IRL:Pay-To-Win
Pay To Win Games is the Games that let you buy better gear or allow you to make better items then everyone else at a faster rate and then makes the game largely unbalanced even for people who have skill in the game without paying. The sad proof that gaming is in its most dead and soul-less state so far.
Several games nowadays have the option to pay real money to enhance the experience of the player, often frustrating him unless he pays up.
Good ways to milk players of the money they thought they wouldn't spend in the game include: energy bars that reduce the time he can devote to his game, huge timers that need to be reduced for the player to be able to continue his journey, better gear to deal with players that don't want to pay, and, the most common one, the existence of a currency in the game that can't be earned without your credit card.
Pay-to-win is sadly increasing everywhere, from small games on Congregate to medium-sized browser games to the larger games where you need to pay to unlock certain features, such as Injustice and Mortal Kombat.
The Fundamental of P2W means a player with disposal income will have an advantage over a poor player, because like if you sell diamonds just because one can mine diamonds it's not the same thing. There is a time investment in obtaining them naturally that the person with money can skip.
Examples of Pay2Win Games
As categorized by SPKZ Sorted by cringness:
- Gacha Games (Those one that let you "Try Your Luck") such as Genshin Impact, Arknights, NIKKE and whatever that uses your RNG that is considered Gacha
- League of Legends (Champion Unlocking, whereas new champs are unusually OP)
- Heroes of Newerth (Hero Unlocking)
- Warframe (aka Warfarm because Grinding seems to be endless)
- Candy Crush
- APB Reloaded (reskinning of weapons already in-game and selling them as new)
- Clash of Clans
- Maple Story (OG of least subtle P2W games so far and SPKZ haven't spend more than $40 in this game)
- Honorary Mentions: Gacha System But it's purely Cosmetic: DotA2, CS:GO, Apex Legends, Etc.
See Also
- Pay To Live (The most Dogshit Game of all, created by The System)
