This is 100% a fantastic thing. (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Tuesday, October 06, 2015, 02:16 (3432 days ago) @ slycrel

I'm with you, and I think we agree on how all this should work for people. I generally try to play like that. I'm not worried for myself. I'm worried for the people out there like my kids who are seeped in the mire of a bajillion kid-geared web games serving up micro-transactions to get ahead in what amounts to intellectual candy bars. My 6yo son wanted to spend $40 for a MONTH subscription to a minecraft PvP server. Said server was free to play, but if you paid you got a ton of perks. That can be worth it for people. But not for months worth of allowance for my 6 year old. Trick is, if he had had his way (i.e. he knew how to pay online) he would have just done it.

That sounds like an absolute nightmare. It truly is a frightening time to be a parent. My first video game system as a child was a N64, and that was bad enough for my parents. I can't imagine dealing with technology now. Cellphones and iPads and laptops and . . . jeez.

People can get exploited, and do, due to these kinds of systems. For the moment I'm trusting Bungie to do the Right Thing™. But that doesn't mean I'm going into it with my eyes shut.

I hope they do, too, and I'm not just assuming they will. I'm just saying that it's too early to tell at this point, and it's not yet time to get outraged and find the pitchforks.