User blog comment:VicGeorge2K9/Off-topic: Dropping out of modern gaming/@comment-5449478-20180105202721

Microtransactions are a really exploitative way of siphoning money out of the customer, by selling them a half-baked product and getting them to hand over money, a piece at a time, in order to progress further/faster/buy a seemingly cosmetic item that ends up becoming a throttle to anyone who doesn't have it. It's becoming increasingly common in gaming as a replacement for subscription services, which were more reliable and less scammey. You know how much you were paying per month and it was cancellable at any time, plus you usually got more of them. Microtransactions are the antithesis of this and that's one of the things that annoys me about modern gaming.