Noi italiani dobbiamo sempre farci riconoscere con sti topic del caxxo.
Taking the topic's title at face value (which, unironically, is literally the "game's" name) it'd appear as the usual "provocative" GAF thread in the vein of all-time hits in here like "dastardly anal smell", "Do you prefer to burb or to fart", that Spider-man guy masturbating to porn with his sister next to him etc etc but i digress, this is - literally - about the fact of how "games" like these are even allowed to be published on a renowned platform in the 1st place - this isn't a PC-centric store where the PC is...more of an open-ended platform compared to consoles (i.e: you could download something like this from an external/not official site) so i could excuse and even understand titles like these getting a pass or even slipping through the proverbial cracks, game consoles and their respective stores on the other hand are way more heavily moderated so that's exactly why i find this not only stupid but...inexcusable on Sony's part (or MS's if it was available there).
Do you remember life of black tiger a few years ago ? that absolutely horrible piece of software had people talking about it for weeks on end (with many videos on YT also) about how shitty it was with people raising the question on whether such low-effort, low-quality games should be allowed to be published in the 1st place.
Enter "games" which go for 4€ a pop like stroke my rabbit, stroke my Dik-Dik (which is OBVIOUSLY a pun/double entendre) and...things get even worse.
In some EU countries, EA got shit/were taken to court for their money-grabbing, OCD-inducing, predatory scams like the FIFA lootboxes since they were deemed as "gambling", meaning, people easily addicted to these kind of practices would be at risk of getting - you guessed it - addicted.
Now, does EA force you to buy said lootboxes ? Obviously not, and yet, shit was deemed as "dangerous" and predatory.
Back to the stroke my rabbit/Dog/Dik-Dik "games" : These are obviously made for all the poor souls that are addicted to achievements/trophies 'cause, let's not kid ourselves, these "games' " solely exist due this very specific fact - this type of user is their main and only demographic/target-group, so, i have to ask, isn't this shit also predatory ? Aren't these "games" made to appeal solely to people with said "urges" and OCD behavior ? Isn't it (almost) unethical ? I mean, shit bro, these "games" consist of a static image with no animations whatsoever, a silly, 3-sec music bite looping in the background with you hammering the X (or touchpad, i don't know) as to...unlock trophies for fucks sake...
Isn't this considered as preying on the "weak" and/or also as gamble ? Just like gambling itself, you're spending money to satisfy a very specific need/curiosity (unlocking achievements in this case).
Again, how is this gutter-shite even allowed on these platforms? Why isn't the content on these stores better regulated ? What are the actual standards required by Sony/MS/Ninty for a dev to have its game published on their respective stores ?
