Don't forget a lot of publishers deliberately make their games Grindy to entice customer to buy MTX to cut the grind.
Ubisoft are a prime example of this.
Take Assassins Creed Odyssey. Now I think that's a great game, the map is huge, I like the story and combat and it's fun to play however the leveling system is geared towards buying MTX to level faster.
Say your character is level 30 and you go up against a level 32 NPC your going to get wrecked even though they are 2 levels above you so you have to grind a LOT of fetch quests to gain that extra 2 levels and here's the kicker. Each time you level you you need more xp each time to level you BUT the xp you earn from fetch quests remains the same xp throughout the game. Doesn't matter if your level 1 or level 30 you get the same xp for the quest. So what do Ubisoft do? They offer a MTX called a time saver. For £8 that will give you double xp on everything you do in the game forever. When your near the end of the game the bosses are ridiculously tough and you need to be at least the same level or higher to beat them.
So what do you do? Grind for hours and hours doing meaningless quest to get to the level or pay £8 to speed up the game? I bought the time saver mxt as I got the game for £15 so I spent £23 on a game I've played around just over 100 hours which I would say is good value. If I had payed full price for the game(£50) I wouldn't of bought it
But wait! Ubisoft also sell better gear and weapons to help you though the game £2 for a sword £5 for better amour ect. I haven't bought them but that's how they get other people. It's a non stop cash cow.
MTX and DLC are different than loot boxes as you know exactly what your buying whereas loot boxes are a game of chance which is gambling and they should be banned but MTX and DLC will never go away.
