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		KaoruAoiShiho on Sept 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Free-to-Play Games: Three Key Trade-Offs It's hard to argue with the results. If it was less fun then fewer people would be playing them.

banannaise on Sept 18, 2019 [–]

I'm necroposting, but this is aggressively missing the point. The problem described in the article is that many games advertise fun, but provide addiction. You can have tons of addicted players not really having fun, or putting in disproportionate effort relative to the fun.

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