Most people don't spend money on freemium games. These games rely on a small subset of "whales" to survive – players that spend absurd amounts of money on their games. Gacha games let players pay to "roll the dice" to unlock rare characters and collectibles similar to a "Loot Box" mechanic.
Now, the US is trying to make this mechanic illegal for taking advantage of children with their "pay-to-win" mechanics.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye recently. Hope you find something interesting.
- Roger Goodell Net Worth and Salary History. (CNW)
- The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet. (OneZero)
- See the World's Oldest Trees by Starlight. (NationalGeographic)
- The Beauty and Madness of Sending a Man to the Moon. (Wired)
- Teams Autonomously Mapping the Depths Take Home Millions From The Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. (TechCrunch)
- Business Conditions are at Their Worst Level Since the 2008 Financial Crisis. (MorganStanley)
- California Today: Would You Pay $195 to Take a Helicopter to Work? (NYT)
- What Yogi Berra Would Have Said about this Bull Market. (WSJ)
- Economies and Stockmarkets Do Not Always Match up Well.(Economist)
- How Politics Became the Main Driver of Financial Markets – And Why Investors Better Get Used To It. (MarketWatch)
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