I thought I was a "Free to Play" player until I audited my microtransactions

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> I always tell myself I don't spend money on games, maybe just the occasional battle pass or a skin if it’s cool.

"Free to Play" player

> In 2024 alone, I spent $1,400 on "micro" transactions. > > $10 here for a skin. $5 there for a bundle. $20 for currency.

If you spend money for ingame currency, you are by definition not a free to play player. If you pay money for in game progress in the form of useless currency – that just evaporates away so you have to pay even more – you have already given up. A proper game would never let you do that. You have given in to the pay to win / pay to play garbage.

I know, we shouldn't blame the victims of these scummy dynamics and good for OP to come to the realization. But it's just really hard for me not to blame the people who play all that trash and fill the pockets of these disgusting gambling companies.

Yea, from the outside looking in it seems so obvious and it’s easy to blame them for overspending. But it’s different when you’re the one who is addicted. Breaking the addiction requires that moment of realization when you finally add up all the real costs and realize how big they are. The only good thing that can be said about Free–to–play games is that adding up the monetary costs is super easy.

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