I usually buy the item during the charity event. I don’t remember if I bought this one or not. Plus Make A Wish is on my standard charity list and they already receive funds periodically.
What I don’t care about is people getting the item for free after the event has ended.
I understand what you’re saying but if that is the only motivation, then I don’t know think keeping people guessing is going to be beneficial long term.
However, from a social engineering aspect this is interesting. Do we really want our game companies to be the primary driver of charity?
Twitch drops and Trading Post are quite new concepts which both aren’t even a year old. I doubt we’ll have to wait 4 years to see more stuff like that considering how often Twitch and Prime promotions occur and the Trading Post also has a new sortiment every month.
I would think the avid collectors will just mark their calendars for 2028 and wait it out. The people that donate for the sake of donating will be so incensed it was given for free that they will shun all donations from here on out.
Yes, in fact I saw one charitable guy reading this news on his phone at lunch He wiped his mouth with his napkin and very forcefully threw it down on his plate. Incensed as all get out.