6) Wasting Money
As the English Progressive rock band Pink Floyd said in their 1973 song Money: “Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today.”
Money, cash, dough, dosh, green is the lifeblood that keeps all companies from dying in some ditch in the middle of the desert. However, video game companies are different from other companies as they really push the friendly created for you angle that so many gamers eat up like snacks of kind words.
Stop stuffing your face hole and read. They honestly don’t care about you as an individual, all they care about is your cash flow. Though this isn’t an article on ‘the man,’ companies need to think like that to make it in the cruel world of business, and that’s okay. But, it’s how these slack-jaw gamers throw their money away at a moment’s notice just because new DLC for “Blah Blah: The Blahening” includes a new ultramarine hat, that makes companies believe they can continue charging extortionate amounts for content.
And, it’s not just DLC. Paying for online subscriptions, a decent television to play on, controllers, the console itself, t-shirts and other merchandise, perhaps a sound system, a good internet connection if you’re multiplayer inclined, and let’s not forget the damn games themselves. When you look back at the mountain of plastic space fillers you’ve bought, you’ve spent a small fortune.
Published: Jul 25, 2014 10:05 am