One of my ex coworkers has spent somewhere in the ballpark of 12k. He sells, flips and trades rare ships to sell back to people after the exclusivity of the ship has expired. He's made like 4k. I don't understand gaming anymore.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Lol if that game is ever finished, I bet there's going to be some people who paid way too much for a ship that turns out to completely suck but seemed ok on paper. Kinda like a PT cruiser, except it looked ok on paper.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That's not gaming anymore than people buying toys, leaving them in their boxes as an "investment" are into playing with toys.

Meanwhile the rest of us are buying games, playing them, enjoying them, moving on to other games and so on.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 points 16 hours ago

Yea that's where I'm at. I'm platform agnostic, and the only game I simp for is the original halo trilogy. Microtransactions are dirty. And making digitized items a financial value just to sell them is the same as what you said, like Funko pop collectors.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

to be fair this kind of expenditure and aftermarket exists in CCGs.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yes of course! But I'd imagine the average CSGO/2 player is really only in for $100 or so on side market deals. Not 1000s. The lowest ship is like $35 or something.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

CCGS, I meant like Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu Gi Oh

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What is ccgs?

[–] sulgoth@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Collectable card game.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 2 points 16 hours ago

Oh duh. Lol my bad.