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I wonder what the impact of pay to win type games? Had an interesting discussion with my bro who is into gaming he says most of his peers are playing "pay to w

by ismail 10y ago

I wonder what the impact of pay to win type games? Had an interesting discussion with my bro who is into gaming he says most of his peers are playing "pay to win" the games are only superficially based on skill and the only way to progress, compete and win is buying upgrades. I stopped playing games seriously a while back so a bit out of the loop. The games are rewarding $$$ over putting in the effort/time to learn. I'm curious about a few things: What are the effects of these types of games? Could it discourage effort, make people believe they can buy their way to skills without effort? What are the impacts of constant gamification? The app stores are filled with toddler games heavily gamified. Are we creating a generation of people that will be purely extrinsically motivated?

Globz 10y ago
F2P is a different approach to gaming where you play the game for Free so no monthly fees and most of the time no need to buy the game, this way you can attract even more player. Here's a quick example for an F2P MMO with PVP and the difference between both models : You can have F2P (free to play) games where there's no P2W, meaning the progression is EQUAL for paying and non paying players, the only difference is that you can buy aesthetic items which change how you look, buy extra storage space,etc but give no real advantage other than looking cool or giving you very small benefits. In P2W model, the way to progress through the game is that you can purchase in-game currency with real money and unlock special items , stronger powers, blessed items (if you die in PVP you won't lose everything), experience booster while leveling your character,etc these items give you an edge over non paying players, so if you stack all the paying items you basically win every fights against non paying players. Therefore no matter what you do in this game you MUST pay to compete.

by ismail 10y ago

Globz 10y ago

F2P is a different approach to gaming where you play the game for Free so no monthly fees and most of the time no need to buy the game, this way you can attract even more player. Here's a quick example for an F2P MMO with PVP and the difference between both models : You can have F2P (free to play) games where there's no P2W, meaning the progression is EQUAL for paying and non paying players, the only difference is that you can buy aesthetic items which change how you look, buy extra storage space,etc but give no real advantage other than looking cool or giving you very small benefits. In P2W model, the way to progress through the game is that you can purchase in-game currency with real money and unlock special items , stronger powers, blessed items (if you die in PVP you won't lose everything), experience booster while leveling your character,etc these items give you an edge over non paying players, so if you stack all the paying items you basically win every fights against non paying players. Therefore no matter what you do in this game you MUST pay to compete.