Came to mind because Mortal Kombat 1 is one of the greediest fighting games I’ve ever seen, with the recent announcement of a $12 Halloween fatality plus all characters + DLC adding up to $118, so I’m assuming it’s because Warner Bros/Netherrealm Studios just wants more bonus money, so I’m genuinely curious how that whole thought process came to be, and if there’s any way for society as a whole to counteract that, or is it simply built into capitalism and we’re stuck with this forever.
Edit: I didn’t buy MK1, just know people who did because I go to tournaments
Exactly, and that was my point. But people will sing the praises of NV endlessly, meaning not only did they give their patronage but they are assuring generation after generation does too.
I was pointing out that we've already failed at that by even saying "ackshually NV was very good (if you ignore everything wrong with it)" or even "cosmetic DLCs are fine." Its succumbing to decades of peer pressure to normalize things that were unacceptable to us before, such as literally broken games we have to fix ourselves and selling us our own unlocks.
There is a lot more wrong with the industry than just the Wokes. They are certainly the biggest and most deserving of focus problem, but there are a lot of other ones to keep focused on too. Even in games we love.