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Agreed. IAP for additional content is totally cool. Hell, even IAP for things like rare items or what have you are fine with me. We're just starting to toe a li

Agreed. IAP for additional content is totally cool. Hell, even IAP for things like rare items or what have you are fine with me. We're just starting to toe a line at that point, but we haven't crossed it yet. We cross that line when we bury basic game functionality behind an IAP paywall: paying for "gems" to keep playing, or paying for items necessary to beat certain stages. Now we're in P2W Land, and the clouds above our heads are choked with grime and soot. IAP done in a player-friendly way won't earn you P2W-level megabucks. But it'll do slightly better for you than a pure pay-once model will.

folli 10y ago
Sorry for the (probably) stupid question: what's IAP? I can't grasp it from the context.
- alpyne 10y ago
  In-App Purchase
  - hellofunk 10y ago
    and how about P2W? All these abbreviations need a cheat-sheet!
    - jrockway 10y ago
      "pay to win"
- Cymen 10y ago
  P2W is pay to win. I had to google it too. But basically, requiring IAP in order to win -- not possible (or maybe extremely difficult) to win without making some in-app purchase(s).
Nullabillity 10y ago
> Hell, even IAP for things like rare items or what have you are fine with me. Unless those items are purely cosmetic, that's pretty much the definition of P2W.