• sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip
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    6 months ago

    Try telling that to a Warthunder player, or League of Legends, or anything like that.

    They know the games are ruining their lives but uh sunken cost fallacy.

    Its always amazed me that people can become addicted to an actual negative experience that has many negative side effects… but half (more?) The games industry is built on that these days.

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      6 months ago

      They’re addicted to the high of winning, which happens at random intervals. That’s the core of gambling addiction and MOBA addiction. They will win again… eventually. So they keep playing even though losing sucks.