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by acveilleux 4215 days ago
I can't get behind it, I prefer to pay 5-75$ upfront for a full game (depending on platform) and no in-game purchases.

If I can't play the whole game without in-game purchases, then it's not a game, it's an interactive ad. If on top of that I have to pay for the privilege of playing the ad, it's downright criminal.

(I'm excluding expansion-type DLC, I don't mind paying for more optional content.)

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it's unfortunate that the market has spoken - a studio earns more money doing IAP than traditional selling. I don't like IAP model either, but because it simply out-earns the old model, it's either do it or die for most studios.

I really wish more people would paid for a game the traditional way.