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[โ€“] Boingboing@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why? Why!? I am old and grumpy. Cosmetics are things you earn through game progression. Not locked behind pay walls. Oh It'S oNLy CoSmETicS BrO. Fuck you. Fuck this attitude. Fuck the never ending agreed. Fuck natural game progression. Everything is a locked behind pay walls nowadays cause of this oh its only CoSmETicS bro attitude.

[โ€“] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world -3 points 9 months ago

Exactly how old are you? Because I remember when my entire Tekken experience was locked behind a $0.25 to $0.50 microtransaction.

People willfully pay for things they enjoy. It's a fundamental aspect of any economic system. I'm sorry you're having such a hard time coming to grips with that.