EA Patent uncovered that is designed to manipulate players into payers

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Recently a US Patent was uncovered, owned by EA, that is designed to push players into microtransaction purchases by devaluing the items as more and more people buy them. Welcome to the Triple A Industry, where they are ALWAYS looking to manipulate and turn players into payers.
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https://segmentnext.com/2019/10/01/ea-patent-encourages-microtransactions/
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9666026B1/en?oq=US9666026B1
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.06820.pdf

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