Is it just me or does that simply mean forcing in a real money marketplace into games...?
Like what big companies do with microtransactions for their games, simply cross-plattform/game with a third-party involved...
Sure, the third-party wants to ensure you that you own the items/hae more leverage but
1) The dev/publisher simply allows that party to have a certain foothold withn their game and the only return they get is "advertisement" ("Hey, this game allows you to farm marketable items, so play it!") -> Why should they do that? The marketing value behnd that doesn't even seem that high.
2) Like with pretty much every microtansaction, the game doesn't get anything of value, except for combining content with real money and another gambling factor...
-> You know, the reason video gaming as whole and moreover stuff like mobile gaming is such a s**tshow nowadays