Let’s go whaling: Tricks for monetising mobile game players with free-to-play

Why HN readers recommended it

HN mostly cites it critically, as an insider's blunt playbook for psychologically exploiting players in F2P and loot box games.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

PocketGamerbiz

Topic

free-to-play monetization

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

17

Recommendation years in dataset

2019–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Must see video for anyone interested in the topic, from someone explaining how to do these monetizations tactics: [VIDEO]

• Reminds me of this must see video for anyone interested in the topic, from someone explaining how to do these monetizations tactics: [VIDEO] Sometimes I wonder what is is about specifically mobile gaming that makes this sort of thing so much more prevalent. Like it …

• I’m not too familiar with gacha games, so I was intrigued. I thought the criticism of EA’s former CEO was funny. But the rest of the article felt like a lot of term-dropping and examples that aren't linked together into a cohesive theory, so I’m …