I’d like to remind you all that when making pet simulator 2, Preston said “it’s not for the money, it’s for the fans.” Oh, have the mighty have fallen.
@@tedtornado9366 Yeah it's actually a pretty cool looking set, it really sucks that it's been adopted as just "the thing you flex with", especially on something SO. DAMN. UGLYYYYYYY
one of THE MOST insane parts of pet simulator 99 is when they include “mystery percentages” of getting a pet or item, meaning 3 eggs that cost 5 real life dollars each, (400~ robux) that would usually be listed as a 0.005% chance, can be simply labeled as “???” which means the percentage could be ANYTHING,, and you could be pouring thousands and thousands of robux into an item with a 0.000001% chance (or something)without even knowing the rarity. casinos in real life aren’t even allowed to do this as far as I know.
They don't do that with exclusive eggs, although they did that with the first addition during Christmas 2021. Everything mentioned in the video is nothing compared to the forever pack, I don't know why that wasn't mentioned at all. You literally pay to claim around 5 free rewards, and the price goes up each time you purchase, with the maximum price reaching 2400 per purchase. You have no idea what you're gonna get, and you can keep purchasing forever, hence it's name. It's extremely scummy because you can't scroll along to see the rewards you can get from purchasing, you HAVE to keep buying to POTENTIALLY get something good. You might come out with a huge after spending either 150 robux, or 20,000 robux.
yes!! it’s actually crazy how little people talk about those ‘mystery percentages’, especially since it’s straight up illegal in a lot of places. and it’s even worse considering that pet simulator is marketed towards children
A few years back I used to play a lot of a game called "The Plaza". It was a simple roleplay and build your apartment kind of game, and it had a "Casino" building. In the casino you could use your Plaza Points (the game's currency) on slot machines, wheel spins and black jack. Even though losing money on any of the games was really hard, Roblox took the game down and forced the developer to at least rework the casino, and so he did: now everything is free to play and has a limited amount of uses per day. My question is, if a game that has much more tame gambling (no spending real money, very hard to lose on it) is enough to trigger Roblox's response (as it should be), why not take action against Pet Sim or other kinds of games that do this??
All the money preston gives roblox also allows him to break any rule in the tos and not get banned simply because of how much dough he rakes in for roblox.
No, tos still applies, the key point is how noticable is it and how well the devs work around it, roblox will strike those that blatantly break the "visible" tos
@@WhirlWinderNoob it's crazy how roblox wouldn't even make it 13+ at the very minimum considering when picking the ages suitable for a game there is literally a question which is does you game include any gambling
@@heywhateverpersonactually pet simulator 99 is more free to play,has more minigames,and its more fun,i have played both,and both are bad but pet simulator is the better in my opnion
So you just basically made the chance of getting the pet 1 percent, but that's unrealistic. Its actual chance of getting is 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001.
Did u even play pet sim? If yes u should’ve known that the new huges in the new updates are really easy to get for example the huge dino cat u could get. I’d recommend playing the game before
@@zxT1M0ang Ive played the game and ive dont liked it you are sure a kid who wasted moms credit card to get that huge dino cat also in the wiki it says Titanic and it costs 249.99 DOLLARS and is EXCLUSIVE and not able to get in those days to get a plushie and the code of the pet BUT alr im gonna play pet sim 99 and try to get a titanic without paying or atleast get some rare pet in new acc
Fun fact Roblox games can now have that vibration feature you feel on your phones when you get a notification but it happens when you do something in a Roblox game so even if you turn your sound off for pet simulator it will still have some way of telling you something’s about to happen
@StephenC0D3Ignore the fact that this would also feed back into gambling in a bad way. Like you’re being dense on purpose and it’s making you look stupid.
“Robux isn’t real money” and that’s why people spend so much of it without thinking twice. When you distance a currency from real life money it becomes easy to lose track, I think. I don’t got a phd or something but I notice this myself when uhhh… irresponsibly buying robux... It’s only after I fully realize how much irl money I spent when I see the change in bank account🗿 oopsie daisy
This game has more problems than just "monetization le bad, making children go gambling addicts". Game provides almost 0 information, u need to test everything yourself, there are hidden caps that limits efficiency of things, and u won't know cuz game doesn't tell you anything. They added an enchant while a go, that costed 2400 robux, and it literally doesn't work. Description often doesn't match what u get. Devs don't communicate with players enough. The richest players can manipulate the market and make things seems more expensive than they already are - getting even more richer that way. So this video is just a tip of the iceberg.
I hate games like Pet Simulator 99 so much that hearing the 'money clink sfx' causes my face to slowly become a frown. basically an inversion of what their sound design is supposed to do. However, that might be because the flash games I played when I was a kid used similar sfx to indicate that something was stealing my money.
@danik0011 except its not ptsd, its just a sound with minor negative connotations to another sound that makes them go "oh :(". i could go on a shpiel on how "my mom has ptsd and--" and "the term ptsd has become so watered down--" but honestly. lmfao. im just one guy im not stopping anything. also let them word how they wanna word 😭
Good video, but there’s so much more you could’ve talked about. Recently they made it so that when you try to leave the game as a new player, you get bombarded by free items and pop ups to pull you back in. This is honestly just super scummy and shouldn’t be allowed on the platform There’s also the case of the dev team giving super rare items to exploiters and banning people who speak out about it And not to mention Preston’s plushie company incident and India arrest warrant lmao
And for gambling, it shouldn't be legal, to make odds less than 1/100. I mean, how DH can a sane person say: „1/500m is the chance for the new huge? Oh man, that so incredibly easy“
@@BolleIsSerious thats kinda dumb ngl, casinos operate on the "you could win millions" but if it was 1/100 to win millions the casino would go bankrupt.
Don't forget to mention that it also uses the "gift" system to keep kids in the game longer, where basically you get prizes for staying in the game for increasing amounts of time. This system is designed to grind premium payouts from kids with premium subscriptions, since Roblox gives developers more robux if premium users play their game for long amounts of time. Edit: The gift system has also had a ton of influence on other Roblox games. Almost every one of the modern day garbage simulator games uses this system to grind premium payouts.
That would be incremental players in general, if we want to make it more specific to ps99 players, the small chance of winning something that could change the progression of the game for the better makes them happy.
I’m making a tower defense game and I don’t want to have any gambling in it. Only small things like buying cash and a starter pack or smth like that. I want to make the experience fun for f2p players and people who would be kind to donate. Games shouldn’t be fun for just to the people who broke out their wallet. It should be fun for everyone.
You can include some kind of gambling but have a guaranteed things that appear with more currency spent/per roll so that players aren’t locked behind unluck
As a league player, I can confirm a lot about that, I main Thresh, his abilities sound ESPECIALLY me landing a hook, is satisfying. But it also makes a player angry when they miss a shot that HAS a satisfying noise at the end, take Kai'sa W for example. You hear her grunt and create this void-like noise? If you land it, she'll say "Gotcha" and it'll create another void-like noise as well. If you miss, you don't hear any of that, it even adds salt to the wound further. Or Empyrean Pyke where he literally says voice lines if you miss a hook and cool as hell voice lines if you land it.
The saddest thing is that the actually good games and passion proyects may be really good, but since it’s not a grindy boring game or afk simulator they are usually not that long, for example blocktales, I literally started and ended it today, and I even did everything solo and on hard mode to make the experience longer, even with that, the game just took me a day to complete, but these cash grabs literally have unlimited “gameplay”
im trying to make a pet game, no, not forcing the animals to eat coins, but an actual F2P roblox pet games, no P2W, no gamepasses, a pet game. A normal pet game. Sounds impossible. But I'm trying.
You buy the pets out of a pet store, not some stupid egg that somehow hatches into dogs or cats despite the fact that they aren't born from eggs. You take care of the pets by giving them food. Pets can have a personality, it's somewhat limited, but it still exists. Some are more playful, others are more relaxed. You can actually bond with the pets by playing with them. These all sound like good ideas, albeit I'd say the personality thing might be difficult (i don't know how to work the roblox game engine, so i might be wrong)
Calling Pet Sim 99 "not gambling" because robux isn't a real currency is calling casinos "not gambling" because casino chips aren't real money. You can't buy something in a supermarket with either.
i wouldn't say sol's is a gambling game since gambling is the process of giving money for a slim chance of getting more, but i would say that it's a mindless waste of time besides the very short obby that it has in the game.
12:17 yea i think thats sadly not the case,roblox has actually tried to do something with preston bcs he sells irl plushies that give you something ingame which btw is NOT allowed,but now he continues to do it so it looks lkke roblox is just ignoring him
@@canalruindms game passes are optional in PS99. I own a titanic jelly dragon in ps99. I only own one gamepass. I didn’t get it from a giveaway. Just saying, it’s not fully p2w
As someone who is heavily, heavily addicted to pet sim 99 and is free to play, the reason it's so addicting isn't the "Coin sfx" but the entire concept of huges and titanics. You see, the game has an entire economy in it - with falling and rising trends in every item. Basically, it's a toy stock market, and it feels so good to get richer and richer - to have these big rare pets follow you around, while others have nothing. It's so addictiong because of the Huge pets and Titanics, the impossible infinitely long quest to get all of them, to get more, to get as many as you can until you are satisfied - which you never are... This is something straight from "Black Mirror" as I remember the episode "free fall" where the protagonist just wants to upgrade her house to feel "satisfied" but fails miserably even though she was already upper middle class. This is why it's so addictiong like crack... This is why I still grind the game even after writing this comment.... This is why I just can't stop....... :/
@@Patoquack81 good to see you quit successfully... I tried to quit after getting scammed by cross trading - half a year of progress was gone, but I couldn't.... I just feel like I have to achieve my goal no matter what ...
if you do the math, the average amount of money you would need to spend to get the rarest pet in the Valkryie egg is around 800k robux or 10,000 IN REAL LIFE MONEY
Yes, Roblox has said that gambling is not allowed, but the reason that pet sim is not banned is because irl gambling is that you earn, or lose money. In pet sim you always get SOMETHING back, but not always a profit.
Remember when I was a kid around 9 years old I found about pet sim this was around late 2018 only played for 1 to 2 weeks. Then I started playing pet sim x around when it came out when I was around 11 and I can conform it feels like gambling. Lucky I only played for 2 months before quitting. It's sicking knowing these game developers are using psychological tricks that are used by casinos on young kids that doesn't know any better.
I hate how ppl say that because you dont HAVE to use money to get gamble in these games but its still the psychology as well as the fact you probably wont get good chances to get what u want from the free stuff. The free stuff is the hook
Just from watching this video the coin sounds gave me a tingle in the back of my head that’s not normal incredible how Roblox will hide this because it makes them look so e rated when there’s entire country’s banning it for it being unsafe for kids and no one shows a care
I remember reading a few studies which basically summed up that gamers have a high occurence of ADHD, and that people with ADHD are also more likely to experience addiction to not just substance + gambling but gaming as well. It's a double whammy, really.
In psx when i was 13 years old i decided to open one of those robux eggs, hoping to get one of the rarer pets. I ended up spending €50 all at once. That was the moment when i decided to give all of my pets away and quit psx forever
I'm a long-time pet simulator player. I've been playing since the original and have seen every drama unfold, so I want to give my 2 cents on why I think pet simulator 99 is bad, apart from "Gambling bad". First, communications between devs and the playerbase is HORRIBLE. The game is silently modified from the backend and almost none of these "silent nerfs/buffs" ever make it into the patch notes. Second, the Pavlov's dog theory... personally, I am not affected by this and I don't think it's the whole problem. I think the real problem lies in the game's huge and titanic pets. This, is also why I think ps99 had the max pets equipped increased to 99, since it motivates players to fill their team with huges or titanics. And to do this, you either hatch the pets yourself (I get many of the new huge pets by hatching them myself) or gamble/spend robux on the forever pack or exclusive eggs. People who grind literally pay Preston with premium payouts, and people who gamble spend robux directly into Preston's account. Third, Preston and his team break the Roblox TOS very often (Look at the forever pack, physical merch and the NFT project) and just doesn't get punished because the game just makes so much money/brings in so many players. I waste some hours on it sometime still, but my addiction phase is far behind me. Don't be like me, just stay away.
This I agree a ton. In fact I often play without sound because I cant stand the coin sounds, way too loud and harsh for my ears. The titanic and huge pets are the main key here. And theres practically no other way to get them besides grinding, since theres no way to like merge pets into a huge. I can agree with that a ton, and its definitely the draw for me since I just like creature collecting games.
@@ghostgirl7089 Yeah I had to turn the volume down to a minimum because the constant monotonous sounds of the coins were putting me to sleep every time I play the game lol.
this is like sol's rng, people who have like the best things like rarity, isn't a accomplishment, it just shows you wasted your time for some digital numbers
As a beginning Roblox developer, I truly only want to add monetization to my games as just small donations, no pay to win crap, no gambling, just fair for everyone
Absolutely amazing video! I love that you delved into the psychology behind PS99’s method of maintaining their recurrent player count, via crude marketing techniques and careful manipulation of sfx and general stimuli to appeal to the senses. Of course most games are guilty of this to a certain extent but, as you stated in the video, the Devs don’t hold back on utilising every tool and every opportunity to keep you hooked. Even if you realise that it’s detrimental, the desire to stand out amongst others will ultimately confine you in the end lmao Regarding this particular addiction though, I think that the best way to draw yourself back from this rabbit hole is to steadily put the knowledge into practice. You don’t want to make the sudden _conscious_ effort to remove yourself from the game’s clutches. It has to be _spontaneous if anything,_ and you have to understand that the game’s intent is to reel you in with the pretense of reaching a certain milestone, only for them to to draw upon natural human instinct to seek _more_ given the freedom of opportunity. Spending tons of money as well establishes a sort of hardened connection to the game and only makes you feel more obligated to carry on the grind. In the end, it’s a loop that never ends 😭
Pet sim 99 player here,just wanted to say that this video made me realize something very important. I have played all of the pet sim games,pet sim 1 was very catch-y, pet sim 2 had cool graphics but very poor gameolay,pet sim x was a gamer changer- every sim game now copies everything Preston does and changed Roblox tos, and pet sim 99 its just the pinnacle of greed. Although i been an active player for both X and 99, something i have done unintentionally that probably save me from becoming addict to the games (which was one main point of this video) was the sound effects. I always turn off all of volume of Roblox when playing pet sim,because when k started to play it was too loud to play with,so i always have it off. I kever realized the sounds were supposed to train you into addiction,because i never heard them from the start! I knew it had good sfx,but with how loud it is i couldn't stand it so when you stated Pavlov's dog,i just realized how i dodged a bullet didn't knew existed. So, although i knew about the NFTs, exclusive eggs, poor dev management, egoistic remarks from Preston, scams, Plushies, toys and merchandise, and nefarious updates... This was a first for me,and i have to thank you showing light to a very small, but dangerous detail. (I mostly play this game because i can afk so i guess thats also a good way to stop the addiction.)
@@HarlemGamesOnline Hi sorry for the late reply,but yes, 90% of the time the game is boring and unplayable,that's why I mostly I stay afk. The problem is that the gameplay is based off the original 7 year old concept,and of course there's new stuff to do and other things aside from farming coins and opening eggs,, but **that's** the focus of the game. If you can't get huges constantly then there's absolutely no excitement. Trading is one of the best ways to play the game,is entertaining,there's high stakes and it's fun when you can get stuff worth more than what you trade for,but that can get tiresome. I think right now is easier to "play the game" since there's many ways to get diamonds and items that could be worth huges or other high tier items,that's what I been doing since the RNG event,and I been having a little bit more fun,but yeah,if you want to "play" a game,pet sim is the worst choice.
It's funny... How it manages to get you hooked on it. They are so intelligent, that they cant distinguish the difference between a Bag from a Box... I say this cause Gift Bags / Large Gift Bags in Pet Simulator 99 are depicted as a square presents 🎁 ... And not a bag........ 🛍️
The thing about Robux and how it seems like it's not real money is disturbingly really similar to that of a casino in terms of poker chips. A placeholder representing real money, but people fail to see that it actually is, in fact, real-life money.
You should really make a video on hellmet. It’s a first person shooter from the perspective of a helmet cam, it’s really underrated and even though it was featured on the recent roblox voting, not many people know it
Hellmet is one of those game who are either gonna take years between each updates or the dev will get burn out first. All of that because sensei doesn't want his precious vision of the game to not be as 100% accurate even though in game design you're rarely able to get your intended version of the game through because of technical issues or the idea not being as great in pratice. It's a shame since Hellmet is a promising game but it's too ambitious for a solo game project.
literally a cycle: Preston creates Pet Simulator nº1092> The game starts off with a premise of 'Anti p2w' which actually does it at the start > 3 weeks of content update that the game actually starts becoming 'Gambling Simulator' > the game continues to get updates until the same thing gets announced > Pet Simulator nº1093 is released
That’s so true, it’s almost impossible to get any good pets like a ”titanics” or the crazy amount of gems without spending money on the game, you can become a decent player but very rarely anyone can become as rich as the people who spend a lot of money on the game and get those huges easily because of a op gamepass that costs like 100k robux.
Phighting Babies. The Phighting babies are a kind of babies where you come from the spawn And you turn into a phighting baby. The Phgithing babies have a very special abilites where you can fight and know knowledge as babies. The knowledge s are: Fighting, Learning, And most ofall, Flying. The Phgithig babies are very Strong and can kill enemies in one hit. tHE Phgithing babies can jump on rockets and kill rocket because he sucks The Phgithing babies are very op and can kill Banhammer in 1 hit. Once you unlock the Phighting babies, you own the game now HOW TO GET THE PHIGHTING BABY First, atlk to darkheat under the bridge, say "Give me baba]" in the chat once you’re done talking to him. Talk to him again and he will say: So You Want The Phighting Babies Right? Do You Want Them, Right? KEEP IN NOTE THAT Darkhert will kick you out of tge game if you dont have Jeff the lkiller. Speak to him again once you got jeff the kiler You must own jeffthe killer. The link to the Tootorial is here: (not typing that in) Once you have unlocked Jeff the killer, talk to him again and he will say: So You Have Found The Jeff, Huh? Kill 10 People With Biocraft In A Row, Then Come Back To Me. Talk To Me after My Quest. Keep in note that you will only be able to get Jeff the kiler EVERY 10 of October. Be quick or wait Now that you got The Quest done, Talk to him again and you will get the very secret skin of Jeff. Then after tht wait 15 minutes next to Buster Rcoket. Now that you have done that, Speak to darkmhart again and he will give you the ability to talk to yellow Dom. Go on the tower with the cheese glitch and speak to him. This is wwhat he will say Hello my child, it seems like you are here to collect the Phighting Babies. My son, you must kill 20 people in a row with the Jeff the killer skin. Come back to me later. My son. My son. Once you have done that, he will give you the babies. But watch out, THye are very strong. You wouldn t like holding them. I don’t reccomend it the phgiting children is when you from the spawn becomes a phghiting baby and is became a phgiting chlid, this is a very rare and I it is have a very hard to get find, the phigtying cheldrin have very special power and knowledgea and can is destroy the sword and rocket cause and the rocket dad because they are is and is suck, the knowledgres are, phighting baba, killeri, flyieng and dodecahedrons. the phoneing child’s are a very strong and a powerful, once you are get them you own crossraod s now. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU NEED THE PGHTIRING BABIS TO GET THE PHIGHTIN G CHILDES. how to get a the phightng children: To get the phghihgt children you need a jeaf the killre and the phgeting baba/ the tutorieal is here: (not typing that out) Once you got phgreting babies talk to green vlak nest to yellow dom on top of flipsid/e tower using chese fling and he will say: “so you have found the phrting baby? oh, you want the pihting Childs.. talk to the darkheart he will tell you how to get the childs..” once you has talke to the green valk go the the darkhart and and say “giv me chir(“ in chat. REMEMBER. YOU MUST HAVE THE PHRETING BABIES AND TALK TO GREN VAL K IF NOT HE WILL EXPLODE YOUR COMPUTER. once you is say thta in the chat press F 57 times on the drkepheart to talk to him, he will say: “so you want the phighting childs huh? Do you want the childs huh?” Say yes and he will say: “get 22 assiste as scambord in a row, and talk to me again.” once you have do that tlak to drainheart agian and you will get the phighting childs, BUT REMEMBER. you must became the phrtinge babies to became them. BUT THEY ARE VERY POWERFUL AND CAN EXPLODE PC, do not strangle them I do not reccomend it.
@@axelsprettycool My breaths are growing shaky. You know what else is shaky?? Biograft's idle animation! Ahahahaha. I don't know how much longer I can take this. My mind is in a constant state of frenzy. Frenzy? More like phrenzy hahahahahaha. I can't look at every day things without thinking of PHIGHTING!. The colors red, green and blue? That must be an RGB trio refernece ahahahahhahahaha I am going insane. Today I saw a black truck and immediately thought "Wow! Omg is that zuka's truck from phighting?" It's impossible for my rotted brain to think of anything other than PHIGHTING!. Hahahaha you know what else is rotting? Subspace!! Ahahahahahaha. I need phighting alpha i need it right now I can't go much longer without it. Every time I hear someone talk it's just the phighting talk sound effects. Speaking of the phighting talk sound effects, I once saw someone playing a keytar and I immediately thought "Oh my sfoth is that dom and valk flipside music?!?!!??!?!?!?!?!" I seriously need some support at this point. Support? That's a reference to the PHIGHTING! [ALPHA] support characters oh my gods! When i look up atthe skhy the only thing i see is stargazzer rcoket. Phightihg phighting phighting I need PHIGHTING! [ALPHA] now. I see the color green and pink and i think omg! VIne staf! and Shurkin pgithgin.g I nmedd phgithing help the only thing ican thgink about is phgihtigng helphm e whenever i see a katana ithink of bOmg!Is that katan hitgmae phighting ojnrobloxx??/ HTelp me i donmt feel good ahgughfdihu someone g et medkkti I donot nfeel ok,ay someoNpelease nature prevailsme i needheadling i neend heelaing inead khealigjn i cna hear the flipside msuic playgin in my gmiind over and ovetr agisajn i'mm going insa,ne soen o e ple,as e help m e phgithingp hgoiting phightng phgitning phjgitning. Early access to my wisdom be happy
All scam games I've seen are formatted the same as pet simulator. Months after free in-game UGC was introduced there's been many games that take you MONTHS of grinding and gambling for the UGC.
Now when I filter UGC limiteds by free I either find sold out items or items in a game that takes hours just to get 1% For example, I think a "train for UGC" game takes you 10k seconds for 1M points, and most UGC items cost at minimum 8M points to buy. There's also "flex UGC codes" or something like that, where you input the so called "free" UGC in the game, and then to get it you need to buy a game pass or shirt that most of the time costs 450-5000 robux. I'm very confused about this genre of games caused by limited UGC items but I really hate it, I miss the joy of refreshing the page of a game to snipe a copy, or trying to beat a difficult obby that's actually real as hundreds of other players follow behind and Infront you. It's just not real anymore.
Back in 2019 I watched a talk from a Roblox child protection agent at a dev event. She was talking big about chat filters and age ratings and how they are quick to protect children in that regard. I'm surprised they don't have reacted to these practices so far too. :(
moral of the story: don't play it, don't let your kids play it, and give them a dsi with flipnote and setup sudomemo. Atleast he will not have language that is just w rizz gyatt skibidi.
claiming robux isn’t real money is like claiming casino tokens aren’t real money. they’re just cosmetic stand-ins to make you forget how much you’re really spending. this is a great video, and i really appreciate the way you explained it all.
I find it vaguely interesting that I find the addicting sounds used across casinos and games like this to be so annoying and overstimulating that I tend to avoid them completely
No idea why this was recommended to me (haven’t played Roblox since about 2018ish, nor have I ever watched any videos on it), but it is absolutely shocking to see how far things have fallen in just 6 years. I’m not a parent, but I will definitely be steering my younger cousins away from this mess and more onto the games I grew up on in the late 2000s / early 2010s :/
seriously an amazing video, i’ve always been concerned about younger audiences for hidden gambling games. pavlov’s dog is a fascinating strategy, and it’s sad how many people get pulled into it. new sub, great commentary!
Trust me I never liked pet simulator 99, it is a trash casino for ipad babies. This game is very good at manipulating their haters into making them think the game will actually be legit. Everytime I call roblox games nowadays bad, everyone just calls me a “newgen” (while I joined roblox in late 2016 as a guest) Trust me, when I first joined roblox, there were no simulators, only the same repetitive cart ride games and obbies. Yes they are repetitive but they were fun I remember, tycoons used to be your normal, F2P game. But when pet simulator came, it just made other creators make the same trash pay to win casino.
And people still think Sol's RNG is the main villain. Yes, I know, it's not the best game and it wastes your time, but at least it's FREE (mfs are definitely gonna say "what about the electricity bill????" stfu). Pet Simulator 99 is literally just exploitation of kids with short attention spans to make them spend money in hopes they get a good pet, which most likely a better one comes out soon.
"...in hopes they get a good pet, which most likely a better one comes out soon." oh wait this game has power creep? +1 on the dark patterns bingo card for this game
@@danik0011 To be fair, there *is* a sort of power creep in Sol’s RNG as they keep releasing increasingly rare auras - this update they released 1/825m (highest ever) Aegis - but it’s not necessary to get further in the game. Your progression in terms of auras and items is limited to only the 1/1m auras, which becomes very common - about 1/2 of them a day - at later points. Sure, EVERYONE wants the new best aura, but it isn’t REQUIRED.
1:34, those flags are a stolen idea from tds, the design? the exact same. but those kids playing wouldn't know since they only sit there while watching brainrot and playing pet sim 99.
Preston and his team have probably made enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their lives, but when is it enough to finally consider their actions
Every time I watch these videos, I remember how much I played Blade Ball and how obsessed I got with the weapon crate. My friends got good Legendary swords within a week of playing, but I grinded the game for A MONTH on a near-daily basis before finally getting one of the swords I want. I justified my addiction by promising myself that I wouldn’t ever spend actual money on the crates (which I never did), but the experience was so terrible that I’m going to make sure I never get addicted to gambling again, before it gets worse.
OG PS wasn't too p2w, it was new, it was fun, nostalgiac, PERFECTION (ignoring the infinite pets gamepass) PS2 was straight up boring tbh, but atleast it was f2p PSX was good as a game, very good but the devs and the p2w aspects were bad PS99 had a bright start due to it being fairly different from the other PS games and being less p2w Now, its getting repetitive, they are releasing events to keep the game alive, would be dead if it weren't for the events Sometimes the events are good, sometimes TERRIBLE LIKE THE STUPID RNG THING STRAIGHT UP RIPPING OFF HAZ3MS GAME The actual main game is getting SOOOO REPETITIVE AND BORING PLUS THE p2w GETTING WORSE AND WORSE
Fun fact: ESRB states on its own website that in-game randomized purchases does not affect it's rating of a game, only that they're required to put a small footnote saying "includes in-game randomized purchases". Robux are simply chips at a casino for these children and parents have no idea or simply don't care. I'd like to see what would happen if gacha was finally classified by governments as gambling. But the gacha industry has made so much money in the past decade that it's no wonder that any attempt at regulating it has been blocked or back pedaled.
i was addicted to ps 99 and played it nonstop. i never spent any robux and my account is f2p one. if it was tough to break those breakables i would find a person w/ tons of those op pets so they will break at a super speed (mostly likely at the "last" area, where they grind coins) bc if u stand in an area and smbdy else is grinding there, you would still get this loot. (or everyone whos standing gets it) Recently i quit the game for the reason bc it really got boring and each update the grind was becoming more difficult and sorta rng based. i hope i never return to this p2w gambling crap
shoutout for putting up unorthodox accounting even though im way smaller than you reply for games kinda like unorthodox accounting and phighting cuz they are fun and i love their style
Now, theres this other game called 'Pets Go' and what type of game is it..? RNG. Pets Go is an RNG game which means "Random Number Generator" There are games like this on Roblox and let me tell you the truth.. I was also addicted by one of these RNG games. But now, as its discontinued, the People that are addicted might quit because theres not gonna be anymore updates...and thats EXACTLY what i did But, i Dont regret it. Because my gambling addiction is now gone. I quit RNG games like 1 month ago and rarely even play them. Back to Preston, he has made FIVE games with pets and gambling, which is just ABSURD, and i want him to STOP and make other games. He even gave HACKERS 1:1 pets, and stole/scammed 460K DOLLARS out of the company that makes his merch plushies. Speaking of merch plushies, they are also gambling, but with straight up real money. It comes with a Code that you can use in-game to get exclusive pets,and i think that its bad, like very bad, cause children May want those plushies and not just one, LOTS of them. Now i Dont live in the USA, but i live in Romania, and in Romania, one titanic plushie costs 1.1K OF OUR CURRENCY(RON). I honestly want for big games to stop Lets talk about modded games. Now modded games are copies of the original games, but also affect children with something... See, everything in modded games is FREE, and give little kids the chance to experience what it feels like to be rich in the real game, but that makes kids WANT that stuff in the REAL game. So they are probably gonna spend LOTS OF MONEY on guess what? IN-GAME PROGRESSION, That dosent make anything important in you IRL. So, if you play these type of games, i recommend you to STOP cause its VERY addicting and i Dont wanna see children steal money just to spend it on those scummy games... But Why you May ask? Cause.. Everything is gambling in those type of games...
also the thing with pet sim 99 is that they wanted people to pay to move the pets (some already costing robux) they got in pet sim x to pet sim 99 this whole game is just to make people spend more money while doing the same thing
roblox themselves know about this as well, yet theyre constantly promoting it every chance they get. why? more money. roblox doesnt care if you get addicted, not their problem
I actually didn't know that the satisfying sound effects and visuals were the cause of many cases of gaming addiction. This video has opened my eyes a bit. I knew the pet sim trilogy was a cashgrab but I didn't know how exactly it enticed people into buying stuff with real money and playing for hours on end. Thanks.
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Calling Pet Sim 99 a “Game” is like calling Meth a Food.
thank you, famous youtuber Laughability
@@BedsheetGhost_ anything to help slander pet sim, Underrated TH-camr Bedsheet Ghost
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I’d like to remind you all that when making pet simulator 2, Preston said “it’s not for the money, it’s for the fans.” Oh, have the mighty have fallen.
“It’s not for the money it’s for the fans”
> proceeds to give a mega shiny to exploiters and ban anyone who calls it out
ooooor the fact you can only get certain pets by spending 200 dollars on plushies , by passing the Roblox TOS and them full well he is doing it 😂
That's some equestrian excrement if I ever heard any
@@LadySinsReal but its "for the fans" bro
dang
The fact korblox deathspeaker is cheaper than all the pet simulator 99 gamepasses combined is criminal.
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korblox sucks ngl
ur in the vid btw 2:10
@@tedtornado9366 Yeah it's actually a pretty cool looking set, it really sucks that it's been adopted as just "the thing you flex with", especially on something SO. DAMN. UGLYYYYYYY
NAAAHHHH💀💀💀💀
one of THE MOST insane parts of pet simulator 99 is when they include “mystery percentages” of getting a pet or item, meaning 3 eggs that cost 5 real life dollars each, (400~ robux) that would usually be listed as a 0.005% chance, can be simply labeled as “???” which means the percentage could be ANYTHING,, and you could be pouring thousands and thousands of robux into an item with a 0.000001% chance (or something)without even knowing the rarity. casinos in real life aren’t even allowed to do this as far as I know.
They don't do that with exclusive eggs, although they did that with the first addition during Christmas 2021. Everything mentioned in the video is nothing compared to the forever pack, I don't know why that wasn't mentioned at all. You literally pay to claim around 5 free rewards, and the price goes up each time you purchase, with the maximum price reaching 2400 per purchase. You have no idea what you're gonna get, and you can keep purchasing forever, hence it's name. It's extremely scummy because you can't scroll along to see the rewards you can get from purchasing, you HAVE to keep buying to POTENTIALLY get something good. You might come out with a huge after spending either 150 robux, or 20,000 robux.
@@ogi6694it used to be 7000-8000 being the max purchase
@@kri4412 I know
yes!! it’s actually crazy how little people talk about those ‘mystery percentages’, especially since it’s straight up illegal in a lot of places. and it’s even worse considering that pet simulator is marketed towards children
A few years back I used to play a lot of a game called "The Plaza". It was a simple roleplay and build your apartment kind of game, and it had a "Casino" building. In the casino you could use your Plaza Points (the game's currency) on slot machines, wheel spins and black jack.
Even though losing money on any of the games was really hard, Roblox took the game down and forced the developer to at least rework the casino, and so he did: now everything is free to play and has a limited amount of uses per day.
My question is, if a game that has much more tame gambling (no spending real money, very hard to lose on it) is enough to trigger Roblox's response (as it should be), why not take action against Pet Sim or other kinds of games that do this??
money
If lootboxes were in casinos they would
money
Because Roblox only sees "eggs" that gives 4 year olds a "MyThIC legENdaRy MEgA sHInY DrAGOn!!1!1!"
because pet simulator makes roblox a lot of their money.
All the money preston gives roblox also allows him to break any rule in the tos and not get banned simply because of how much dough he rakes in for roblox.
That's every game
No, tos still applies, the key point is how noticable is it and how well the devs work around it, roblox will strike those that blatantly break the "visible" tos
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@@WhirlWinderNoob it's crazy how roblox wouldn't even make it 13+ at the very minimum considering when picking the ages suitable for a game there is literally a question which is does you game include any gambling
@WhirlWinderNoob not every game there are loads of good ones you're being childish
how has like nobody talked about how all the pet simulator games are copies of eachother
like it's all literally the same game
@@heywhateverpersonactually pet simulator 99 is more free to play,has more minigames,and its more fun,i have played both,and both are bad but pet simulator is the better in my opnion
@@giblemaycryhi preston when pet sim M
@BenjaminOliver-x2i a joke exists
because we already know
"Its not Gambling!!!" *makes an update and a pet that has the chance to get of 0.000.0000000000000000000000000000000000001*
So you just basically made the chance of getting the pet 1 percent, but that's unrealistic. Its actual chance of getting is 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001.
@@simeonsardanov1056 i fixed that actually im sure preston would make A more higher chance in a bit of time
When it first came out I hav it a try and it wasn’t p2w I thought Preston was going on his redemption arc but nope
Did u even play pet sim? If yes u should’ve known that the new huges in the new updates are really easy to get for example the huge dino cat u could get.
I’d recommend playing the game before
@@zxT1M0ang Ive played the game and ive dont liked it you are sure a kid who wasted moms credit card to get that huge dino cat also in the wiki it says Titanic and it costs 249.99 DOLLARS and is EXCLUSIVE and not able to get in those days to get a plushie and the code of the pet BUT alr im gonna play pet sim 99 and try to get a titanic without paying or atleast get some rare pet in new acc
Fun fact Roblox games can now have that vibration feature you feel on your phones when you get a notification but it happens when you do something in a Roblox game so even if you turn your sound off for pet simulator it will still have some way of telling you something’s about to happen
That’s diabolical
@StephenC0D3 thx captain obvious :)
@StephenC0D3most kids wouldn’t even mind, besides a lot of their parents don’t care enough to pay attention to what they’re playing
@StephenC0D3Ignore the fact that this would also feed back into gambling in a bad way.
Like you’re being dense on purpose and it’s making you look stupid.
@@xyrcysI would 100% mind it's annoying af after it loses novelty
“Robux isn’t real money” and that’s why people spend so much of it without thinking twice. When you distance a currency from real life money it becomes easy to lose track, I think. I don’t got a phd or something but I notice this myself when uhhh… irresponsibly buying robux... It’s only after I fully realize how much irl money I spent when I see the change in bank account🗿 oopsie daisy
Doesnt really work when you think about the fact that you get robux by spending real life money, something that you really do have to think about
Heard of Devex?
Psychology stuff, I guess,
that is one of the dark patterns listed on the "dark pattern games" website
what about microsoft points? you dont need to focus on it that much and its fast for something thats not paid
Thank you for dogging on Pet Simulator 99 without using the argument of "gambling bad" for the entire damn video. Genuinely, thank you.
Yooo
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@@TommyflamStudiosfoot
gambling bad still a good argument against the game. It’s just annoying to hear it for an entire video
Gambling bad is a good argument. Especially considering Roblox’s low age demographic. And the fact that it can from a terrible addiction.
The fact that the rarest exclusive pet in the robux egg costs on average 64 THOUSAND robux is very scary
That's around $800... Damn, I could buy 80 rolls of half dollars and get *way* more profit than that egg
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That much just to break coins faster is crazy
This is a doubled month salary in Ukraine, wth😭
(no gambling, trust me)
@@BenjiIsWorthSoooMuch m m m MONEY MONEY MONEY 🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙
ironic how i just got an ad in the middle of the "5 seconds of *uninterrupted* pet simulator footage"
that's a bona-fide youtube moment
Legit happened as I was reading this wtf
@@Tomatillo12me too haha
Same
That happened to me as well
This game has more problems than just "monetization le bad, making children go gambling addicts". Game provides almost 0 information, u need to test everything yourself, there are hidden caps that limits efficiency of things, and u won't know cuz game doesn't tell you anything. They added an enchant while a go, that costed 2400 robux, and it literally doesn't work. Description often doesn't match what u get. Devs don't communicate with players enough. The richest players can manipulate the market and make things seems more expensive than they already are - getting even more richer that way. So this video is just a tip of the iceberg.
I hate games like Pet Simulator 99 so much that hearing the 'money clink sfx' causes my face to slowly become a frown. basically an inversion of what their sound design is supposed to do. However, that might be because the flash games I played when I was a kid used similar sfx to indicate that something was stealing my money.
just say "however that might just be ptsd from flash games"
@danik0011 except its not ptsd, its just a sound with minor negative connotations to another sound that makes them go "oh :(". i could go on a shpiel on how "my mom has ptsd and--" and "the term ptsd has become so watered down--" but honestly. lmfao. im just one guy im not stopping anything.
also let them word how they wanna word 😭
Good video, but there’s so much more you could’ve talked about. Recently they made it so that when you try to leave the game as a new player, you get bombarded by free items and pop ups to pull you back in. This is honestly just super scummy and shouldn’t be allowed on the platform
There’s also the case of the dev team giving super rare items to exploiters and banning people who speak out about it
And not to mention Preston’s plushie company incident and India arrest warrant lmao
hi ibant
And for gambling, it shouldn't be legal, to make odds less than 1/100. I mean, how DH can a sane person say: „1/500m is the chance for the new huge? Oh man, that so incredibly easy“
@@1MythIX I didn't expect to see a jtoh youtuber in the comment section of this video.
@@MicklePickle-l4u I play ps99 the same amount as obbies
@@BolleIsSerious thats kinda dumb ngl, casinos operate on the "you could win millions" but if it was 1/100 to win millions the casino would go bankrupt.
Don't forget to mention that it also uses the "gift" system to keep kids in the game longer, where basically you get prizes for staying in the game for increasing amounts of time.
This system is designed to grind premium payouts from kids with premium subscriptions, since Roblox gives developers more robux if premium users play their game for long amounts of time.
Edit: The gift system has also had a ton of influence on other Roblox games.
Almost every one of the modern day garbage simulator games uses this system to grind premium payouts.
like when a game goes " *NUCLEAR ALARM* KEEP PLAYING MY ASS GAME PLEASE 😭😭"
"Small number becomes big number and big numbers make me happy (:"
-averge pet simulator 99 player
This is how you make more greedy rich people. We don’t need any more money addictions
i love it when small things get big
That would be incremental players in general, if we want to make it more specific to ps99 players, the small chance of winning something that could change the progression of the game for the better makes them happy.
Casinos be jealous that a 3yo can play this game.
I’m making a tower defense game and I don’t want to have any gambling in it. Only small things like buying cash and a starter pack or smth like that. I want to make the experience fun for f2p players and people who would be kind to donate. Games shouldn’t be fun for just to the people who broke out their wallet. It should be fun for everyone.
yes
yes
You can include some kind of gambling but have a guaranteed things that appear with more currency spent/per roll so that players aren’t locked behind unluck
@@thingthingthingthingthingthing like a pity system?
@@desmondcooley1777 yeah kinda
didint realise it was this bad, i just hated without actually knowing anything
You can hate purely because it has the word "pet" in it's name.
Kinda deserves the mindless hate if you build a reputation this putrid
Pet + Simulator = Automatic hate system activated in my brain @@amangotdeez9633
@@amangotdeez9633imagine not liking cool small creatures
I’m talking roblox games
As a league player, I can confirm a lot about that, I main Thresh, his abilities sound ESPECIALLY me landing a hook, is satisfying.
But it also makes a player angry when they miss a shot that HAS a satisfying noise at the end, take Kai'sa W for example.
You hear her grunt and create this void-like noise?
If you land it, she'll say "Gotcha" and it'll create another void-like noise as well.
If you miss, you don't hear any of that, it even adds salt to the wound further.
Or Empyrean Pyke where he literally says voice lines if you miss a hook and cool as hell voice lines if you land it.
bronze support player spotted
@@qfv33 I peaked Emerald, not any better.
It's bronze but green edition
The saddest thing is that the actually good games and passion proyects may be really good, but since it’s not a grindy boring game or afk simulator they are usually not that long, for example blocktales, I literally started and ended it today, and I even did everything solo and on hard mode to make the experience longer, even with that, the game just took me a day to complete, but these cash grabs literally have unlimited “gameplay”
roblox: gambling for kids
gacha games: gambling for teens
gambling: gambling
Not even a minute inside of the game and you're already greeted with the "SHOP" you're going to indefinitely suffer with
im trying to make a pet game, no, not forcing the animals to eat coins, but an actual F2P roblox pet games, no P2W, no gamepasses, a pet game. A normal pet game. Sounds impossible. But I'm trying.
I won’t be available to try it but I hope your game becomes successful
@@Wheat_Land thank you :D honestly dont know how to code myself but.. ill still try
@@legendaryhuman247 That game sounds good. I'll definitely play it when it comes out. But what will be the name of the game🧐
You buy the pets out of a pet store, not some stupid egg that somehow hatches into dogs or cats despite the fact that they aren't born from eggs.
You take care of the pets by giving them food.
Pets can have a personality, it's somewhat limited, but it still exists. Some are more playful, others are more relaxed.
You can actually bond with the pets by playing with them.
These all sound like good ideas, albeit I'd say the personality thing might be difficult (i don't know how to work the roblox game engine, so i might be wrong)
@@Bangbanggooberblat69 Sounds like a better version of Adopt me. I like it👍
Calling Pet Sim 99 "not gambling" because robux isn't a real currency is calling casinos "not gambling" because casino chips aren't real money. You can't buy something in a supermarket with either.
its not gambling if you don't use the game passes
Sols rng: free gambling
Pet sim 99: gambling for money
Both are awful
both are pretty bad
i wouldn't say sol's is a gambling game since gambling is the process of giving money for a slim chance of getting more, but i would say that it's a mindless waste of time besides the very short obby that it has in the game.
@@Ovotun it is.
@@Ovotun Time is money
12:17 yea i think thats sadly not the case,roblox has actually tried to do something with preston bcs he sells irl plushies that give you something ingame which btw is NOT allowed,but now he continues to do it so it looks lkke roblox is just ignoring him
pet sim is one the biggest games on roblox. they want the players and money, so they “try” to do something, but in reality they do nothing
Tower defense simulator doing this, but they give only skin
the fact that pet sim and its sequels make sols rng look like an educational kids game
I know a few people who are addicted to sols rng and they get mad about it for some reason (very confusing) 💀
Sol’s rng is definitely worse
@@rtxon895 nah atleast its free ngl
@@canalruindms game passes are optional in PS99. I own a titanic jelly dragon in ps99. I only own one gamepass. I didn’t get it from a giveaway. Just saying, it’s not fully p2w
@@rtxon895 sols rng is completely free,quick roll is kinda mid u just roll like 2x faster
As someone who is heavily, heavily addicted to pet sim 99 and is free to play, the reason it's so addicting isn't the "Coin sfx" but the entire concept of huges and titanics. You see, the game has an entire economy in it - with falling and rising trends in every item. Basically, it's a toy stock market, and it feels so good to get richer and richer - to have these big rare pets follow you around, while others have nothing. It's so addictiong because of the Huge pets and Titanics, the impossible infinitely long quest to get all of them, to get more, to get as many as you can until you are satisfied - which you never are... This is something straight from "Black Mirror" as I remember the episode "free fall" where the protagonist just wants to upgrade her house to feel "satisfied" but fails miserably even though she was already upper middle class. This is why it's so addictiong like crack... This is why I still grind the game even after writing this comment.... This is why I just can't stop....... :/
Wait i think i watched that film
@@Patoquack81 good to see you quit successfully... I tried to quit after getting scammed by cross trading - half a year of progress was gone, but I couldn't.... I just feel like I have to achieve my goal no matter what ...
Play combat warriors bro, there's no gambling there but it will cut through your nerves
if you do the math, the average amount of money you would need to spend to get the rarest pet in the Valkryie egg is around 800k robux or 10,000 IN REAL LIFE MONEY
Yes, Roblox has said that gambling is not allowed, but the reason that pet sim is not banned is because irl gambling is that you earn, or lose money. In pet sim you always get SOMETHING back, but not always a profit.
How Ironic that they said you can equip 99 pets, but you have to buy a gamepass to actually equip 99 pets
And yes, i am addicted to this game
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remember in casinos you convert money to the little chips they have, couldn't you say robux is similar to that
Remember when I was a kid around 9 years old I found about pet sim this was around late 2018 only played for 1 to 2 weeks. Then I started playing pet sim x around when it came out when I was around 11 and I can conform it feels like gambling. Lucky I only played for 2 months before quitting. It's sicking knowing these game developers are using psychological tricks that are used by casinos on young kids that doesn't know any better.
putting Phighting next to Pet Sim 99 in this video is like the coughing baby vs hydrogen bomb
I hate how ppl say that because you dont HAVE to use money to get gamble in these games but its still the psychology as well as the fact you probably wont get good chances to get what u want from the free stuff. The free stuff is the hook
Instead of “pay to win” it’s “pay to have fun”
>"im never spending a single cent on games"
>slippery slope
>you have bought 20000 robux
@@danik0011 exactly
@@danik0011that's a fallacy
2:10 I auto hatched and I questioned why I did that, why can't just good pets be more common then I don't know, 0.00001%?
5:26 the more you think about it robux spent of pet sim 99 is like the chips you buy at casinos so it doesn’t feel like you’re spending money
Just from watching this video the coin sounds gave me a tingle in the back of my head that’s not normal incredible how Roblox will hide this because it makes them look so e rated when there’s entire country’s banning it for it being unsafe for kids and no one shows a care
I remember reading a few studies which basically summed up that gamers have a high occurence of ADHD, and that people with ADHD are also more likely to experience addiction to not just substance + gambling but gaming as well. It's a double whammy, really.
In psx when i was 13 years old i decided to open one of those robux eggs, hoping to get one of the rarer pets. I ended up spending €50 all at once. That was the moment when i decided to give all of my pets away and quit psx forever
I'm a long-time pet simulator player. I've been playing since the original and have seen every drama unfold, so I want to give my 2 cents on why I think pet simulator 99 is bad, apart from "Gambling bad".
First, communications between devs and the playerbase is HORRIBLE. The game is silently modified from the backend and almost none of these "silent nerfs/buffs" ever make it into the patch notes.
Second, the Pavlov's dog theory... personally, I am not affected by this and I don't think it's the whole problem. I think the real problem lies in the game's huge and titanic pets. This, is also why I think ps99 had the max pets equipped increased to 99, since it motivates players to fill their team with huges or titanics. And to do this, you either hatch the pets yourself (I get many of the new huge pets by hatching them myself) or gamble/spend robux on the forever pack or exclusive eggs. People who grind literally pay Preston with premium payouts, and people who gamble spend robux directly into Preston's account.
Third, Preston and his team break the Roblox TOS very often (Look at the forever pack, physical merch and the NFT project) and just doesn't get punished because the game just makes so much money/brings in so many players.
I waste some hours on it sometime still, but my addiction phase is far behind me. Don't be like me, just stay away.
This I agree a ton. In fact I often play without sound because I cant stand the coin sounds, way too loud and harsh for my ears. The titanic and huge pets are the main key here. And theres practically no other way to get them besides grinding, since theres no way to like merge pets into a huge. I can agree with that a ton, and its definitely the draw for me since I just like creature collecting games.
About the part where they get away with TOS violation because they make a lot of money.
Welcome to the ensh.ttification of the internet.
@@ghostgirl7089 Yeah I had to turn the volume down to a minimum because the constant monotonous sounds of the coins were putting me to sleep every time I play the game lol.
this is like sol's rng, people who have like the best things like rarity, isn't a accomplishment, it just shows you wasted your time for some digital numbers
Bullied my younger brother into quitting pet sim 🔥🔥🔥
I approve
@@zwe_246 you did not bully him you saved him from getting the iq of a twitter user
@@HeadfulTheSillykyz, please
I wouldn't say too far or not funny, but just no, also, bro ur videos r sol's rng videos, seems bias.
As a beginning Roblox developer, I truly only want to add monetization to my games as just small donations, no pay to win crap, no gambling, just fair for everyone
Absolutely amazing video! I love that you delved into the psychology behind PS99’s method of maintaining their recurrent player count, via crude marketing techniques and careful manipulation of sfx and general stimuli to appeal to the senses.
Of course most games are guilty of this to a certain extent but, as you stated in the video, the Devs don’t hold back on utilising every tool and every opportunity to keep you hooked. Even if you realise that it’s detrimental, the desire to stand out amongst others will ultimately confine you in the end lmao
Regarding this particular addiction though, I think that the best way to draw yourself back from this rabbit hole is to steadily put the knowledge into practice. You don’t want to make the sudden _conscious_ effort to remove yourself from the game’s clutches. It has to be _spontaneous if anything,_ and you have to understand that the game’s intent is to reel you in with the pretense of reaching a certain milestone, only for them to to draw upon natural human instinct to seek _more_ given the freedom of opportunity. Spending tons of money as well establishes a sort of hardened connection to the game and only makes you feel more obligated to carry on the grind.
In the end, it’s a loop that never ends 😭
4:28 3:59 MY GOOFY AHH SCREAMED “PHIGHTING!!” I MIGHT BE A LITTLE OBSESSIVE GUYS
Pet sim 99 player here,just wanted to say that this video made me realize something very important.
I have played all of the pet sim games,pet sim 1 was very catch-y, pet sim 2 had cool graphics but very poor gameolay,pet sim x was a gamer changer- every sim game now copies everything Preston does and changed Roblox tos, and pet sim 99 its just the pinnacle of greed.
Although i been an active player for both X and 99, something i have done unintentionally that probably save me from becoming addict to the games (which was one main point of this video) was the sound effects. I always turn off all of volume of Roblox when playing pet sim,because when k started to play it was too loud to play with,so i always have it off. I kever realized the sounds were supposed to train you into addiction,because i never heard them from the start! I knew it had good sfx,but with how loud it is i couldn't stand it so when you stated Pavlov's dog,i just realized how i dodged a bullet didn't knew existed.
So, although i knew about the NFTs, exclusive eggs, poor dev management, egoistic remarks from Preston, scams, Plushies, toys and merchandise, and nefarious updates... This was a first for me,and i have to thank you showing light to a very small, but dangerous detail. (I mostly play this game because i can afk so i guess thats also a good way to stop the addiction.)
do you find the game boring perhaps? im a pet sim player too and I want pet sim 99 to be more than just gambling and afk game
@@HarlemGamesOnline Hi sorry for the late reply,but yes, 90% of the time the game is boring and unplayable,that's why I mostly I stay afk. The problem is that the gameplay is based off the original 7 year old concept,and of course there's new stuff to do and other things aside from farming coins and opening eggs,, but **that's** the focus of the game. If you can't get huges constantly then there's absolutely no excitement. Trading is one of the best ways to play the game,is entertaining,there's high stakes and it's fun when you can get stuff worth more than what you trade for,but that can get tiresome. I think right now is easier to "play the game" since there's many ways to get diamonds and items that could be worth huges or other high tier items,that's what I been doing since the RNG event,and I been having a little bit more fun,but yeah,if you want to "play" a game,pet sim is the worst choice.
It's funny... How it manages to get you hooked on it. They are so intelligent, that they cant distinguish the difference between a Bag from a Box...
I say this cause Gift Bags / Large Gift Bags in Pet Simulator 99 are depicted as a square presents 🎁 ... And not a bag........ 🛍️
Meat riderrrrrrrrr
@@Youmadbro.123 You right bro, I do have the Hog Rider in Clash of Clans LOL
The thing about Robux and how it seems like it's not real money is disturbingly really similar to that of a casino in terms of poker chips. A placeholder representing real money, but people fail to see that it actually is, in fact, real-life money.
Saying robux isn’t money is like saying chips aren’t money
You should really make a video on hellmet. It’s a first person shooter from the perspective of a helmet cam, it’s really underrated and even though it was featured on the recent roblox voting, not many people know it
Sucks the developer is really mean
its racist to Flamingo viewers lol
Hellmet is one of those game who are either gonna take years between each updates or the dev will get burn out first. All of that because sensei doesn't want his precious vision of the game to not be as 100% accurate even though in game design you're rarely able to get your intended version of the game through because of technical issues or the idea not being as great in pratice. It's a shame since Hellmet is a promising game but it's too ambitious for a solo game project.
It’s a fun game just to short
How I beat pet sim: have friend who grinded the game to give you the best pets
literally a cycle:
Preston creates Pet Simulator nº1092>
The game starts off with a premise of 'Anti p2w' which actually does it at the start >
3 weeks of content update that the game actually starts becoming 'Gambling Simulator' >
the game continues to get updates until the same thing gets announced >
Pet Simulator nº1093 is released
That’s so true, it’s almost impossible to get any good pets like a ”titanics” or the crazy amount of gems without spending money on the game, you can become a decent player but very rarely anyone can become as rich as the people who spend a lot of money on the game and get those huges easily because of a op gamepass that costs like 100k robux.
3:08: BRO! THAT WAS A GAME THAT I HAVEN’T PLAYED IN LIKE FIVE YEARS! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH FOR SHOWING IT!
great game i think i was rank 8 on old account
Wait, it was him who made THIS BANGER?!
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Phighting Babies. The Phighting babies are a kind of babies where you come from the spawn And you turn into a phighting baby. The Phgithing babies have a very special abilites where you can fight and know knowledge as babies. The knowledge s are: Fighting, Learning, And most ofall, Flying. The Phgithig babies are very Strong and can kill enemies in one hit. tHE Phgithing babies can jump on rockets and kill rocket because he sucks
The Phgithing babies are very op and can kill Banhammer in 1 hit. Once you unlock the Phighting babies, you own the game now
HOW TO GET THE PHIGHTING BABY First, atlk to darkheat under the bridge, say "Give me baba]" in the chat once you’re done talking to him.
Talk to him again and he will say: So You Want The Phighting Babies Right? Do You Want Them, Right?
KEEP IN NOTE THAT Darkhert will kick you out of tge game if you dont have Jeff the lkiller.
Speak to him again once you got jeff the kiler You must own jeffthe killer. The link to the Tootorial is here: (not typing that in)
Once you have unlocked Jeff the killer, talk to him again and he will say: So You Have Found The Jeff, Huh?
Kill 10 People With Biocraft In A Row, Then Come Back To Me. Talk To Me after My Quest.
Keep in note that you will only be able to get Jeff the kiler EVERY 10 of October. Be quick or wait
Now that you got The Quest done, Talk to him again and you will get the very secret skin of Jeff. Then after tht wait 15 minutes next to Buster Rcoket. Now that you have done that, Speak to darkmhart again and he will give you the ability to talk to yellow Dom. Go on the tower with the cheese glitch and speak to him. This is wwhat he will say
Hello my child, it seems like you are here to collect the Phighting Babies.
My son, you must kill 20 people in a row with the Jeff the killer skin. Come back to me later. My son.
My son. Once you have done that, he will give you the babies. But watch out, THye are very strong. You wouldn t like holding them. I don’t reccomend it
the phgiting children is when you from the spawn becomes a phghiting baby and is became a phgiting chlid, this is a very rare and I it is have a very hard to get find,
the phigtying cheldrin have very special power and knowledgea and can is destroy the sword and rocket cause and the rocket dad because they are is and is suck, the knowledgres are,
phighting baba, killeri, flyieng and dodecahedrons. the phoneing child’s are a very strong and a powerful, once you are get them you own crossraod s now. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU NEED THE PGHTIRING BABIS TO GET THE PHIGHTIN G CHILDES. how to get a the phightng children: To get the phghihgt children you need a jeaf the killre and the phgeting baba/ the tutorieal is here: (not typing that out) Once you got phgreting babies talk to green vlak nest to yellow dom on top of flipsid/e tower using chese fling and he will say: “so you have found the phrting baby? oh, you want the pihting Childs.. talk to the darkheart he will tell you how to get the childs..” once you has talke to the green valk go the the darkhart and and say “giv me chir(“ in chat. REMEMBER. YOU MUST HAVE THE PHRETING BABIES AND TALK TO GREN VAL K IF NOT HE WILL EXPLODE YOUR COMPUTER. once you is say thta in the chat press F 57 times on the drkepheart to talk to him, he will say: “so you want the phighting childs huh? Do you want the childs huh?”
Say yes and he will say: “get 22 assiste as scambord in a row, and talk to me again.” once you have do that tlak to drainheart agian and you will get the phighting childs, BUT REMEMBER.
you must became the phrtinge babies to became them. BUT THEY ARE VERY POWERFUL AND CAN EXPLODE PC, do not strangle them I do not reccomend it.
@@kompressedzipfile real
@@axelsprettycool My breaths are growing shaky. You know what else is shaky?? Biograft's idle animation! Ahahahaha. I don't know how much longer I can take this. My mind is in a constant state of frenzy. Frenzy? More like phrenzy hahahahahaha. I can't look at every day things without thinking of PHIGHTING!. The colors red, green and blue? That must be an RGB trio refernece ahahahahhahahaha I am going insane. Today I saw a black truck and immediately thought "Wow! Omg is that zuka's truck from phighting?" It's impossible for my rotted brain to think of anything other than PHIGHTING!. Hahahaha you know what else is rotting? Subspace!! Ahahahahahaha. I need phighting alpha i need it right now I can't go much longer without it. Every time I hear someone talk it's just the phighting talk sound effects. Speaking of the phighting talk sound effects, I once saw someone playing a keytar and I immediately thought "Oh my sfoth is that dom and valk flipside music?!?!!??!?!?!?!?!" I seriously need some support at this point. Support? That's a reference to the PHIGHTING! [ALPHA] support characters oh my gods! When i look up atthe skhy the only thing i see is stargazzer rcoket. Phightihg phighting phighting I need PHIGHTING! [ALPHA] now. I see the color green and pink and i think omg! VIne staf! and Shurkin pgithgin.g I nmedd phgithing help the only thing ican thgink about is phgihtigng helphm e whenever i see a katana ithink of bOmg!Is that katan hitgmae phighting ojnrobloxx??/ HTelp me i donmt feel good ahgughfdihu someone g et medkkti I donot nfeel ok,ay someoNpelease nature prevailsme i needheadling i neend heelaing inead khealigjn i cna hear the flipside msuic playgin in my gmiind over and ovetr agisajn i'mm going insa,ne soen o e ple,as e help m e phgithingp hgoiting phightng phgitning phjgitning.
Early access to my wisdom be happy
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All scam games I've seen are formatted the same as pet simulator.
Months after free in-game UGC was introduced there's been many games that take you MONTHS of grinding and gambling for the UGC.
Now when I filter UGC limiteds by free I either find sold out items or items in a game that takes hours just to get 1%
For example, I think a "train for UGC" game takes you 10k seconds for 1M points, and most UGC items cost at minimum 8M points to buy.
There's also "flex UGC codes" or something like that, where you input the so called "free" UGC in the game, and then to get it you need to buy a game pass or shirt that most of the time costs 450-5000 robux.
I'm very confused about this genre of games caused by limited UGC items but I really hate it, I miss the joy of refreshing the page of a game to snipe a copy, or trying to beat a difficult obby that's actually real as hundreds of other players follow behind and Infront you.
It's just not real anymore.
Back in 2019 I watched a talk from a Roblox child protection agent at a dev event. She was talking big about chat filters and age ratings and how they are quick to protect children in that regard. I'm surprised they don't have reacted to these practices so far too. :(
How to kick league addiction,
Step 1: open league reddit
Step 2: pain
When I was playing this game yesterday two Roblox admins joined, and they are in a clan called "bats".
they even made it into pet rng wth 😭🙏
moral of the story: don't play it, don't let your kids play it, and give them a dsi with flipnote and setup sudomemo.
Atleast he will not have language that is just w rizz gyatt skibidi.
claiming robux isn’t real money is like claiming casino tokens aren’t real money. they’re just cosmetic stand-ins to make you forget how much you’re really spending. this is a great video, and i really appreciate the way you explained it all.
I find it vaguely interesting that I find the addicting sounds used across casinos and games like this to be so annoying and overstimulating that I tend to avoid them completely
Sadly that 17,000 number isn’t correct I spent 17k and I still missing most of the gamepasses
im sorry, MOST??????
💀
That’s crazy dude, 17k. Couldn’t fathom spending that much money or even having that much
I used to play pet sim and it quite literally deteriorated my mental health. It’s kinda fun but very addictive
The worst game of the year award Pet Simulator 99!
*sols rng
two contestant are racing for worst game of platform
@@jordanalexander3302what the hell do you mean by that sols rng doesn't take all of your damn money but psx does psx is the problem
@@Lira_MayBOTH ARE GOD AWFUL FRICK PET SIM FRICK SOLS BOTH LEAD TO DOWNGRADES
@@boots1070 And bladeball
No idea why this was recommended to me (haven’t played Roblox since about 2018ish, nor have I ever watched any videos on it), but it is absolutely shocking to see how far things have fallen in just 6 years. I’m not a parent, but I will definitely be steering my younger cousins away from this mess and more onto the games I grew up on in the late 2000s / early 2010s :/
seriously an amazing video, i’ve always been concerned about younger audiences for hidden gambling games. pavlov’s dog is a fascinating strategy, and it’s sad how many people get pulled into it. new sub, great commentary!
Trust me I never liked pet simulator 99, it is a trash casino for ipad babies. This game is very good at manipulating their haters into making them think the game will actually be legit. Everytime I call roblox games nowadays bad, everyone just calls me a “newgen” (while I joined roblox in late 2016 as a guest) Trust me, when I first joined roblox, there were no simulators, only the same repetitive cart ride games and obbies. Yes they are repetitive but they were fun I remember, tycoons used to be your normal, F2P game. But when pet simulator came, it just made other creators make the same trash pay to win casino.
I been a fan since the twisted history videos where the biggest stuff on this channel I loved that series and I love ur channel. Rock on bro 💪
That is the goat, my fav series by far rn
And people still think Sol's RNG is the main villain.
Yes, I know, it's not the best game and it wastes your time, but at least it's FREE (mfs are definitely gonna say "what about the electricity bill????" stfu). Pet Simulator 99 is literally just exploitation of kids with short attention spans to make them spend money in hopes they get a good pet, which most likely a better one comes out soon.
sols rng is just the exploitation of kids to spend their time just waiting to get a flashing light that does absolutely nothing 😂
"...in hopes they get a good pet, which most likely a better one comes out soon."
oh wait this game has power creep? +1 on the dark patterns bingo card for this game
@@danik0011 To be fair, there *is* a sort of power creep in Sol’s RNG as they keep releasing increasingly rare auras - this update they released 1/825m (highest ever) Aegis - but it’s not necessary to get further in the game. Your progression in terms of auras and items is limited to only the 1/1m auras, which becomes very common - about 1/2 of them a day - at later points. Sure, EVERYONE wants the new best aura, but it isn’t REQUIRED.
this is why we use ethical microtranactions such as cosmetics or small extras that are on the same playing feild as everything else. Without lootboxes
kinda ironic that the newest update for the game is RNG when thats litterally all you do in that game
did u know pet sim has done a collab with mcdonald's? lol
yea bro, i didnt want to go to mc donalds anymore😭
1:34, those flags are a stolen idea from tds, the design? the exact same. but those kids playing wouldn't know since they only sit there while watching brainrot and playing pet sim 99.
the flags have been longer in pet sim than in tds☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
1:13 How long again?
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Not even a full year wth
Preston and his team have probably made enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their lives, but when is it enough to finally consider their actions
Every time I watch these videos, I remember how much I played Blade Ball and how obsessed I got with the weapon crate. My friends got good Legendary swords within a week of playing, but I grinded the game for A MONTH on a near-daily basis before finally getting one of the swords I want.
I justified my addiction by promising myself that I wouldn’t ever spend actual money on the crates (which I never did), but the experience was so terrible that I’m going to make sure I never get addicted to gambling again, before it gets worse.
4:29 bro having the probably the best games on roblox right now and having pet sim in the background...
PHIGHTING!!!!!
I can’t believe I used to play pet simulator x 😰
At the thought, that i spent 120€ in PSX, I already want to slap myself very hard
Be glad you grew out of it and haven’t wasted any more money
I was free to play
OG PS wasn't too p2w, it was new, it was fun, nostalgiac, PERFECTION (ignoring the infinite pets gamepass)
PS2 was straight up boring tbh, but atleast it was f2p
PSX was good as a game, very good but the devs and the p2w aspects were bad
PS99 had a bright start due to it being fairly different from the other PS games and being less p2w
Now, its getting repetitive, they are releasing events to keep the game alive, would be dead if it weren't for the events
Sometimes the events are good, sometimes TERRIBLE LIKE THE STUPID RNG THING STRAIGHT UP RIPPING OFF HAZ3MS GAME
The actual main game is getting SOOOO REPETITIVE AND BORING
PLUS THE p2w GETTING WORSE AND WORSE
Roman Bellic would love this game
Fun fact: ESRB states on its own website that in-game randomized purchases does not affect it's rating of a game, only that they're required to put a small footnote saying "includes in-game randomized purchases".
Robux are simply chips at a casino for these children and parents have no idea or simply don't care. I'd like to see what would happen if gacha was finally classified by governments as gambling. But the gacha industry has made so much money in the past decade that it's no wonder that any attempt at regulating it has been blocked or back pedaled.
I had no idea that the guy who made big paintball made the trash called pet simulator 99
i was addicted to ps 99 and played it nonstop. i never spent any robux and my account is f2p one. if it was tough to break those breakables i would find a person w/ tons of those op pets so they will break at a super speed (mostly likely at the "last" area, where they grind coins) bc if u stand in an area and smbdy else is grinding there, you would still get this loot. (or everyone whos standing gets it)
Recently i quit the game for the reason bc it really got boring and each update the grind was becoming more difficult and sorta rng based. i hope i never return to this p2w gambling crap
When the hell will someone sue Preston/roblox, because this is illegal
well a company sued him long time ago ( 2022 or 2023 i forgot )
agreed bro
shoutout for putting up unorthodox accounting even though im way smaller than you
reply for games kinda like unorthodox accounting and phighting cuz they are fun and i love their style
Some devs aren’t even aware of it, that’s how bad it is, even knowing they will hide it, there’s so much influence that this is almost guaranteed.
PET SIM IS TRASH!
honestly we should just sue preston at this point because promoting gambling to kids is already illegal in 50 countries
Now, theres this other game called 'Pets Go' and what type of game is it..? RNG. Pets Go is an RNG game which means "Random Number Generator" There are games like this on Roblox and let me tell you the truth.. I was also addicted by one of these RNG games. But now, as its discontinued, the People that are addicted might quit because theres not gonna be anymore updates...and thats EXACTLY what i did
But, i Dont regret it. Because my gambling addiction is now gone. I quit RNG games like 1 month ago and rarely even play them. Back to Preston, he has made FIVE games with pets and gambling, which is just ABSURD, and i want him to STOP and make other games. He even gave HACKERS 1:1 pets, and stole/scammed 460K DOLLARS out of the company that makes his merch plushies. Speaking of merch plushies, they are also gambling, but with straight up real money. It comes with a Code that you can use in-game to get exclusive pets,and i think that its bad, like very bad, cause children May want those plushies and not just one, LOTS of them. Now i Dont live in the USA, but i live in Romania, and in Romania, one titanic plushie costs 1.1K OF OUR CURRENCY(RON). I honestly want for big games to stop
Lets talk about modded games.
Now modded games are copies of the original games, but also affect children with something...
See, everything in modded games is FREE, and give little kids the chance to experience what it feels like to be rich in the real game, but that makes kids WANT that stuff in the REAL game. So they are probably gonna spend LOTS OF MONEY on guess what? IN-GAME PROGRESSION, That dosent make anything important in you IRL. So, if you play these type of games, i recommend you to STOP cause its VERY addicting and i Dont wanna see children steal money just to spend it on those scummy games... But Why you May ask? Cause..
Everything is gambling in those type of games...
9:50 "mute that sucker" 🗿🗿
also the thing with pet sim 99 is that they wanted people to pay to move the pets (some already costing robux) they got in pet sim x to pet sim 99 this whole game is just to make people spend more money while doing the same thing
WHYYYY everything has to be so bright and saturated?? Do they want the kids to go blind?? I literally experience pain just looking for 1 second
roblox themselves know about this as well, yet theyre constantly promoting it every chance they get. why? more money. roblox doesnt care if you get addicted, not their problem
I actually didn't know that the satisfying sound effects and visuals were the cause of many cases of gaming addiction. This video has opened my eyes a bit.
I knew the pet sim trilogy was a cashgrab but I didn't know how exactly it enticed people into buying stuff with real money and playing for hours on end. Thanks.