Pro@reddthat.com to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoFirst they came for steam, then they came for itch.io .reddthat.comimagemessage-square201linkfedilinkarrow-up1602arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squarePycorax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·12 days agoWhat’s stopping them from doing what DLsite did in Japan by using credits purchased off site? Seems like an alternative business opportunity there.
minus-squareamino@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-212 days agoyou mean gift cards bought at convenience stores? or do they buy them using a credit card and then the credits show up in your account? regardless, Visa and MasterCard have hegemonic monopolies on the market. anybody not using them will see huge losses in sales.
minus-squarePycorax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoThey’re gift cards that you can buy from a different online store that’s from a different company. Then you redeem them on DLsite.
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agolil pachinko plates from the guy across the hallway
What’s stopping them from doing what DLsite did in Japan by using credits purchased off site? Seems like an alternative business opportunity there.
you mean gift cards bought at convenience stores? or do they buy them using a credit card and then the credits show up in your account?
regardless, Visa and MasterCard have hegemonic monopolies on the market. anybody not using them will see huge losses in sales.
They’re gift cards that you can buy from a different online store that’s from a different company. Then you redeem them on DLsite.
lil pachinko plates from the guy across the hallway