Star Wars is the most popular entertainment property in the world, and Star Wars fans have a demonstrable inclination to spending money on the most frivolous of Star Wars shit. The baffling thing about all this is that it's wholly unnecessary. ![]() When it returns-and of course it will-will it be more equitable? Or exploitative in more nefarious ways? It's impossible to know. That structure is still there, but now without the exploitative shortcut that was baked into it: the option to spend real money. That leaves a question hanging over a game that, ostensibly, people will be playing long into the future: What will it look like when they bring microtransactions back? Star Cards, loot boxes, in-game currencies-all this stuff makes for an economy. ![]() This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
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