The Genshin Impact Backlash Is Here
www.wired.com
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.

  • Darkmatter2k [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    With out going completely "It's about ethics in games journalism", since when does Wired care about the games industry's shitty practices?