I hate blind boxes
The reason is simple: it’s just glorified gambling!
However, the sad reality right now is that: too few people are pushing back against it, too many people are obsessed with it1, and this business model is so profitable that more and more industries are starting to adopt it (yes, including the companies behind the games and/or shows that I like, such as SEGA2 and Glitch Productions). Even bookstores are doing it nowadays.
If I see any product that is sold in the blind box model, I would just outright refuse to buy it, no matter how enticing that product may be. I don’t want to deal with those probability games.
Just let me buy stuff in a fully expectable manner, like how things should normally go! I don’t want a future in which I can’t even control the flavour of the milk I buy!
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So much so that even a national news agency has broadcast on TV a segment that puts the blind box model in a positive light, going as far as describing it as a ‘culture’! ↩︎
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This example linked here is an ‘art board collection box’, containing artwork that one may or may not like. In physical stores, these art boards can be sold individually, with the packaging unopened, effectively making this a blind box model.
The only way to escape this uncertainty game (i.e. obtain a desired art board guaranteed) is by purchasing the whole set, which can be prohibitively expensive to some people. ↩︎