Video games market should be regulated

[biesoid]

No preorder exclusive content.

No multiple version of the game with different content - you pay for the game and get everything.

No time limited FOMO inducing events - all the content in game should be available at all times, game shouldn't force you to play more than you want.

Matchmaking algorithms should be transparent, rigged matchmaking like in Call of Duty should be illegal.

Game as a service should be illegal, if you pay for the game you have the right to know what you're paying for. In Call of Duty they keep rotating available game modes, if you like Gunfight you might log in and find out it's gone.

There should be no macrotransactions at all.

F2P games should be illegal as they're all designed to manipulate people into wasting too much time, money and exploit sunken cost fallacy, so people can't quit them easily.

Subscriptions to play multiplayer should be illegal - the online services should be part of game's price.

Charging for the game and then for subscription (WoW) should be illegal.

You should be able to sell game after you beat it or don't want to play anymore.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

You know. You and the OP could just limit your own choices and leave everyone else to make their own.

Correct. This whole notion of "I don't like it so others shouldn't like it as well" is quite ridiculous.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Originally posted by Start_Running:

You know. You and the OP could just limit your own choices and leave everyone else to make their own.

Correct. This whole notion of "I don't like it so others shouldn't like it as well" is quite ridiculous.

Not so ridiculous.
People hate to see other people enjoying things they don't like or can't afford/have. It goes as far back as mankind has been around.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Correct. This whole notion of "I don't like it so others shouldn't like it as well" is quite ridiculous.

Not so ridiculous.
People hate to see other people enjoying things they don't like or can't afford/have. It goes as far back as mankind has been around.

I know. Still ridiculous.

[miakisfan]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Correct. This whole notion of "I don't like it so others shouldn't like it as well" is quite ridiculous.

Not so ridiculous.
People hate to see other people enjoying things they don't like or can't afford/have. It goes as far back as mankind has been around.

You base all your assumptions that everyone acts the same. The word hate isn't my vocabulary. It doesn't bother me that others may have more than me, either.

Once again blaming the human condition on this while individuality is taken away just shows the wisdom you lack. Not everyone is the same or acts the same.

Going back to the topic title my biggest problem is who the regulators are and their opinion on the gaming industry. I don't want one person or a group of people deciding for everyone what is best for them. That rarely works in the best interest of all. Using my own common sense has always worked best for me.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by miakisfan:

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Not so ridiculous.
People hate to see other people enjoying things they don't like or can't afford/have. It goes as far back as mankind has been around.

You base all your assumptions that everyone acts the same. The word hate isn't my vocabulary. It doesn't bother me that others may have more than me, either.

You're an abberation.
You will be processed in accordance withe the Mutant Registration Act of 1992
Sentinels have been Dispatched. Please give your utnost cooperation.
Thank you in advance for your Compliance.

BUt otherwise yeah. The problem of regulation is that you;re essentially applying one persons standards and preference to everyone else. The same problem happens with the idea of curation.

[Shinoskay]

im all for pushing for devs/publiahers to be more fair and treat their consumers better... but I also support an open market.

You want better?
the answer is to start cooperating with your fellow gamer and peer and respect when people complain about problems...
also, stop blindly throwing money at every hyped game and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DLC.

♥♥♥♥ will clean up in about 5-10 years if we all started doing that... trust.

[C²C^Guyver |NZB|]

Originally posted by Shinoskay:

im all for pushing for devs/publiahers to be more fair and treat their consumers better... but I also support an open market.

You want better?
the answer is to start cooperating with your fellow gamer and peer and respect when people complain about problems...
also, stop blindly throwing money at every hyped game and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DLC.

♥♥♥♥ will clean up in about 5-10 years if we all started doing that... trust.

The only reason that OP made this thread is because he literally doesn't understand how inflation works. Check his other thread about inflation and you'll see what I mean.

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originally posted by Shinoskay:

im all for pushing for devs/publiahers to be more fair and treat their consumers better... but I also support an open market.

You want better?
the answer is to start cooperating with your fellow gamer and peer and respect when people complain about problems...
also, stop blindly throwing money at every hyped game and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DLC.

♥♥♥♥ will clean up in about 5-10 years if we all started doing that... trust.

You can't rally to "cooperate with your fellow gamer" when you constantly tell people you're "done with them" over disagreements.

[76561198407601200]

Originally posted by biesoid:

No preorder exclusive content.

No multiple version of the game with different content - you pay for the game and get everything.

No time limited FOMO inducing events - all the content in game should be available at all times, game shouldn't force you to play more than you want.

Matchmaking algorithms should be transparent, rigged matchmaking like in Call of Duty should be illegal.

Game as a service should be illegal, if you pay for the game you have the right to know what you're paying for. In Call of Duty they keep rotating available game modes, if you like Gunfight you might log in and find out it's gone.

There should be no macrotransactions at all.

F2P games should be illegal as they're all designed to manipulate people into wasting too much time, money and exploit sunken cost fallacy, so people can't quit them easily.

Subscriptions to play multiplayer should be illegal - the online services should be part of game's price.

Charging for the game and then for subscription (WoW) should be illegal.

You should be able to sell game after you beat it or don't want to play anymore.

Best of luck with that.

[ZOMBIECRUNCH]

Originally posted by The Living Tribunal:

Originally posted by biesoid:

No preorder exclusive content.

No multiple version of the game with different content - you pay for the game and get everything.

No time limited FOMO inducing events - all the content in game should be available at all times, game shouldn't force you to play more than you want.

Matchmaking algorithms should be transparent, rigged matchmaking like in Call of Duty should be illegal.

Game as a service should be illegal, if you pay for the game you have the right to know what you're paying for. In Call of Duty they keep rotating available game modes, if you like Gunfight you might log in and find out it's gone.

There should be no macrotransactions at all.

F2P games should be illegal as they're all designed to manipulate people into wasting too much time, money and exploit sunken cost fallacy, so people can't quit them easily.

Subscriptions to play multiplayer should be illegal - the online services should be part of game's price.

Charging for the game and then for subscription (WoW) should be illegal.

You should be able to sell game after you beat it or don't want to play anymore.

Best of luck with that.

More like the price of whiskey.

[Hobbit XIII]

I kinda agree that sometimes the slight different versions of games can be a bit 'we are doing this to force you to spend spend spend' .
But I believe in the free market so sorry OP people will have to choose for themselves what they want.

[xBCxRangers]

Well, that's all def coming up the pike, the more younger legislators and regulators across the world come in, and know the gaming world.

We see already with the FTC, and other bodies throughout the world. Don't know if i agree with everything the OP says should happen, but regulation, a def yes.

[miakisfan]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by miakisfan:

You base all your assumptions that everyone acts the same. The word hate isn't my vocabulary. It doesn't bother me that others may have more than me, either.

You're an abberation.
You will be processed in accordance withe the Mutant Registration Act of 1992
Sentinels have been Dispatched. Please give your utnost cooperation.
Thank you in advance for your Compliance.

BUt otherwise yeah. The problem of regulation is that you;re essentially applying one persons standards and preference to everyone else. The same problem happens with the idea of curation.

Not an abberation ... a human. What society is pushing right now is the group hive mentality and it simply isn't true. Those of us who believe in individuality don't believe that. We all have the same base needs and desires but they don't all manifest in the same manner. Even identical twins aren't 100% identical in nature.

I do appreciate a good discussion, though, and that's what this was.

That said, I will go to my grave believing the only people who should be regulating games is the purchaser of said product, though. If you can't read up before you buy so you know what you are getting that is on the purchaser. When someone else is deciding what should be and shouldn't be in your game you are likely going to be cheated out of the complete product.

I don't need my gaming hand held by a regulator.

[Hobbit XIII]

Originally posted by miakisfan:

Originally posted by Start_Running:

You're an abberation.
You will be processed in accordance withe the Mutant Registration Act of 1992
Sentinels have been Dispatched. Please give your utnost cooperation.
Thank you in advance for your Compliance.

BUt otherwise yeah. The problem of regulation is that you;re essentially applying one persons standards and preference to everyone else. The same problem happens with the idea of curation.

Not an abberation ... a human. What society is pushing right now is the group hive mentality and it simply isn't true. Those of us who believe in individuality don't believe that. We all have the same base needs and desires but they don't all manifest in the same manner. Even identical twins aren't 100% identical in nature.

I do appreciate a good discussion, though, and that's what this was.

That said, I will go to my grave believing the only people who should be regulating games is the purchaser of said product, though. If you can't read up before you buy so you know what you are getting that is on the purchaser. When someone else is deciding what should be and shouldn't be in your game you are likely going to be cheated out of the complete product.

I don't need my gaming hand held by a regulator.

I agree, its a bit communist and more prone to corruption.

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

Originally posted by biesoid:

No preorder exclusive content.

No multiple version of the game with different content - you pay for the game and get everything.

No time limited FOMO inducing events - all the content in game should be available at all times, game shouldn't force you to play more than you want.

Matchmaking algorithms should be transparent, rigged matchmaking like in Call of Duty should be illegal.

Game as a service should be illegal, if you pay for the game you have the right to know what you're paying for. In Call of Duty they keep rotating available game modes, if you like Gunfight you might log in and find out it's gone.

There should be no macrotransactions at all.

F2P games should be illegal as they're all designed to manipulate people into wasting too much time, money and exploit sunken cost fallacy, so people can't quit them easily.

Subscriptions to play multiplayer should be illegal - the online services should be part of game's price.

Charging for the game and then for subscription (WoW) should be illegal.

You should be able to sell game after you beat it or don't want to play anymore.

So I'm going to be "that guy" because I don't care who calls me out on it but I'm shocked no one else has bluntly said it

This wont ever happen, people have complained by these things for years and video game companies literally have laughed in their faces, and I do mean literally.

Hell as far as they care, your a consumer, your not of importance to them as long as you play the game, trying to step in and say how they run the show is the second the cease to care about you in every single form and discard you along with those that tried it before.

I can also tell you companies that right now have a subscription system to keep their games alive are rolling over in their offices laughing at this topic because I'll be the first to say "Good ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ luck getting that to change" because you have a far better chance at just using speech to get Russia to stand down in their """"Special Military Operation"""" before you'd stand a chance in getting companies that use game memberships to remotely alter that system