{"id":19821,"date":"2021-07-24T01:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/is-pokemon-unite-pay-to-win"},"modified":"2024-07-20T08:46:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T08:46:04","slug":"is-pokemon-unite-pay-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/is-pokemon-unite-pay-to-win","title":{"rendered":"Is Pokemon Unite pay-to-win?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A short time has passed since the global launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/every-playable-pokemon-and-main-roles-featured-in-pokemon-unite\">Pok&eacute;mon Unite<\/a>, a free MOBA for Nintendo Switch based on the Pok&eacute;mon franchise, and yet this has proven to be a total success as it has managed to get millions of downloads and players immersed in this new experience, developed by TiMi Studio Group and The Pok&eacute;mon Company.<\/p>\n<p>However, its release hasn&rsquo;t been exempt from some criticism, as many players have raised their concerns about Nintendo&#8217;s aggressive microtransaction model within the game.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pokemon Unite and its monetization strategies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Although it&rsquo;s normal to find a paywall in many free-to-play titles like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/league-of-legends\">League of Legends<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a>, most of these consist of cosmetics and skins that don&#8217;t affect your performance or give you some advantage (in most cases).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-figure\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" contenteditable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/Q8r0E8iRAkfIMdVmxqON5F8QB6n43tg9jj39oVhrui4\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9Qb2tlbW9uL1Bva2Vtb25fVW5pdGUvUG9rZVVuaXRlUDJXX2luc2lkZV8xLmpwZw\" alt=\"Pok&eacute;mon Unite versus Fortnite in-game store\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"false\">(Picture: Epic Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But this is definitely not the case for Pok&eacute;mon Unite, as some of its players have focused their efforts to bring to light its predatory microtransaction system. One of them has been the Reddit user Not_Nathan_Drake, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NintendoSwitch\/comments\/oopfvl\/please_be_very_mindful_of_the_predatory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">who posted a warning<\/a> about the game by demonstrating its highly pay-to-win monetization system.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Redditor, he has had a lot of experience on the subject by presenting himself as a free-to-play mobile game developer, specialized in finding the right balance between monetization and user fun.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, after testing the game during several matches, he noticed Pok&eacute;mon UNITE is extremely unbalanced in this regard by explaining the five most common monetization strategies, of which only a maximum of two should be applied, especially in MOBAs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cosmetics<\/li>\n<li>Battle Pass Levels<\/li>\n<li>Gacha Pull Increases<\/li>\n<li>Character purchases<\/li>\n<li>Actual gameplay boosting items<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By applying the five points the Reddit user mentions at the same time, these can ruin the gaming experience drastically, while parents have to pay special attention to underage users since a game with such an aggressive monetization system, it&#8217;s dangerous with so many microtransactions on hand.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why is Pok&eacute;mon Unite under a pay-to-win model?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This is mainly because the Pok&eacute;mon Unite in-game store sells items that modify the percentage of damage, movement speed, the healing they grant, passive healing and more, so with a few dollars, you can make your Pok&eacute;mon be more powerful, even if you just started playing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-figure\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" contenteditable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/iIeIz3djUAiVQWkHJVgk9Bd45S_gzQdbWYnV1qctWS4\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9Qb2tlbW9uL1Bva2Vtb25fVW5pdGUvUG9rZVVuaXRlUDJXX2luc2lkZV8yLmpwZw\" alt=\"Pok&eacute;mon Unite items in-game store\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"false\">(Picture: The Pok&eacute;mon Company \/ Timi Studio Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you enter to play Pok&eacute;mon Unite, in the beginning, you will have a lot of fun, since you will receive some characters as a gift as part of the introduction and for the initial launch campaigns, but once that initiation is over, you will begin to notice its system of progression will get a bit tricky.<\/p>\n<p>This is because to continue progressing within the game, such as unlocking one or two characters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/all-battle-and-held-items-available-in-pokemon-unite\">improving your Held Items<\/a>, or even getting new styles for your character and your Pok&eacute;mon, you will mostly need in-game currencies such as the Aeos Coins and Aeos Tickets.<\/p>\n<p>However, since the coins that are received as a reward for each game played are just a few, and there is a maximum limit of how many you can obtain per week, the only way to unlock more things is by using its premium currency, the Aeos Gems.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-figure\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" contenteditable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/kpejh78ZK0qL6LP_ev0Y2iaE8sE6EwYXRP9HeQ2nyQ0\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9Qb2tlbW9uL1Bva2Vtb25fVW5pdGUvUG9rZVVuaXRlUDJXX2luc2lkZV8zLmpwZw\" alt=\"Pok&eacute;mon Unite current Aeon Gems prices\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"false\">(Picture: The Pok&eacute;mon Company \/ Timi Studio Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So after a while, a point will come where you won&rsquo;t be able to compete at the same level as others, unless you spend enough money to improve the stats of your Pok&eacute;mon and items, which not many have the possibility to do at any time.<\/p>\n<p>According to comments by Charles &ldquo;Cr1TiKaL&rdquo; White in one of his recent gameplays, raising any of the Held Items to level 20 has an average cost of &#36;40 USD, so if you take into account there are 16 of these at the moment, you would have to spend &#36;640 USD on raising them at their optimal level (not maximum, since even after reaching level 20, these continue to level up).<\/p>\n<p>You can check out Cr1TiKaL&#8217;s gameplay below, where he goes on to demonstrate the effect of Pok&eacute;mon Unite&#8217;s microtransaction model:<\/p>\n<div style=\"left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; max-width: 100%;\" data-ephox-embed-iri=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xyRFGxncuAk\"><iframe style=\"top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0px none; --darkreader-inline-border-top: currentcolor; --darkreader-inline-border-right: currentcolor; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: currentcolor; --darkreader-inline-border-left: currentcolor;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xyRFGxncuAk?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{height:100%}img,span{position:absolute;width:100%;top:0;bottom:0;margin:auto}span{height:1.5em;text-align:center;font:48px\/1.5 sans-serif;color:white;text-shadow:0 0 0.5em black}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xyRFGxncuAk?autoplay=1&gt;&lt;img src=https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/xyRFGxncuAk\/hqdefault.jpg alt='YouTube video thumbnail'&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#9654;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>From our side, the only thing we can say is that while Pok&eacute;mon Unite provides a great gaming experience, by combining a popular genre such as the MOBAs with such an iconic franchise, it seems sad Nintendo is trying to use the Pok&eacute;mon brand to cover a game with a terribly brutal transaction system.<\/p>\n<p>This without forgetting that in time, those players who want to play competitively and don&rsquo;t have the resources to improve their arsenal will end up being relieved beyond their abilities due to its pay-to-win system.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, when we get close to its mobile launch in September, this will change, or this promising project by TiMi and The Pok&eacute;mon Company will be crushed by their poor decisions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\/pokemon-unite-tier-list-all-pokemon-ranked-from-best-to-worst\"><strong>Pok&eacute;mon Unite tier list: All Pok&eacute;mon ranked from best to worst<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>You can find more news, guides, announcements and updates <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/pokemon\"><strong><em>in our section dedicated<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> to the Pok&eacute;mon franchise.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short time has passed since the global launch of Pok&eacute;mon Unite, a free MOBA for Nintendo Switch based on the Pok&eacute;mon franchise, and yet&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10177,"featured_media":19822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pokemon","genre-moba","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Pokemon Unite pay-to-win? - GINX TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The latest entry into the Pok\u00e9mon franchise, Pok\u00e9mon Unite, has proved to be a hit; 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