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r/gamingaddiction•6 mo. ago

TheresJustNoMoney

I un-installed "World War Heroes" from my phone because I spent too much real money to play better than poorer players at like, over $100/week. I paid $30 for a high-powered sniper rifle, and so forth.

I'm not reinstalling that game again until I'm out of ALL debts: $15,000 in student loans and $25,055 in my auto loan.

I still play other games on my phone but I don't spend real money egregiously on them like I did on World War Heroes.

I'm glad I cut up 7 credit cards and paid off the remaining balance on my last one.

Games would get me too carried away with microtransactions.

Now how fun can Diablo Immortal be without microtransacting? I played Diablo 1 in middle school so I'd like to get into that game's descendants.

 

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[–]Purple_Bumblebee6 2 points 5 months ago 

Don't reinstall that game. Exploiting people like you is their business model.

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[–]TheresJustNoMoney[S] 1 point 5 months ago 

If I never play that game again, all of the $1,000+ that I had put into that game will have gone to waste.

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[–]gogliker 5 points 5 months ago 

That is literally their business model to keep you in. They prey on your sunken cost feeling. Just accept the wasted money and move forward. After some time you will realise this was a good decision.

And don't take downvotes close to heart, people have no idea what addictive personality feels like.

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[–]Purple_Bumblebee6 3 points 5 months ago 

Sunk cost fallacy.

If you ever play that game again, another $1000+ will go to waste.

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[–]Delicious-Degree-855 2 points 5 months ago 

you can also try selling your account to buyers online for a discounted price. that way, it guarantees you will never play that game again and you will at least get some of your money back

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[–]TheresJustNoMoney[S] 1 point 5 months ago 

Nope, can't; it's tied to my main Google Play account that I use for all games and apps.

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[–]christor-5 2 points 5 months ago 

if it helps to reframe it in your mind, the difference between $1,000 spent on a slot machine and $1,000 on a mobile game is just the value you put on it.

Whether you play every day or never again, that money's already been spent. The game compels you to spend money more by design though - once you acknowledge that you're not in control while playing, you can start the process of uninstalling it and removing the perceived value of any in-game items.

I've just had a similar experience with a mobile game myself - I just bought another generic "$1.00 new player daily growth pack" in a game I told myself I wouldn't spend money on. Letting it sink in that I had just paid them to guarantee I'd play their game for a week convinced me to uninstall and look into gaming addiction on Reddit, lol.

Good luck breaking out of the microtransaction mobile games grind, they're exceedingly easy to start and so hard to stop.

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