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  • It started roughly around the ps3/360 era, when corporate devs began prioritizing turning their games into skinner boxes that were designed to motivate players to keep playing, so they would be more likely to engage in microtransactions, see more ads, or continue paying subscriptions. Of course gacha garbage is a fuller expression of this kind of manipulation now days.

    Still plenty of great games out there, and in some cases we have a real renaissance.










  • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.nettolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldSnap bad
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    17 days ago

    It would, if there were no other options for package management. Package formats don’t have to be either/or. My systems typically end up with mixes of native packages, flatpak, appimages, and you could technically consider Steam a package management system as well.