No game has mandatory daily logins. Many reward those that opt to login daily.
I definitely agree with that, and why? Because they are games, just games.
Still, it's made to encourage addiction, to make OCD people log in even if they don't really have fun doing so. I'm not saying all people doing it are like that, but I know quite a few who are.
I wouldn't make such a claim without substantive evidence, but I also wouldn't be surprised if it was revealed to be so.
I think it at least as likely that some people have extraordinary difficulty with some elements of modern games that are generally less of an issue to most.
For example, though I have no trouble controlling how much I spend on luck bases purchases someone with a gambling addiction could easily have trouble doing so.
Must a game company take issues that do not affect the majority into account when they make marketing and game related decisions?
I don't think so. I feel it is the responsibility of the individual to know which of their personal characteristics can cause issue for them when playing games, and to safeguard against accordingly.
I have three games installed: Albion Online, Elder Scrolls Online, and Guild Wars 2. No SP, no MOBAs, nothing other than those three MMOs.
When I'm in a PvP mood, I play AO. When I'm in a PvE mood, I play ESO. I keep GW2 for when I feel like playing something different, which isn't often.
wow .. only THREE games?
You must be one of those "i love this tree, and forget the whole forest" kind of guy. Personally, i have a ton of Steam & Origin games in my library and i will play whatever i fancy at the moment.
For me, there is no point playing a small number of games when there are so much entertainment out there.
No, I'm one of those..."I have a life and don't want to spend all of it playing games."
1 MMO at a time, and I tinker with a few other games when I feel like it. Uncharted 4 and Titanfall 2 multiplayer when I just wanna play a few rounds. I have a lot of games installed on Steam but most I play for a week or two and then move on.
Only EQ2. I have accounts for alot of them but that's the only one I bother to access regularly. And I play mostly for the housing. I find I play more when I'm stressed.
Its 5 years since I had a game installed for more than a month after I first started playing the game. For better or worse maintaining something doesn't exist in my current gaming.
Iselin: And the next person who says "but it's a business, they need to make money" can just go fuck yourself.
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I think it at least as likely that some people have extraordinary difficulty with some elements of modern games that are generally less of an issue to most.
For example, though I have no trouble controlling how much I spend on luck bases purchases someone with a gambling addiction could easily have trouble doing so.
Must a game company take issues that do not affect the majority into account when they make marketing and game related decisions?
I don't think so. I feel it is the responsibility of the individual to know which of their personal characteristics can cause issue for them when playing games, and to safeguard against accordingly.
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Maintaining a Sub on Screeps. And testing out Albion, though thinking of dropping it (so so sand box, great as a grind game though).
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