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.

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Obviously you have the ability to throw as much money into the hole as you feel the need to

    This is actually limited in several ways. You can only purchase x numbers of many things per day/month, a mechanic I can only assume is absolutely intended to prevent someone from buying incredibly quantities in one sitting. If you're going to spend a lot of money it actually forces you to spread it out over many days and weeks.