> They've let mobile gaming be ruined by abusive micro-transaction games. As much as I'd love to blame Apple here, I'm not sure what they could have done diffe

> They've let mobile gaming be ruined by abusive micro-transaction games. As much as I'd love to blame Apple here, I'm not sure what they could have done differently. Once the race to the bottom in terms of up-front pricing started ad-supported and microtransaction-supported games were inevitable. Meanwhile, games with cash shops were already popular in South Korea[1] and "free" games allowed the same model to gain a foothold here. I would love if Apple labelled all gacha games as 18+ because they're gambling simulators, but it's really up to consumers to avoid non-gambling MTX if they don't like this business model. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapleStory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapleStory