The unfortunate steps towards micro-transactions

When I started the store prices for those orange skate tokens were 150 and the reward for each daily challenge around the city was 25 each while the story challenges were 100, now the challenges give out 15 and 50 while the price in the store has gone up to 250; it seems clear that's there's already an uncomfortable push towards micro-transactions for not just small cosmetics but the items you can place too. I understand it's planned to be a free game and EA needs their money but atleast keep a decent system for things outside of actual money, atleast for skate park pieces.

Tl:Dr the in-game economy is sadly too realistic and buying a core gameplay aspect sucks