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.

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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