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Dec

5th

2017

[Non-Pony] A Fascinating Look at the History of the Pay to Win Lootbox · 9:13pm Dec 5th, 2017

Greetings my good ladies and gentlemen. I hope to find you well.

For anyone interested in the current mess that is EA and Star Wars Battlefront II, I have some critical viewing for you.

Presented below is a fascinating look at the history of progression based pay to win Lootbox (the "Wilson Lootcrate"), at least from a Western viewpoint; for some reason, the essay doesn't detail the gatcha systems popular in Eastern free-to-play games. In any case, it makes for a very worthwhile view. It is below:

I await your thoughts, my good ladies and gentlemen.

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Opium4TmassS

Opium4TmassS #1 · Dec 5th, 2017 · 3 · ·

That was very good. I didn't know about the history of the loot box until now. But he's right EA doesn't make games anymore they make lootboxes.

BatwingCandlewaxxe

BatwingCandlewaxxe #2 · Dec 5th, 2017 · 3 · ·

Yeah, gatchas and "pay to open" crate drops were the bane of my existence when I was still playing the Korean FtP MMOs. Wasted a whole lot of my life and money on Mabinogi and its spinoff Vindictus.

Captain Snark