Microtransactions are practically an inescapable part of many free-to-play games – looming in the background for anyone tempted by shiny cosmetics. But at some point, you have to question when microtransactions become macrotransactions, as Where Winds Meet players can do nothing but stand agape at a player who's apparently already purchased an in-game boat that's estimated to cost upwards of $40,000.
The Where Winds Meet devs have made it very clear that "there is no P2W here," noting that "your legend is written by skill and choice, never by wallet size." Even if it doesn't demand that players in the open-world Wuxia MMORPG have to spend money to get stronger, however, that doesn't mean that you can't spend a small fortune on a cool mount. "Someone actually got the $42,000 Where Winds Meet boat," streamer BranOnline writes on Twitter, sharing a screenshot of the boat in question, which belongs to a player called Scy.
