Thursday, March 12, 2015

Reason #4 not to pay "free to play" games, the way the producers spend their money

Are you concerned about global warming?  If so, you should go out of your way and buy products that have the least carbon footprint so you are protecting the planet and supporting in surpressing global warming.  What about if you are offended that your union dues are going to pay for stuff like this?  Why would I bring this topic up here?  Because you probably never thought about how would the seller spend their money.

The same should apply for any free-to-play games where spending money is completely optional.  You should at least figure out how they would spend their money.  In a way, you are making a donation (except to a for-profit company instead of a non-profit) but again you are purchasing in-game stuff where you can only use it on that game and nowhere else.  Do your research about the game you are considering in opening your wallet.  Contact them and ask them questions.  Use google to research.  Another site to research your game is better buisness bureau.

For example, r2 is located in Arizona so chances are, if you like that area in all aspects (political, environment, economy, etc.) then it would be a good bet that your money will be spend the way you want to.  Course if you don't like that area, I wouldn't recommend spending money. 

Another example would be proficient city which is the creator of wartune.  They are in China.  Chances are, most of your money would go there supporting their economy (and in my opinion by cashing on wartune you probably are supporting communism).  If any of this doesn't bother you, go ahead and spend your hard earned money (unless you are one of the few that inherited your money).  If it does, find a different game to play!

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