A (Game) Industry Insight Into the Dangers of Infinite Game Value

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Today's video looks at the growing problem of monetization in video games, and how designers are trying to create infinite game value. In other words, trying to establish that their virtual goods and currency have real world value, and in turn the player can never buy enough of them. Here is my previous video on loot box gambling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuhb8AZgK30
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