‘Buy-to-play’ is a term that refers to games that have box or download fees associated with them but do not incur a mandatory subscription. Some have optional subscriptions and are more properly referred to as hybrid B2P. Most have cash shops and microtransactions.
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That's a whole lot of cats rolled, urns broken, and pockets picked.
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(This article has been updated since publication; updates are at the end, and the original is as follows.)
In what at least appears to be...
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