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Never been to an arcade, eh?
Yeah, but Arcades are Arcades. They were also not really a thing in Germany (because they are 18+ in Germany). I only ever used them on vacations.
My point is that they are representative of how gaming used to be. Good on Germany for treating addiction-based money-extractors as what they are though!
Not really a microtransaction as much as a leasing payment
I'd say they're both microtransactions, just one is full-on pay-to-play
You could buy most of those games for console though...
The cheap downgraded version, yes
Not before consoles existed you couldn't!