• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    There’s a number of reasons that “it’s just cosmetic” is bullshit.

    • Developer time and effort is limited. More effort on cosmetics is less time on other things.
    • “free” cosmetics will intentionally be made worse than premium ones to drive conversions.
    • the game loses the ability to reward impressive feats with cosmetics, as that harms sales.
    • a non-zero amount of your time is spent being driven to purchase cosmetics.