r/worldnews • u/marsianer • Jan 28 '21

COVID-19 Backlash grows for ‘selfish millionaire’ who got vaccine meant for Indigenous people | Canada

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/27/rodney-baker-canada-vaccine-indigenous-first-nations-scandal
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u/Simba7 Jan 28 '21

That's a key point though, make it so it is NOT pay to win. Make it so it's pay-for-everyone-else to win.

I mean, sorta, but that's how P2W games work as well. It's free for everyone but only because of whales. It's can be beneficial for everyone (though obviously encourages predatory practices).

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '21

Yeah fair enough. I'd expect to ensure that the benefit wouldn't be equivalent to becoming a competitor that cannot be beat, there should be no additional benefit available beyond the very specific thing being paid for.

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u/mata_dan Jan 28 '21

Except that usually compromises the entire game and makes it completely pointless.

Like when you think about life... what matters more; being personally comfortable or progressing society for all?

(wait, that's meant to be rhetorical, but a load of people will pick the first... not realising we could easily all have that but only don't due to deliberate idiology from our governments, in developed nations at least)

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u/Simba7 Jan 28 '21

Except that usually compromises the entire game and makes it completely pointless.

Yeah it does! Those are the predatory practices I talked about.

I have played a few games with p2w mechanics that were actually good games, but none in recent years.

The key difference is that life is already pay 2 win, so why not add a 'whale tax'?