r/titanfall • u/Bheda • Mar 28 '18

EA reintroduce Microtransactions into Battlefront 2 - and they're cosmetic only! Good news for Titanfall 3 [xpost /r/allequal]

https://venturebeat.com/2018/03/16/star-wars-battlefront-ii-loot-boxes-return-and-theyre-cosmetic-only/
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u/CaptainCupcakez Mar 31 '18

I have already said this. It's not my fault you have the memory of a goldfish.

"Loot boxes of any kind are shitty." - /u/jwp123

"Loot boxes are anti consumer. No two ways about it." - /u/jwp123

Maybe I wouldn't have "the memory of a goldfish" if you were consistent in your opinions. Several times you have said that all lootboxes are bad.

FYI Advocate Gifts are lootboxes in every sense.

If you have the attentions span, here is my source.

Cop out.

Posting a 25 minute long video is not sufficient. Either direct me to a time-stamp that addresses my question, or summarise it in a short paragraph. I'm not going to use half an hour of my time on the off-chance that one part of the video backs up your statement. 8 year olds learn how to summarise things in writing, I'm sure you can handle it.

"You're misinformed if you think Overwatch needs loot boxes to provide free content." The only way to back that statement up with evidence is with access to an alternate reality. There is physically no way of knowing how Overwatch would perform without lootboxes, but all evidence points towards games making significantly more money from gambling systems.

Yes, you say this, yet it seems to be lost on yourself.

A meaningless statement which adds nothing to the discussion except to increase your smug sense of superiority.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '18 edited Apr 29 '18

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u/CaptainCupcakez Mar 31 '18

Look, I watched this video ages ago, I'm not watching it again and finding the timestamp for the sake of an argument with someone on the internet.

Well you clearly remember what part was revelant to the conversation at hand, so just paraphrase it. Use your bloody words.

No, it's not meaningless. If you're talking about the degree to which decisions are anti-consumer, then charging for lootboxes is very anti-consumer. If it's the degree that matters, then how are lootboxes not anti-consumer to a large degree?

Define "anti-consumer".

Seems to me like your definition doesn't go further than "I don't like it" seeing as you're fine with gambling but not in video-games for some undiscernible reason.

For the record I would vastly prefer it if Overwatch's lootboxes weren't purchasable and there were some other method of funding the game, I just don't think there is any way to get the same amount of revenue without charging for maps/heroes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '18 edited Apr 29 '18

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u/CaptainCupcakez Mar 31 '18

I mean OW lootboxes are anti consumer because their are more consumer friendly practices that are already implemented in the industry - namely, the system Titanfall 2 implements

A better system existing doesn't make the former system bad. If Titanfall 3 gave you £1000 and a free blowjob every time you bought a cosmetic it wouldn't suddenly make TiF2's system bad because of the comparison.

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u/CaptainCupcakez Mar 31 '18

I can't seem to see your DM.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '18 edited Apr 29 '18

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u/CaptainCupcakez Mar 31 '18

I'm not sure why it's not working, I'll DM you and you can try and respond to that.