oh also the card packs that are physical are guaranteed to have X amount of things before they're opened

The main issue is all the targets for monetisation are killing game franchises

digital can change on the fly

name a game where they do

It killed dead space and deus ex to name a few.

the amount of rares printed and distributed between trading card packs doesnt change

@StØic MTG.

oooof BL2 torrent to be done in 5-6 hours

gonna fire that up tonight

the amount of rares in circulation from lootboxes is relative

@coattailsandbowties that's a game that has lootboxes with varying items within?

also no they dont

lootboxes have set rates

Can I just buy a game & not be expected to pay more fucking money

no

those set rates dont gaurantee anything

do something better

@AstroTorch just don't pay for it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

just like with trading cards

lootboxes have set weights, not rates

God I hate EA, but I love Battlefront 2

@StØic but it can change whenever the devs want

you arent gauranteed a rare card

but its got a certain rarity

it's RNG not "x amount is in circulation"

^

its % based

don't pay for games, play good F2P/B2P games like path of exile and guild wars or stick to AA/indie devs

^

the larger the amount of lootboxes opened

every single AAA studio atm is looking for ways to rinse you

then that's worse

PoE is best F2P

and they're following EA's lead

the larger the amount of "rares" that get opened

making billions

the demand remains

i never ended up fucking with PoE

the supply sustains

if you cannot possibly win unless enough are opened to increase the pool that's fixed

i just downloaded it and played a bit last night. POE seems legit