without threatening games studios or requiring that capitalism collapses first, what are methods you would use to fix these dumb multiplayer games

because unfortunately i think these guys want skins and progression systems now bleayyeaakkck

i think we gotta trick em into thinking they’ve got skins. my idea is that you get to keep your skins but only until you die, and then it turns into a puff of greasy smoke and you go back to looking like your friend Leonard dressed in lazertag gear. make 'em spend in-game currencies that aren’t tied to real world dollars and i think we have essentially a Skins Methadone Clinic

what are your ideas on how we solve this disGUSTING state of multiplayer games

  • imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    a tangentially related thing that sucks is games being made to do well as an esports product because that’s such a big market now. and on the flip side games that people would love to play not getting made because they’re not considered esports viable (the people yearn for arena shooters). looking at you deadlock…