Star Citizen

Microtransactions in Star Citizen are summarized as...

Star Citizen is a different beast. Everything is expensive. To play the game you have a purchase a ship. The cheapest options are roughly 50 USD. The more common options are roughly 150 USD. But that's still cheap in comparison to other ships, which can go for well over 500 USD. The most expensive one (at this point) was 2500 USD, limited to 200 purchases. All of them are sold out. Typically the more expensive ships are also more powerful.

Ships are not the only thing you can buy. There's an optional monthly subscription fee available for 2 different tiers. There's many cosmetic items available, all of which are expensive. Event their official real life merchandise is expensive.

All of this is under the guise of supporting the future development of Star Citizen. Which may very well be true, but preying on people's fear of missing out, or hoping they are willing to pay for extra power and status, is not the way.

The game is not yet released and may very well never release.