![]() To really hammer it home, we'll have to meet Torulf Jernström, a mobile studio CEO whose tactics for hunting "whales" - the prime targets of microtransactions - sound scarily like instructions for selling drugs. Today we look at the human cost of predatory monetization - the impact that exploitative business models have on their vulnerable targets. When we talk about the impact microtransactions and loot boxes have on players, however, we often argue in abstract terms. The shameless number of microtransactions and loot boxes have made them grinding and shallow "services" instead of complete videogames. ![]() Aggressive monetization tactics have undoubtedly lowered the quality for many so-called "AAA" games.
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