War Thunder's new auction house, designed to let players buy and sell cosmetics, has sparked fears among the player base that Gaijin Entertainment will eventually start selling in-game vehicles for real money.
Gaijin Entertainment's War Thunder is often in the news for one recurring reason: the passionate, and sometimes intense, community that plays this military simulator takes it incredibly seriously. They have a tendency to leak classified information on the game's forums in an attempt to win online arguments. When they're not engaged in these internal conflicts, their favorite target is often the developer, Gaijin, and specifically the game's extreme free-to-play grind.
They have a new focal point for this discontent: the introduction of a new auction system on February 3rd that currently allows players to bid on vehicle cosmetics using Gaijin Coin, an in-game currency purchased with real money. The limited-time windows placed on premium currency sales, combined with the inherent fear of missing out (FOMO) associated with time-limited items, are at the heart of the problem. While the feature is currently in beta and is intended to enable players to sell each other their own cosmetics, Gaijin retains some control over the selection process. However, players are deeply suspicious that this is just the first step. The overwhelming negative reaction to the auction house centers around a single, persistent fear: Gaijin is going to use this system to sell actual vehicles, the game's most coveted assets. To be clear, Gaijin has made no such move nor indicated any plans to do so. But the players are convinced, and the most dedicated are expressing their outrage across the game's forums, subreddit, and social media platforms. They've even launched a small-scale review bombing campaign on Steam, with reviews echoing the same complaint: 'The newly implemented auction system is predatory and one of the most greedy decisions Gaijin has ever made.'One player writes, 'On February 3rd, 2025, in the newest newsletter Gaijin introduced an auction system where players can bid Gaijin Coin on virtually limited tank and jet skins. It sets a horrible precedent where in the future they could start selling Rare, removed from the game or OP vehicles for exorbitant prices (as if 70$ jets weren't expensive enough). If this system isn't criticized by the community at large, the rare vehicle scenario might actually happen knowing how greedy Gaijin is.' Another expresses their concern on the game's subreddit, stating, 'This company has proven they will go as far as they can. So they'll start with skins, then a premium vehicle here and there that you can buy in game for GE or someshit. Then a unique vehicle will roll up. This shit needs to stop here. Cause if it doesn't it won't ever stop.' Gaijin has attempted to address player concerns, stating in a recent update, 'We released the Auction with the intention of making it an experimental feature, aimed to support community content creators. The items that will be offered for sale will be made by content creators and the authors of these items will get a percentage from the total sales as a reward. We may add other cosmetic items besides the ones currently available during the Auction testing period. The purpose of the Auction is to provide an opportunity to purchase cosmetic items of interest without having to rely on luck, as well as to give authors the opportunity to receive a reward that corresponds to the demand for the items they create.' This statement, while seemingly reassuring, has done little to quell the fears of the War Thunder community. They remain convinced that this system, which is currently entirely community-focused, will ultimately be the Trojan horse for the kind of excessive monetization seen in games like World of Tanks. Whether Gaijin can regain the trust of its players or if their fears will be realized remains to be seen
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