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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by JoeDaRedTrooperYT@lemmygrad.ml to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml

When COD Mobile (both Global and Garena) released in October 2019 - less than 4 years ago - it had 50 Tiers in the battle pass. I came back and it's 200 tiers now, which is insane.

It's especially shocking to see as one of the OG players of CODM - I played it since launch - to see firsthand just how desperate capitalism has become at squeezing the proles of as much money as possible at every possible level including something as mundane as gaming.

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[-] banana_meccanica@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago

Even 500$ gpu, without taking into account the price of the other components, easly a 1000$ pc. And if you're playing on console then insane subscriptions. Recently the price increases for playstation. Gaming era is over, it's not the golden age at all.

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Its the golden age for corporate profits, not for consumers.

[-] JoeDaRedTrooperYT@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yep. That's one reason I turned anti-capitalist during my neocon days.

[-] betterredthandead@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I started to enjoy card games more recently (not gambling), they are way more multiplayer than multiplayer video games, since you actually meet with people face to face and have normal human interactions

And it's way cheaper

If you look at it from the point of playing games as a means of having fun and enjoying free time, you realize that you don't have to spend hundreds of dollars just to make your brain produce more serotonin, dopamin etc.. Dont fall for this bs

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