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IMO pay-to-win mechanics work really well for a game-within-a-game since rather than exploiting the player for money, they are exploiting the player character for effort, which can lead you to go on more epic quests
Personally I found it really annoying that halfway through the game when I decided to give gwent a go, i got absolutely trashed and was basically tole to go back to the beginning of the game and redo a bunch of areas I'd already spent too much time in.
Not to mention none of the gwent quests were epic in the slightest. They were literally "play these people, if you win you get a card".
I spent more time playing gwent then playing the Witcher.