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Should we boycott games with loot boxes? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 week ago by gandolfini_the_grey@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
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I have been avoiding multiplayer Valve games like Counter-Strike 2 and Team Fortress 2, due to their in-game economies that have created an underage gambling gray market, which Valve has done little about. However, I am on Linux, and the choices for multiplayer shooters are few. Besides, my small boycott is not stopping Counter-Strike 2 from being the most played steam game. Are boycotts really the best solution to stop this epidemic in gaming? How can we best prevent these gambling grey markets and the gaming to gambling addiction pipeline?

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I don't play CounterStrike or Team Fortress 2 because I'm not a god damned masochist.

In the end, I'm technically already boycotting them.