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  Modern gaming industry is plagued by excessive costs and lack of consumer agency. - The industry faces issues like price hikes, lack of consumer control over games, and enormous investment costs. - Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard revealed the exorbitant costs of game development and marketing, with games costing up to $1 billion to produce. Live service games vs single player games and the associated challenges - Developing and maintaining live service games like Sony and Warner Brothers are doing despite the success of single player games - The financial challenges and sustainability issues with live service games and their marketing costs Gaming content decreased while monetization increased - Removal of free weekly rewards and introduction of premium currency - Neglect of core playlist loot in favor of paid cosmetics Modern gaming industry practices scrutinized - Discussion on Bungie's controversial decisions - Impact of loot box controversy on Battlefront 2...

The Merlin extension for Google Chrome is amazing. There, I said it. Do I use it to it's full potential?  No. Do I pay for the upgraded features? No. Do I use it every day? No, but almost. Here's a little video I made while using it.  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUPj_P5UTmY Just a "quick" introduction to the new Caffeinated CX YouTube Channel. Enjoy and stuff.