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Pay to Win Getting Worse on Consoles
Cordova, TN; December 4, in the year of our Lord 2017--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is disgusted by the pay to win concept
being used on consoles. This horrible concept has taken root on
the consoles. It has gotten worse with Star Wars Battlefront II.
Why did you do that Electronic Arts? You have angered gamers,
and families all over the world. Electronic Arts is not the only
culprit in this horrible, mean, nasty, and hateful concept. The
greed is something that turns many of us off. We also are
offended that after spending so much money on a game that we are
asked to pay more for content that is already within it.
Nintendo does it with Amiibos. Square Enix has done it with
Final Fantasy XIV, and more. Is their massive profit not enough?
Will they ever be satisfied with what they make?
I cannot even bring myself to play games like World of Tanks
because of the pay to win greedy methodology. It kills a game
for me. What is the point of ever getting good at a game if
someone else can buy their way to victory? Then if you want to
even compete you also have to make the same payments. To me this
is extortion pure and simple. I refuse to participate. I let
companies know how I feel about it. I write articles like this
one because I want Family Friendly Gaming Universe educated to
this practice. I want to be clear that pay to win is different
from having to pay for DLC. It is bad when we are asked to pay
for content that comes on the discs. Those games can be played
without that additional content. In pay to win you will be at a
severe disadvantage if you do not pay them for better gear,
characters, etc.
Families and gamers need to unite. We all need to refuse to pay
for those pay to win portions of games. Once companies realize
they make no money off of it, then they will stop doing it. They
do it because they believe there are enough suckers out there to
pay them. They believe you will quickly part with your hard
earned money just so they can brag about even more profit. They
know once it takes hold then they can abuse families and gamers
even worse in the future. It is like a drug dealer charging you
more for your addiction. They know you will pay. They know you
will do whatever they ask. You might not like it, and you might
complain. Ultimately they know they will get paid for it. I
refuse to pay them. Will you join me in that refusal?
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming
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