Elite Dangerous - 25,500 (+1300 Bonus) ARX

ARX is the only microtransaction that exists in this game. The fact that cosmetics are the only thing that you can buy with real money other than the game itself is something to be admired. Anyone who knows anything about this game knows it is a very difficult game to maintain. Elite was on Gamepass for a long time which means a large amount of the Xbox playerbase was playing for free. Not to mention they got the Horizons expansion free as well. So how is Frontier supposed to get the money they need to keep this high maintenance game running? They need to get it somehow. They were extremely selfless to give Gamepass users the game for free, and give everyone Horizons for free. They need income somehow. Don't be selfish guys. They've done us well by giving us a well made game for a more than fair price. Buy some ARX and give Frontier the support they've earned by doing something that's entirely optional. If there's one thing that FDev isn't, it's greedy.

I have not received the arx in game and it seems that there are several other people having the same problem.

Purchased to get skins but never received

Wish this game didn't make you pay money to personalize your ship, but you'ld have to wait months to generate enough Arx for a single paint job that only works with one model of ship otherwise. Or for a nameplate so the name of your ship can be painted on the vessel itself and be read by other players. They could have had a paintshop so we could paint our ships however we wanted, but, nahh .. They would rather take ship customization hostage and hold it for ransom even though doing so limits the user experience in an area that has no impact on the game whatsoever other than the player's enjoyment. Screw you, commander.