(18) Players often criticize F2P games, especially those ported across platforms, for drip feeding content, characters, items, etc

(19) This content delivery strategy not necessarily employed to create illusion of more content or to artificially prolong the timetable

(20) May be important to avoid analysis/decision paralysis, where too many choices "paralyze" the outcome and prevent conversion

(21) Again, this probably seems counterintuitive as consumer choice is universally considered a good thing, but it actually can reduce sales

(22) Studies have consistently demonstrated that fewer consumer choices measurably improves conversion/sales

(23) Another way F2P games push conversion is by creating mildly uncomfortable gaming situations that players can "buy" their way out of

(24) Examples of this include arbitrary time limits before players can continue play, tedious grinds to unlock items or enhance play

(25) Boosts/consumables exist to let consumer buy way out of this illusory discomfort; this concept spreading to retail games, too

(26) This ties into the idea of human impulse, the subconscious desire to have everything immediately, if available

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