Path of Exile 2

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Yeah, definitely. They have a pretty decent monetization scheme where throwing them $30 every few leagues will get you a bunch of graphical mtx and special (and super useful) stash tabs. If you're playing the game for hundreds or even thousands of hours, that feels fair and very much worth it.

So the $30 I'm spending now gets me a beta key but also $30 in points that I was likely going to buy anyway after the game goes full release. Decent deal imo.

Looking at playtime I have in games, PoE is still comfortably in the lead (and you should probably shave off 25-30% off the V3 and CK3 numbers for running observer mode or idling in the background). Considering I've been buying DLC at release for V3, CK3, CK2, HoI4, EU4, Stellaris, I probably spent equal amount of money between EU4, HoI4, V3 and CK3 combined vs PoE and a roughly equal amount of time (maybe? possibly leaning more towards PoE).

Looking at these top rows - except BG3 and a few others they all have one major thing in common: you can have a YouTube video or TV show on on the side while playing.