Comment by brigade

Microtransaction infested games were inevitable even if mobile gaming didn’t exist. Like, of the top 10 highest lifetime grossing games, 3 are arcade pay-per-play (the original microtransaction), 6 are f2p that got their start on PC, and only one is mobile-first / only.

Last year, 58% of PC gaming revenue was from microtransactions, and that percentage is only growing.