It's no surprise that Petit Planet, the upcoming life sim from Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse, will be following a free-to-play model. HoYoverse has managed to generate plenty of income from its previous free-to-play games, with gacha systems and in-game purchases incentivizing significant spending from a portion of the playerbase. The real question is what Petit Planet's monetization system will ultimately look like, as some free-to-play systems are a lot more player-friendly than others.
During a HoYoverse event in the past week, ScreenRant participated in a group interview with two of the developers behind Petit Planet and got some answers about what to expect from the game. While certain details of the monetization won't be clear until the official launch, at least one major update provided by the developers should be reassuring to potential players.
According to Petit Planet's lead game designer, who is responsible for both the social system and the monetization, Petit Planet "will not adapt the same model as other HoYo titles." The emphasis is on ensuring that the "core game experience" will be available to all players, which in this case, means that characters won't be locked behind purchases....
