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> Good. The amount of abuse the gaming industry has heaped upon consumers the past ten years is almost beyond belief. Microtransactions.

What's funny about this is that part of the press actually encouraged microtransactions and what not when they were still not widespread (I remember a piece on FFXI/XIV arguing to drop subscriptions and go microtransactions).

Cue a few years later, everyone in the press is screaming about how microtransactions and pay to win ruin everything. Quite ironic.



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