Be transparent — disclose odds and true costs; enable informed consent

Any paid transaction, and especially any randomized reward (loot boxes, gacha) or multi-currency store.

A purchase decision is only fair if the player has the information to make it, and randomized or currency-obscured monetization routinely hides exactly what the player needs: the real-money cost to obtain a specific reward, and the probability of getting it [S-monetization-ethics]. Concealing this — through opaque premium currencies, layered conversions, or undisclosed loot-box odds — is what makes such systems a dark pattern (MON-0003) and, increasingly, illegal. Transparency is the antidote: publish odds, show true costs, and make the terms legible (UX-0003). It's also simply respectful — a studio confident its offers are fair has no reason to hide them. Disclosure lets players who want to spend do so knowingly, and lets others opt out.

Publish drop rates/odds for randomized paid rewards. Show the real-money cost, not just an opaque currency amount. State what an item does before purchase. Make prices and terms legible (UX-0003), not buried in menus. Where minors may play, err further toward clarity and restraint (MON-0003). Treat legal minimums as the floor.

Little serious dissent that transparency is right; the industry tension is how much disclosure hurts revenue (obscurity sells) versus builds trust. Regulators and player-respect ethics push toward full disclosure; some business practice resists it. This principle sides with disclosure.

The informed-consent principle of MON; the honest counterpart to dark patterns (MON-0003) and an application of clear communication (UX-0003) to money. Confidence 4.