Korean slang profile
P2E
P2E
A game model in which items or currency obtained during play can be converted into real earnings.
A game model in which items or currency obtained during play can be converted into real earnings.
- Expanded form
- play to earnplay to earn
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 12, 2021
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
그 게임에 P2E 요소가 있는지 소개 글을 읽어 봤어.
I read the introduction to see whether the game had P2E elements.
02Documented history
- December 2021메가경제 gave P2E’s expanded English form and explained it as converting in-game assets into real earnings.[1]
03Origin & word formation
Short for ‘play to earn’ (play to earn). A 2021 source from 메가경제 gives this explanation. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
One source explicitly gives this explanation. When it was first used is unknown.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ′P2E′ 경쟁으로 달아오른 K-게임…국내서 ‘돈 버는 게임’ 가능할까 (메가경제)Published Dec 12, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026