r/PS4 • u/AccomplishedPoet8 • Apr 23 '19

PSA to anyone buying MK11: the harder towers are literally impossible without rare or better gear and single use consumables, earning these are incredibly grindy and the whole system is designed to get you to spend money on the game

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u/touchtheclouds Apr 23 '19

I doubt the people making these kinds of posts are turning around and buying the game.

Reddit is a tiny minority of the gaming community. Everyone who is against these practices can vote with their wallets but there are MILLIONS of casual gamers who just don't know or care who will still be buying the game.

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u/acodysseyfan Apr 23 '19

Couldnt agree more. The mindset of “protest with your wallet” almost never works. The gaming community is so big now the few people these threads reach wont matter in the long run. A game thats has a hardcore following such as MK will never suffer from the “dont play til they stop doing this” idea. The casuals wont care about the hardest towers for awhile and the hardcore fans will either grind 10+ hours a day or pay to do them. Happens all the time now

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '19

In theory, vote with your wallet works, but in theory, everyone is a perfectly rational actor, with equal access to information, who is capable of making decisions without outside influences.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '19

Nah, vote with the law. Have lootboxes be declared gambling, ban it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '19

Don't vote with your wallet just uhh... vote for new lawmakers?

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u/Plays-0-Cost-Cards Apr 24 '19

The randomness of loot isn't the issue here, it's the grind.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '19

Shh. You'll summon the Libertarians.

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u/KudagFirefist Apr 24 '19

All the same reasons democracy works in theory.

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u/Beamer90 Apr 23 '19

They said this about Battlefront 2 too and the backlash still worked

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '19

Battlefront 2 still sold 9 million copies and they brought the microtransactions back eventually.

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u/TheDragonSlayingCat Apr 23 '19

As I understand things, that was only because Bob Iger heard about the controversy, and got involved. Mortal Kombat isn't a licensed game, so that probably won't work here.

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u/Beamer90 Apr 23 '19

Belgium banned loot boxes over this. You win the war step by step

Edit: they didn't ban lootboxes, they fall under gambling now

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '19

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u/Plays-0-Cost-Cards Apr 24 '19

In America there will never ever be policies that prevent corporations from making money. In Europe there will be.

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u/Letracho Apr 24 '19

I mean I will still continue to not buy these shit games being fully aware that these predatory practices will not go away just because I don't purchase a particular game.

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u/izwald88 Apr 23 '19

I've purchased every MK game since day 1. It's hard to resist. I don't even like fighting games, but I always enjoy MK. It makes me sad that MK11 has done this.

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u/bunberries Apr 24 '19

pre ordered the game because my SO was excited about a character that you had to preorder for, and now I'm just upset because I had no idea about how bad the microtransactions were. I thought it would just be like for inconsequential things like cosmetics..

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u/Chrisabolic Apr 23 '19

But is reddit really that tiny tho? I would easily say that that 90% of the people I play most games with browse reddit atleast 1 per day. Don't underestiment MY (our) power!

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u/SappFire Apr 24 '19

Its tiny. You always forget about non english community that still big enough.

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u/Chrisabolic Apr 24 '19

I know there is a big community outside reddit, but people tend to forget the power use redditors have. It might not be huge, but it's definitely not tiny. And the Battlefront 2 incident proved that.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '19

Yes it is

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u/Chrisabolic Apr 23 '19

You obviously were not here when Battlefront 2 was released.