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Coming off the back of Rockstar and Take Two Interactives decision to shove a casino into an online game where real money can potentially be gambled away in an online virtual casino...
2K has gone completely off the deep end and has inserted a literal slot machine into their monetization scheme, those that kept saying “it’s not gambling, it’s not gambling, it’s not gambling”.
I’m sorry, but regardless of the fact you can’t cash out has no bearing on the fact that this is clearly gambling, it uses the same systems and psychological manipulation and audio visual cues and gameplay incentives in order for you to spin the wheel again and again and burying your head in the sand is only going to make it worse and worse.
And look, here’s the thing, if games are going to have these mechanics... Fine they can have them.
But they need to be regulated like any other gambling platform because that is what these are now.
****ing unbelievable...
2K has gone completely off the deep end and has inserted a literal slot machine into their monetization scheme, those that kept saying “it’s not gambling, it’s not gambling, it’s not gambling”.
I’m sorry, but regardless of the fact you can’t cash out has no bearing on the fact that this is clearly gambling, it uses the same systems and psychological manipulation and audio visual cues and gameplay incentives in order for you to spin the wheel again and again and burying your head in the sand is only going to make it worse and worse.
And look, here’s the thing, if games are going to have these mechanics... Fine they can have them.
But they need to be regulated like any other gambling platform because that is what these are now.
****ing unbelievable...