- Pearl Abyss has confirmed that crimson desert will not include microtransactions
- The RPG will not have a cosmetics store because “it is a premium experience”
- Pearl Abyss America CMO Will Powers Says It Won’t Offer Free-to-Play ‘Monetization Model’
crimson desert Developer Pearl Abyss has confirmed that the upcoming open-world role-playing game (RPG) will not include microtransactions or a cash cosmetics shop.
The $69.99 game has been in development for quite some time and will finally be released next month. From the trailers and gameplay reels we’ve seen, it appears to be a pretty ambitious game, but the South Korean studio has promised that it won’t offer pay-to-win add-ons or in-game microtransactions.
“I can say it definitively: there is no cash cosmetics store,” Will Powers, director of marketing for Pearl Abyss America, confirmed in an interview with Fallen frames.
“This is made to be a premium experience that you buy and enjoy the world, and not something for microtransactions.
“It’s a monetization model. If you play for free, then you need to recover revenue in a different way. This is a premium experience. That’s the transaction. Full stop.”
Crimson Desert will not have a microtransaction store, Pearl Abyss confirms. “This is made to be a premium experience that you buy and enjoy the world and not something for microtransactions.” (via @DroppedFrames) pic.twitter.com/HAlWngYYpCFebruary 15, 2026
This suggests that the game won’t even offer optional paid add-ons for character costumes, mounts, or in-game currency that could be used to purchase resources.
Pearl Abyss is best known for its popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Black Desert onlinea game full of microtransactions, so that’s good to know. crimson desert It won’t fall into the same trap that some action-adventure games have fallen into in recent years.
Games like Dragon Dogma 2Another fantasy role-playing game with online features and a single-player narrative campaign, it also offered microtransactions and received negative reactions from players. There is also Ubisoft, which is known for including them in its assassin’s creed games.
crimson desert launches on March 19 for PS5, Xbox Series X and Series S, and PC. It is set in the fantasy world of Pywel and follows a lone mercenary, Kliff, who must “restore what has been lost.” It offers the player choices that will influence the story, challenging enemy encounters, towns and cities to explore, a variety of weapons, secrets to discover and more.
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