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Monetisation in games can be unethical, predatory, and exploitative. This website highlights monetisation practices in popular games.
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Contains items that only come in bundles and can not be acquired on their own.
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This is a full priced game yet features microtransactions like you'd expect from a free-to-play game.
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Contains premium items that give you advantages in a singleplayer mode.
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Pay-to-win elements. This games contains purchasable items that give you an advantage.
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The game contains many smaller DLC packs that contain (almost) nothing but cosmetics.
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Has a "deluxe" edition of the game which features (almost) nothing but in-game cosmetic items.
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Pay-to-win elements. This games contains purchasable items that give you an advantage.
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Includes mechanics that are intentionally slow or inconvenient, but can be bypassed with real money purchases.
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Microtransactions were added only a few weeks after launch in order to dodge negative review scores and prevent reviews from talking about microtransactions.
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In-game currencies can be purchased with real life money.
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This is a full priced game yet features microtransactions like you'd expect from a free-to-play game.
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Features unique cosmetic rewards for pre-ordering the game.
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Has a "deluxe" edition of the game which features (almost) nothing but in-game cosmetic items.
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Some in-game services can only be purchased with real money (e.g. server transfers, character appearance changes, name changes, etc.).
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Contains one or multiple Season Passes, encouraging the purchase of unknown DLC you might never have purchased otherwise.
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This is a full priced game yet features microtransactions like you'd expect from a free-to-play game.
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Contains no direct in-game microtransactions, but does contain a large amount of optional paid DLC, some of which might be of questionable value.
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Has a "deluxe" edition of the game which features (almost) nothing but in-game cosmetic items.
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