It is not the first time I read similar articles. I'm disgusted every single time. So much I hardly ever finish reading. There is two reasons why: first I already know all this stuff. It's far from being new and it's only common sense anyways. Second, this is part of why I'm so disappointed in the gaming industry since about 10 years. And it's only getting worse each passing year.
I don't know about names for this kind of "business". I just call them all scamming schemes because even for those games in which you can actually complete the game without paying, there is always a hefty amount of players who don't care about throwing money at the window and which will always be a step (usually several steps) ahead of you. That's exactly the same than having several castes of people split by wealth, which already happen IRL.
I don't know for you, but I play games for FUN. Being reminded that I don't have enough money to throw away so frivolously and that I'll never be able to be close to the top simply because I don't have that money and that it is completely irrelevant upon skill or dedication or whatever is NOT my idea of FUN...
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