It’s a jungle out there. Now more than ever, video game publishers and console manufacturers are competing for your coin. While most games can be purchased on their own for a flat fee and enjoyed in their entirety, subscription plans enable us to sample a buffet-style spread of diverse games for one monthly rate.

Additionally, big tech industries compete to entice the gaming community with their homegrown streaming platforms designed to give players the choice to stream plenty of games rather than purchase them outright and download them.

Not to mention, the hottest free-to-play games make their sorts of digital currency to keep things nice and complicated. Time to unravel it all.

Xbox Game Pass

PlayStation Plus

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Nintendo Switch Online

Apple Arcade

Gaming Publisher Subscription Plans

Certain large-scale video game publishing companies have sought to provide their own service packages featuring catalogs from their vast array of studios.

EA Play

Ubisoft Plus

Google Stadia

Major Gaming Currencies

Last but not least, we’re also taking a look at the biggest games to utilize their own unique in-game currencies purchased through real-world cash for premium items and more.

V-bucks

Shark Cash Cards

Robux

FUT Points

Minecoins

Xbox Marketplace Gift Cards

PlayStation Store Gift Cards

Nintendo eShop Gift Cards

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