The Genshin Impact Backlash Is Here
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So-called gacha mechanics are central to the blockbuster open-world RPG and many other games from China, Japan, and South Korea. But they've left US players smarting.

Any company that has a product built on recurring payments will always tend towards becoming predatory in the money they need to extract because #1 they need to have pinch points to ensure they get money at regular, predictable intervals since they're a business and #2 because there is absolutely no reason for them not to turn the dial up on the micro-transactions -- up and up -- slowly until the profit gained is cancelled out by the quitting players.

  • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Genshin Impact costs nothing to play, and even without spending cash on wishes players can enjoy the bucolic scenery and fantasy plot lines. But it’s hard not to get FOMO when the correlation between money and fun is so obvious especially when popular Twitch streamers and YouTubers have made such sport out of it

    oh do fuck off you weird parasocial fucknugget

    • bewts [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      I was browsing twitch streams for the game to learn what "end game" looks like... and some weirdass was talking about how he spent 4000$ trying to get the one character unlocked and still didn't get it. I turned the stream off.

      • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        meanwhile here's me spending nothing and playing ~2 hours a day with a good team that easily keeps up with the content at Ar 40

    • Reversi [none/use name]
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      4 years ago
      1. Fear of missing out parties and events and cool shit out in the world
      2. Fear of missing out basic human interaction
      3. Fear of missing out videogame DLC
      4. Just cover yourself in gasoline and light up at this point, seriously, just get it over with