Yeah it's maybe more insidious with a 2% loss rate too. I went to a casino once in my lifetime because friends, lost like 20€ split in 4 actions, and that's it. Had I been able to play for 20 minutes, gaining a little but eventually losing it all I might have felt I got something for the money for example.
This is funny and all, but eerily possible. The thing that angers me is that it is sort of normal that "the boss" can behave like an angry 6 year old without being told off, it happens overseas too but I have the impression it's a very American thing.
Is it so that the cash builds up and augments the chance of winning the more you lose (reward mechanism)? I read somewhere the coins were physically dumped in a bucket (huess some went yo the bank) and the heavier it weights the bigger the chance of winning it (like when completely full you insta-win). Guess if it existed it was an ooold machine :-)
NGL they have sure made it so we'll go independent. I wonder when it will hit them that together we're stronger, and making europe of all places your enemy isn't the smartest move.
Just make a new 2D isometric Iceland Dale and it will sustain a small dev team no problemo IMO. Then don't push the tech but write new stories and expand the world. But no, it doesn't have microtransactions and you can't get funding without selling your soul I guess.
I'd love working on a project like that, I miss the old game dev days 😊😌.
Next american president will be like a janitor cleaning upp all his bullshit.