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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the term is freemium.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

From the article you linked

There are several kinds of free-to-play business models. The most common is based on the freemium software model, in which users are granted access to a fully functional game but are incentivised to pay microtransactions to access additional content or more powerful in-game assets.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Dude, the wikipedia-article is called Free-to-play. The preamble even says

This article is about the business model for video games. For business models other than for games, see Freemium