Game

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

2024

0Score

Low Cash-Grab Risk

The sourced concerns are substantially offset by delivered value.

What counts as a cash grab?

Commercial extraction prioritized over meaningful consumer or creative value. Profit, popularity, adaptations, sequels, remakes, high budgets, and normal marketing do not count by themselves.

Why?

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown launched January 18, 2024 as a multi‑platform Metroidvania from Ubisoft, and contemporary reporting documents a standard priced base game with a paid Deluxe edition and a modest paid DLC, while multiple independent reviews praise its new content, design and production values. I found no credible reporting that the title used predatory microtransactions or deceptive launch practices, the paid additions appear modest, and critical coverage emphasizes substantive craft and value rather than blatant exploitation.

Multiple major reviews describe substantial new content, design work, and strong Metroidvania execution.
Official store and press coverage show a standard-priced base game and a paid Deluxe edition, not predatory recurring monetization.
A small paid DLC is documented, but its price and scope reported by publisher/communities are modest.

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No reputable sources report rushed release practices, widespread launch deception, or invasive microtransactions.

Score factors

Direction	Factor	Evidence	Impact
Against	Critical praise for new content	Multiple major outlets described The Lost Crown as a substantial Metroidvania with new story, biomes, and mechanics rather than recycled low-effort content.[1][2][4]	-18
Against	Visible production investment and multi-platform release	The game shipped on current and prior gen consoles plus PC and was widely reviewed as demonstrating clear production effort across art, combat systems, and level design.[3][1]	-14
Against	No predatory microtransactions reported	Reporting focused on game systems and editions and explicitly addressed microtransactions, with coverage indicating there are no invasive microtransactions at launch.[6][2]	-12
Against	Deluxe edition and cosmetic extras	Ubisoft sold a Deluxe edition as a paid cosmetic/utility bundle and outlets reported the Deluxe cost as roughly $10 above the standard edition.[5][3]	-12
For	Paid DLC released at modest price	Publisher filings and community posts document a named DLC, Mask of Darkness, released as paid additional content and discussed in publisher financial materials.[7][8]	+8

Confidence: High · I relied on multiple major reviews, the publisher store page, and publisher financial filing which together provide direct, contemporaneous evidence about pricing, DLC, monetization and production quality. · Researched 2026-09-20

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