| ▲ | ronsor 3 days ago |
| Yes, gacha games are always seeking the most optimal path from the player's wallet to the corporate checking account. |
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| ▲ | CBMPET2001 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| True, but Apple and Google were never any impediment to that beyond just skimming some off the top. |
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| ▲ | soraminazuki 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| We shouldn't even be calling gacha games as "games." They're "give us money" buttons with flashy animations and loud sound effects. Perhaps begware is a better term? |
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| ▲ | ronsor 2 days ago | parent [-] | | They're still games for as long as we call casino games "games"; of course, they are basically digital casinos. | | |
| ▲ | soraminazuki 2 days ago | parent [-] | | With casinos, there's a promise of earning money, real or imagined. You don't get anything out of gacha games besides annoyance and frustration. And that's by design, because it's one of the psychological tricks that they use to extract more money out of addicts. This is unlike actual games, which are supposed to be fun. |
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