and virtual currency more than games this Christmas 11 months ago:
It did. I think you are misunderstanding what I am saying, or adding more to it than there is.
Children do not desire subscriptions as a superior model to owning games. The model of access is not something they are comparing and contrasting. They are simply going for the games they prefer, which get locked be subscriptions. I never implied that games popular with kids aren’t intentionally put behind subscriptions, I was arguing that the subscription model isn’t actually preferred but kids.
- Comment on US kids want games subscriptions and virtual currency more than games this Christmas 11 months ago:
Correct, and if they didn’t have subscriptions, subscriptions wouldn’t be popular.
- Comment on US kids want games subscriptions and virtual currency more than games this Christmas 11 months ago:
It’s simple, the games that appeal the most to kids require some form of subscription. If those games didn’t, then they wouldn’t want ones with subscriptions.
- Comment on US kids want games subscriptions and virtual currency more than games this Christmas 11 months ago:
In case you are wondering this because it seems children actually prefer subscriptions to owning games, they don’t. Out of what is offered to them, the most desired choices happen to be subscription models of some form. If those games were something you just bought then the desire would be for games that were purchased in full.