Deirdre Saoirse Moen

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How In-App Purchases Have Destroyed the Gaming Industry

02 February 2014

The polite form: deliberately unplayable games are shipped so that people will buy usability.
Article here. Watch a couple minutes of the first video (starting at 2:20), then listen to the justly profanity-laden rant in the second.
Note: there are valid uses of in-app purchases, but this is not the kind that’s justifiable. If this is what EA has devolved to, they can DIAF as far as I’m concerned.


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