Hey all! Lately I’ve been digging through my old mobile games collection, and I realized that so many of the pay-once games I loved are gone or replaced by free-to-play versions with tons of microtransactions. I found this article: https://www.jedinews.com/misc/articles/why-pay-once-mobile-games-are-vanishing/, and it explains why these games are disappearing — mainly because of ad revenue pressures and app store monetization trends. I tried showing some of these old games to my friends, and most of them had never heard of them. Has anyone else noticed this shift?
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Just reading this and it’s really interesting. Even though I mostly play casual free games, I’ve noticed the trend too — it’s rare to find something without ads or purchases now. It’s kind of crazy how quickly the market changed, and it makes me appreciate the old games I still have installed. It’s also a good reminder that business decisions have a huge impact on what kind of games reach players.