I never bought a Microtransaction in my life and I'm sure most of them are totally optional. If a game need mandatory pay to win, just avoid them there are still many options to play.
People here are so dramatic with DLCs and special editions when you can just skip all them. Now we have options, plenty of options. We can buy smaller budget games that in past would NEVER be released outside US/Japan.
In the 90s your options were to buy whatever was popular enough to get a release in your country, good luck in they don't align with your personal tastes. How many JRPGs never crossed their home country because of budget and localization issues?
With no internet nobody knew for sure was being released worldwide, only what companies could pay to advertise in magazines. If you have a deeper understanding and knowledge about smaller franchises and releases know for a fact that you a privileged because most people didn't have the same faith.







