to me it seems like just another fad created for consumerism to make some people super rich by exploiting people's desire to play a game and turn it into an addictive consumerist obsession (constantly creating new characters to keep people having to buy new things to play/win, making limited edition consumer items, heavily marketing to vulnerable children just like mcdonalds used to do, etc).

but I am in favor of letting people enjoy things, so have fun. i'm not going to stop you.

[–] Beetle_O_Rourke@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pokemon at least has a less predatory comp model than MTG where meta cards are always relatively accessible and the expensive ones are just alt art.

[–] FactuallyUnscrupulou@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

The very creation of the red/blue versions of the Pokemon games was a marketing attempt to boost sales by selling the exchange cable and create a sense of community and social interaction within the games.