Sundray@lemmus.org to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoJapanese card shop management sim "You’re a Scalper, Aren’t you?" lets you interrogate suspected scalpers and choose between profits and moral integrityautomaton-media.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down11
arrow-up1123arrow-down1external-linkJapanese card shop management sim "You’re a Scalper, Aren’t you?" lets you interrogate suspected scalpers and choose between profits and moral integrityautomaton-media.comSundray@lemmus.org to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·19 hours agoThere’s a big problem of scalpers buying collectable cards and re-selling them for ridiculous prices. It’s especially a problem for Pokemon TCG since that has a massive kid audience who are being unfairly shut out.
minus-squareunit327@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·14 hours agoNintendo are the real bastards here, trading cards are gambling for children. Every “rare” card costs 10 yen to print but are kept artificially scarce to boost corporate profits at the expense of child gambling.
There’s a big problem of scalpers buying collectable cards and re-selling them for ridiculous prices. It’s especially a problem for Pokemon TCG since that has a massive kid audience who are being unfairly shut out.
Nintendo are the real bastards here, trading cards are gambling for children. Every “rare” card costs 10 yen to print but are kept artificially scarce to boost corporate profits at the expense of child gambling.