[favourable]

> that paying money to play might be just a re-invention of the 80's coin-operated arcades

I agree. Game companies don't create games for free, and if they do, then they're siphoning off personal data and selling it to the highest bidder to support themselves. The business model should be clear: if you're getting a game for free, developers need to state how they make money for transparency purposes.

[samstave]

You didnt own an video game cabinet in the 80s and had to pay rent so people could comple play it and put money into it so you could pay the rent for the place for the people to pay to play (an arcade)....

Today we buy games, and we own the arcade. Fuck ingame extras.

Razor1911 forever /s

[CyberDildonics]

You didnt own an video game cabinet in the 80s and had to pay rent so people could comple play it and put money into it so you could pay the rent for the place for the people to pay to play (an arcade)....

What?