Ahh, the old slippery slope. (Destiny)

by uberfoop , Seattle-ish, Thursday, June 25, 2015, 03:22 (3233 days ago) @ Funkmon
edited by uberfoop, Thursday, June 25, 2015, 03:30

It's a fallacious line of thinking

Not really. "Slippery slope fallacy" became a term because of people suggesting "X will lead to Y" when there's no particular reason to believe that X will lead to Y. But there's nothing fallacious in general about slippery slope arguments.

To suggest that successful sales on progression systems and microtransaction policies could lead to... more aggressive progression systems and microtransaction policies is pretty well backed-up by the last several decades of changes within the games industry. Things aren't necessarily going to go that way, but the probability is quite significant. And there's very clear incentive for it, for publishers.

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Weekly Update Up Early... (Part 1 of 2...) - Doooskey, 2015-06-24, 22:20
- Wow - Beorn, 2015-06-24, 22:22
  - Ok, finished reading - Beorn, 2015-06-24, 22:40
    - Ok, finished reading - stabbim, 2015-06-25, 02:42
      - Ok, finished reading - Blackt1g3r, 2015-06-25, 12:17
        
        Ok, finished reading - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 12:49
- is this the end for Cody? - DreadPirateWes, 2015-06-24, 22:23
  - is this the end for Cody? - Cody Miller, 2015-06-24, 22:33
    - $2 for a quest with free red bull, $20 for items and emotes? - Funkmon, 2015-06-24, 23:29
      - $2 for a quest with free red bull, $20 for items and emotes? - Cody Miller, 2015-06-24, 23:34
        
        Nah, just giving you crap. It's not the same. - Funkmon, 2015-06-24, 23:49
        
        but I want Horse Armor :/ - unoudid, 2015-06-24, 23:52
        
        Nah, just giving you crap. It's not the same. - Cody Miller, 2015-06-24, 23:53
        
        Ahh, the old slippery slope. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 00:03
        
        Ahh, the old slippery slope. - Cody Miller, 2015-06-25, 00:06
        
        lol - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 00:07
        
        Ahh, the old slippery slope. - Xenos, 2015-06-25, 04:52
        
        Ahh, the old slippery slope. - Vortech, 2015-06-25, 17:23
        
        Ahh, the old slippery slope. - Xenos, 2015-06-25, 17:24
        
        You keep talking about horse armor - red robber, 2015-06-25, 00:49
        
        You keep talking about horse armor - DreadPirateWes, 2015-06-25, 00:57
        
        You keep talking about horse armor - red robber, 2015-06-25, 01:09
        
        Why not all of it? - Avateur, 2015-06-25, 01:16
        
        Now open on Venus *gif* - red robber, 2015-06-25, 01:30
        
        O_o - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 13:20
        
        I had honestly managed to entirely forget that post - ZackDark, 2015-06-25, 13:23
        
        For the love...of all that is holy... - yakaman, 2015-06-25, 17:17
        
        You keep talking about horse armor - stabbim, 2015-06-25, 02:48
        
        You keep talking about horse armor - Ragashingo, 2015-06-25, 02:53
        
        You keep talking about horse armor - stabbim, 2015-06-25, 02:56
        
        You keep talking about horse armor - MacAddictXIV, 2015-06-25, 13:34
        
        Want to know how terrible of a person I am? - Leviathan, 2015-06-25, 02:57
        
        Ahh, the old slippery slope. - uberfoop, 2015-06-25, 03:22
        
        Ahh, the old slippery slope. - Vortech, 2015-06-25, 17:29
        
        Ahh, the old slippery slope. - RaichuKFM, 2015-06-26, 15:03
        
        hawkmoon - Raflection, 2015-06-25, 06:55
        
        hawkmoon - Korny, 2015-06-25, 11:56
      - I read this title and thought you were properly complaining - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 14:28
        
        They're worth what people are willing to pay for them. - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 14:39
  - $20 is hardly 'micro' - someotherguy, 2015-06-24, 22:43
    - $20 isn't much when... - Earendil, 2015-06-24, 22:44
      - I mean, in the grand scheme of things... - someotherguy, 2015-06-24, 22:50
    - $20 is hardly 'micro' - DreadPirateWes, 2015-06-24, 23:27
      - Kind of an important distinction - someotherguy, 2015-06-25, 00:00
        
        Kind of an important distinction - DreadPirateWes, 2015-06-25, 00:06
    - $20 is hardly 'micro' - Xenos, 2015-06-25, 04:54
    - $20 is what CE and HoE cost - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 14:31
      - $20 is what CE and HoE cost - Speedracer513, 2015-06-25, 14:44
        
        Your money, your decision, that's what I say. - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 14:55
        
        $20 is what CE and HoE cost - Cody Miller, 2015-06-25, 15:12
        
        $20 is what CE and HoE cost - MacAddictXIV, 2015-06-25, 15:18
- Weekly Update Up Early... (Part 1 of 2...) - Mad_Stylus, 2015-06-24, 22:35
  - Weekly Update Up Early... (Part 1 of 2...) - Claude Errera, 2015-06-24, 22:47
    - Weekly Update Up Early... (Part 1 of 2...) - someotherguy, 2015-06-24, 22:54
      - Weekly Update Up Early... (Part 1 of 2...) - Claude Errera, 2015-06-24, 22:56
        
        I can't read - someotherguy, 2015-06-24, 22:59
        
        I can't read - Relativiox, 2015-06-24, 23:03
        
        I can't read - someotherguy, 2015-06-24, 23:04
        
        I can't read - Claude Errera, 2015-06-24, 23:04
        
        I can't read - Harmanimus, 2015-06-25, 11:53
    - Weekly Update Up Early... (Part 1 of 2...) - Avateur, 2015-06-24, 23:48
      - Weekly Update Up Early... (Part 1 of 2...) - Cody Miller, 2015-06-24, 23:51
        
        Weekly Update Up Early... (Part 1 of 2...) - RaichuKFM, 2015-06-26, 15:26
      - Weekly Update Up Early... (Part 1 of 2...) - Claude Errera, 2015-06-24, 23:57
        
        Weekly Update Up Early... (Part 1 of 2...) - Avateur, 2015-06-25, 00:15
- That needs to never be a thing. - Earendil, 2015-06-24, 22:39
  - That needs to never be a thing. - Funkmon, 2015-06-24, 23:32
    - She's no Avril though - unoudid, 2015-06-24, 23:33
      - Nobody is. :3 - Funkmon, 2015-06-24, 23:44
        
        Nobody is. :3 - Cody Miller, 2015-06-24, 23:47
        
        Fun fact: Ke$ha's cowriter is her mother. - Funkmon, 2015-06-24, 23:50
        
        Nobody is. :3 - DreadPirateWes, 2015-06-25, 00:26
        
        Definitely a positive, at least to me. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 01:00
        
        Definitely a positive, at least to me. - Vortech, 2015-06-25, 02:08
        
        Yup - stabbim, 2015-06-25, 03:06
        
        Why/How do you know all this? - someotherguy, 2015-06-25, 07:56
        
        There are Avril communities as well as Bungie communities. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 08:23
- Cool beans - breitzen, 2015-06-24, 22:42
  - Shader is cool. Wonder if it's superblack. - Funkmon, 2015-06-24, 23:52
    - none more black. - Vortech, 2015-06-25, 02:09
- Confused... - squidnh3, 2015-06-25, 00:31
  - +1 - Oholiab, 2015-06-25, 00:40
    - Dude, get outta here with your proven basic economics. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 01:08
  - Confused... - Ragashingo, 2015-06-25, 00:45
    - Having a digital collectors edition... - red robber, 2015-06-25, 00:57
      - Agreed. - Ragashingo, 2015-06-25, 01:23
- Thanks Bungie! A decent compromise. - slycrel, 2015-06-25, 01:00
- Weekly Update Up Early... (Part 1 of 2...) - stabbim, 2015-06-25, 02:54
- Let me straighten one thing out - Xenos, 2015-06-25, 05:12
- Gamers are assholes - Monochron, 2015-06-25, 12:09
  - Gamers are assholes - Kermit, 2015-06-25, 13:23
    - People in general are assholes - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 13:28
      - this is unfortunately true - unoudid, 2015-06-25, 14:02
      - Monochron does have something though... - Leviathan, 2015-06-25, 15:56
        
        Monochron does have something though... - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 16:11
        
        I'll amend Monochron's statement - Kermit, 2015-06-25, 17:21
        
        I'll amend Monochron's statement - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 18:17
        
        I'll amend Monochron's statement - Monochron, 2015-06-25, 20:08
        
        I'll amend Monochron's statement - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 21:02
        
        Monochron does have something though... - Ragashingo, 2015-06-25, 17:23
        
        I stand corrected - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 18:16
    - Couldn't agree more - Monochron, 2015-06-25, 13:31
  - Agree as well... - yakaman, 2015-06-25, 17:04
- Weekly Update Up Early... (Part 1 of 2...) - Jillybean, 2015-06-25, 17:11

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