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I dunno if I would consider the band that launched gackt as niche but I might be living in a bubble of my own making haha

Objectively incorrect according to, who exactly?

And so are you apparently?

I agree completely, I'm more referring to OP saying they might be cherry picking. Journalists always try to generously interpret his ramblings instead of pretending like anyone with half a brain is reading their articles and making up their mind for themselves.

I'm honestly flabbergasted that after a decade of insane Trump quotes people still think context will make them any less insane.

Check out this lady's salary if you want to be depressed about how wealthy she was, or laugh at what she threw this all away over

For anyone agreeing, this is the exact mindset that will prevent you from escaping incel land. There's subtlety and growth and understanding to be had if you ask questions and discuss in good faith. Making glib comments and knocking down straw men is not the path to happiness and self improvement.

I appreciate the consideration and at the end of the day I really agree with you and it sucks to see the state of the industry as a whole right now and really hope we can get back to being respected as consumers some day.

I'm actually not making any of those arguments and disagree with all of them myself. My issue with mtx is generally that they prey on people with psychological tactics that are proven to work on a lot of (generally vulnerable and younger) people. Helldivers does none of that, it's not "least pressured to buy stuff", you're not pressured at all.

And I know I'm being a little sensitive here but it really sucks to lose someone from cancer and see someone comparing it to a shop in a video game of all things.

I agree if those things leverage fomo to get people to pay. In helldivers you can earn that currency just playing the game so if you have less time to play you have the option of purchasing the currency and their versions of battle passes are always available to buy and work on at your leisure.

Lmao, talk about being asleep, literal Nazis marching in the street and Trump saying this to Christians, "If I get in, you're going to be using that power at a level that you’ve never used before." But let's all worry about some random imam in Miami. You're a racist joke of a person.

Damn dude, good on you for the self reflection and adding to the discussion. In my opinion, helldivers 2 is a good example of monetization done right in so many ways. $40 price tag, "battle passes" are always available and don't prey on fomo, and you can find the premium currency just playing the game.