• @ThiefUserPermissions
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    10 months ago

    Havent made a single apple purchase for over 2 years now.

    This is how it starts. How it ends is up to them.

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      910 months ago

      I don’t pay for microtransactions out of principle, yet I’m sure there’s someone else who will not than make up for me. I honestly don’t get it.

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        10 months ago

        Streamers will… devs don’t make money on little Timmy that is allowed a $2 purchase. They make money on streamers that “I BUY EVERYTHING IN GAME X!” (Shocked face)

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          410 months ago

          Yeah, streamers and whales are their biggest target, but in this article TakeTwo is saying they’re going to target everyone else, meaning little Timmy’s $2.

          I don’t understand the “whale” mentality, though I do kind of understand the streamer mentality since they’re making money by being a place where viewers can see all of that optional content.

        • SbisasCostlyTurnover
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          110 months ago

          I think the term they use is ‘whales’.

          If 99% of their audience ignore them, they still make a bucket load of money because the 1% who can afford to spend the money, or have issues with self control more than make up for it.