** Pay to win (P2W), this term is no stranger to gamers. Pay to Win means the game that sells an item, the player who buys it can be stronger! How about pay to win in esport? **
Pay to win for publishers or developers is a tool to collect money easily. In this way, they offer players to purchase more powerful items, sets of equip, skins, and weapons with real money rather than money ingame.
This way is fine for game publisher to gain money. But what about the player? As a result, there will be a striking caste difference between players who use money in games and real money!
Then, what is the impact of a pay to win in esport? Fairplay!
If new talented players enter the competitive world have to deal with P2W players, of course the balance of the game will be one-sided.
Fairplay is the value of the competition will be faded, then the players will race to deposit money on the publisher to be strongest, instead of racing with other players to prove the best!
If this happens, then players who can only rely on money in game will take longer to get to a level.
For example, players who use real money will be faster to access an exclusive feature, while players who only rely on money in game takes hours to get it.
Looks unfair? This answer certainly depends on the purpose of its use. If all he wants is to unlock heroes or weapons faster, with a note not adding status, it will not be a big deal.
What about the skin, set of weapons, gear, or equip that can only be purchased with real money? Which obviously gives an additional status that uses real money, and used to compete, fairplay value will be eroded.
Is there a better way to collect money for publishers or developers? Of course there is! Sales of character skins, weapons, or accessories items that have no effect on the status of in-game characters are still legally sold.
The skin or set will give a lot of color in a competition, and the players will be happy to wear different accessories or skins with other players!
** So what do you think of steamit gamers?
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