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Yune Amagiri
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The only one I'm still playing right now is Azur Lane, I started day 1, I bought lots of skins and places for the dock but i never bought a cube, the gacha currency of this game, in almost 5 years outside the very few ones from Fair Winds rewards ( even without this i would still have the same result ) and still have 100% existing characters so more than 600 at this moment, I rarely stick more than 2-3 months with other gachas that capitalize on character acquisition rather than skins which will often require you to spend hundreds to get an SSR and fully strengthen it, that's just unnecessary frustration.
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JR-1
Posts: 70 Location: Southeast Asia |
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Not singling anyone specifically, but I've seen a bit too much "this gacha (I play) is relatively generous, unlike other gacha" among gacha game players and I feel like that misses the point.
That relative generosity IS a part of strategy. Be it to keep player retention so a few are tempted to whale given enough time, having more desirable character than the free stuff would allow you to get, having a guaranteed draw at a certain limit but the free stuff won't quite get you there if you're unlucky enough, etc. At the very least it encourages you to strategise and therefore engage with the community and create buzz around the game. The more community there are the more some people becomes more prone to whaling because a considerable part of whaling is to be able to stand above others. |
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Iron Maw
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For Japan at least in general, I heard years ago, that gacha there really took off there due to how tighty work orientated the country culture that didn't leave a lot of leisure time traditional game demanded. It was a lot cheaper and more convenient than lugging around a portable console. I'm sure there plenty more to it, but accessibly definitely seems one of the one of biggest factors. |
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HoshizoranoUtage
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Even being Fate-related is no guarantee that a game won't shut down though. Fate/Zero Next Encounter was a gacha game that shut down before FGO came around. It's kind of amazing that FGO is still as successful as it is.
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JustMonika
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Whenever I hear Gacha I just think of Gotcha.. as in they gotcha money, lol .. In fact, that's what I originally thought people were implying when they talked about them on YouTube.
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Vaisaga
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I find that doubtful considering WFS runs the game no differently than Crunchy roll did. They didn't even give us back the poke feature. |
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Amuro1X
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Danmachi Memoria Freese coming up on 6 years now.
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Blatch
 Thread Killer Posts: 348 Location: Northeast U.S. |
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That's easy for you to say, but at the height of my LostWord brainrot, I was obsessed with keeping up with the game's stories, mostly the events. Heck, I'd attach my other mobile phone (which doesn't have cellular service) to my TV using an HDMI cable, basically treating it like a show. And I could bounce between different game modes for hours, setting a stage to "auto" if I never needed a breather or wanted to focus on something else. Gacha games: serious business. I should watch some translated Idolm@ster event stories soon. |
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