>I very much hope that this whole microtransaction racket will be over by the time my kids are big enough to get their own console (or whatever people game on b

>I very much hope that this whole microtransaction racket will be over by the time my kids are big enough to get their own console (or whatever people game on by then). I wouldn't count on it. Look at the "gacha" market on mobile. These are fairly simple games with relatively small budgets and some of them are pulling in near $100 million per month on microtransactions.