PCGamingWiki:Editing guide/Microtransactions

This is a new area introduced April 30, 2020 as part of the Taxonomy project.

Microtransactions sit in the Availability section under Monetization.

Guidelines

• Please refer to Microtransactions article for terminiology.
• Use the phrase real money purchase to indicate an exchage of real money for microtransactions.
• Each statement should be referenced.
• Each sentence should be as concise as possible, no more than one or two sentences per point.
• Every game has a different term for a currency/loot box/cosmetic etc. bold each term for readability, e.g. Bright Engrams.

Microtransactions table

• The list must correspond with the Taxonomy list of microtransactions which should be entered manually into the {{Infobox game}} section, refer to Taxonomy.
• Delete any non-applicable microtransactions.
• The list can be reordered for readability, but ideally start with Currency (to introduce how real money purchases are made) and end with Finite/infinite cap.

===Microtransactions===
{{Microtransactions
|boost               = 
|cosmetic            =
|currency            = 
|finite spend        =
|infinite spend      = 
|free-to-grind       = 
|loot box            = 
|none                =
|player trading      =
|time-limited        =
|unlock              =
}}

See Apex Legends and Destiny 2 for examples.

Below table

• This area below the list is an opportunity to explain any major changes to the game's microtransactions, for example, the addition or removal of loot boxes or controversies. For example, if the game series/publisher has a pattern of introducing microtransactions after release, then a warning is permitted.
• It is an opportunity write 1-2 sentences to discuss whether microtransactions are 'fair' (i.e. pay-to-win) or unfair. No original research, the sentences should be specifically referenced to external sources, which can be opinion pieces.
• Each statement should be referenced.
• Each statement should be a {{ii}} style bullet point.
• If there are no major additions, then this entire section can be ommitted.

For example:

Destiny 2's Bright Engram loot boxes were purchaseable using currency Silver, but were removed from the store on March 10, 2020, however they can still be earned as part of the Season Pass which is a real money purchase.

Bungie received criticism for turning the cosmetic Shader from the original Destiny, into a single-use consumable. Shaders are a reward from the Bright Engram loot box or are earnable from in-game Engrams (standard loot).

References

Editing guide

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Essential improvements