How Young Gamers Are Turning Into Gamblers: Loot Box Danger Parents Should Know

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Loot boxes, or gacha, are items in video games that may be bought for real-world money but provide randomised rewards.
A US survey* in 2020 found that 58.0% of the top games on the Google Play store and 59.0% of the top iPhone games contained loot boxes.
Many gamers, some as young as 9 or 10 years old, end up splurging hundreds, even thousands of dollars on loot boxes. Your child might be one of them.
Five Singapore gamers recount how they gradually got hooked on buying loot boxes in games like MapleStory SEA, Genshin Impact, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2.
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Studies have shown that this habit could lead to a gambling addiction. While countries like Belgium have banned loot boxes, the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) in Singapore work with partners like Fei Yue Community Services to counsel youths have game-related addictions.
In this video, experts and gamers share the tell-tale signs that your child’s innocent interest in a game is turning into uncontrollable gambling. They also give tips on how you can talk to your child about responsible gaming without clamping down on their freedom.
(*2020 survey by Society for the Study of Addiction pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31957...)
00:00 Hooked on loot boxes
00:37 How loot boxes work in games
06:02 Becoming addicted
07:31 When addiction turns into gambling
08:31 Advice and tips for parents
11:08 Where to get help
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@Athrunwong 3 года назад

My man falling for Cocogoat, just like the rest of us.

@gankeat577 3 года назад

When's her rerun comin Im saving for her

@owo4470 3 года назад

Oui

@Indivinity 3 года назад

@@gankeat577 potentially 2.1

@nainex52 3 года назад

Waiting for Amos Bow rerun; maybe in a few mths time :')

@Indivinity 3 года назад

@@nainex52 good luck with the pulls

@marvinnovilla4918 3 года назад

I also like her personality *Camera pans under Ganyu climbing*

@natsucooks 2 года назад

simps lmao

@rainynight8385 2 года назад

Careful that cake can choke a monster to death lol

@dizlimyui8887 2 года назад

Then pay please

@Renvi 2 года назад

She doesn't have much of a personality anyway, so... hard to showcase LOL.

@sunnylangthasa7301 2 года назад

Man of culture

@symartin45 2 года назад

As a Free-to-Play player, I enjoy playing without spending a single cent.

@user-fs3ch6cc3j 2 года назад

right? I don't see any use to pay in games unless you want to support the game. However, It gets tiring when the game is just, full on pay to win. If I enjoy it though, I play it regardless :)

@dreadsupreme 2 года назад

I agree, I actually get turned off from games that are over crowded with whales, there are aspects of games I enjoy where you can get items from watching ads. Over the years its only gotten harder to be a free to play player!

@bricolenbenjamin9860 2 года назад

Everybody know the true goal of gacha is to win it without spending a single cent

@JsonicGD 2 года назад

Yeah skill matters the most. THE BEST FEELING is that when the enemy says your noob then, the tryharding kicks in and you destroy them and make then eat their words and laugh in chat

@idagonchannel5681 2 года назад

Mod enjoyer & only whale a game that I want to support here. I'd rather to cheat than to pay a game that I don't wish to pay tbh. Coz there are a lot of ways to gain an item without paying and without banned. Which is some mods that you can do it easy & low profile. Still the highest spending I've ever done is at genshin tho, by 3000$ (but it's all a good pay for me, considering that genshin saved my life for sucidie attempt) P.s: blame kokomi for my 3000$ spending 🤣

@arewenot 2 года назад

this is why i think paid games are generally better than f2p games, you're just going to buy it once and then play for pure enjoyment, while the f2p ones are mostly just cash grabbing games where it's almost predatory.

@Roy-ig2ue 2 года назад

What sucks though is that paid games have started adding pay features. I remember the first ones (for me) being in like CoD black ops 3 where they started adding new weapons in loot boxes. That sucked.

@natan380 2 года назад

Most paid games also have microtransactions though, especially if it's an online game

@annaairahala9462 2 года назад

@@natan380 No, most paid games do not have microtransactions lol many online games do, but many online games aren't paid games

@farrelramandha7949 2 года назад

@@annaairahala9462 tell that to assasin creed odyssey

@annaairahala9462 2 года назад

@@farrelramandha7949 Yet still the majority of the assassin's creed odyssey franchise does not have microtransactions If I were to give examples I'd generally lean towards the non-AAA games. While a decent number of modern paid AAA games have microtransactions, however having microtransactions on a paid non-AAA game is almost unheard of. Also, just so this is clear in case this were to come up as well, mobile games work a little differently when compared to the rest of the game industry.

@echo_1409 3 года назад

the only thing i learned from this is that you should simp for ganyu

@Corridorcrawler 2 года назад

Frick yeah

@harveysantiago3757 2 года назад

Your ganyu will be irrelevant years from now.

@agni3377 2 года назад

🤣

@ryoid6001 2 года назад

Ayaka supremacy

@LunarEdge7 2 года назад

@@harveysantiago3757 That's being kind to them. Knowing MHY and how they did Honkai's meta, it'll just take under one year, maybe 6 months

@blackwatch5532 3 года назад

That one guys : i pull because i love her voice and personality Me: he true gacha player😂

@KIDASU 3 года назад

Most important aspec when choose the main dps tho

@xryanxdxgaming4925 2 года назад

Im a gacha player

@natsucooks 2 года назад

he just simpin kekw

@noobmasterchief4314 2 года назад

He's being RU-vid friendly but we all know why he swiped for Ganyu. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@oceanicmage 2 года назад

@@noobmasterchief4314 Hey man, I aint no Masterchef but I do be a Master at simp

@NCHProductions 2 года назад

man...back during my time, the gacha I play is really physical gacha.... puting 50cent into the gacha machine to obtain a capsule transformer toy..... the rare drop of these toys was a stealth bomber transformer.... I always burn my 50cent savings to obtain that toy......(which I never got...my friend got it instead =( ..) Also those 20cent card dispenser..... Ultraman cards, dragonball cards lmao.... time sure have change so drastically...

@posadasmark 2 года назад

Oooooh the OG NCH

@hajimerou 2 года назад

that's the real gacha, you pay for what you get. basically the reward has same value, just seems different for every person self preference. While these days "gacha" which is actually loot box gamble named as gacha, you are NOT paying for what you get, your money can be wasted for some cheap garbage or a slim chance to get a jackpot, that's basically gambling.

@redwanmarashli6496 2 года назад

Omg! You reminded me of picking all the rare cards and brag infront of my friends about how lucky i was to have them. Now im looking back... I guess children need more attention and care.

@kuromaki6226 2 года назад

You literally don't have to pay on these types of games. Just have patience. Most of them are just either, hard to obtain (Paying makes it easier) or it's just a skin (Literally a virtual cosmetic). Paying once in a while is fine but don't let people get addicted

@unknownbystander7812 2 года назад

in maplestory its kinda you have to in later parts unless its reboot and even then if you dont ever get a event that gives you a free pet in reboot progressing is a chore especially for all collecting quest where you have to physicaly pick like 200 of 1 thing of the ground filled with stuff.

@twisterrrrr 2 года назад

Cosmetics is like half of the reason why most of us play the game. I've played all the games in this video a lot and paid for cosmetics etc for years it's a huge deal lol These games make most of their money from cosmetics for a reason

@kuromaki6226 2 года назад

@@twisterrrrr Cap xD, Depends on what game or what's your interest. Skins don't get me hooked on a game. The game does it. Skins are just some additional features 😩

@froggy6078 2 года назад

@@kuromaki6226 There are also games like Genshin Impact and Cookie Run where you rely on getting certain characters with in-game/actually buyable currencies to make your team more powerful? It's easier to enjoy the game with better characters + yes skins/appearance help to if you make them pretty ofc everyone wants them.. quite the rabbit hole tbh

@kuromaki6226 2 года назад

@@froggy6078 Games like genshin making teams more powerful, However those aren't really required as it's a PvE and you don't need that strong of a character to win the game. It's not that hard really unless you don't have that patience Note : I played gacha games for 6 years by now from old line rangers, Honkai day 1, genshin day 1 as well all for free xD

@DerrickNinon 3 года назад

actually most game doesn't require you to spend money, those money spent are just for showoff skins.

@RonLarhz 3 года назад

And most of the time,just grind n you'll eventually get some nice skin or rares. I'm 99%free player

@penguin1714 3 года назад

For mobile games this isnt really true. Very pay to win...

@malakatan3235 3 года назад

@@penguin1714 You can grind, but with money you get strong very fast

@eilois 3 года назад

Lords Mobile does require money if you want to be competitive globally.

@RonLarhz 3 года назад

@@penguin1714 My ldoe i have 4-6 creates of guns and 1/2 done with stoning my walls in 2 yrs. VS people spending hundreds n thousands in 1-3mths then realized new zone is not that simple,skills required. Or they feel repetitive and stop. Money flushed down the drain...lol... Often i see ppl complain on digimon and boruto voltage that they didnt get any ultra rare adter spending hundreds. While me only playing for 6 mths and having 4 A rank,10+B rank with 3 ultimate awakening jutsu FREE... while my free gem in Digimon gave me 2 x antibody,1ultra,other random mega.

@idonotmakevidsyet 2 года назад

Bruh that dude could've gotten ganyu for free if he saved.

@goldwingamer5766 2 года назад

I know right.. this video is too bias without in-depth research on each game.. Genshin although is gachs base but the content is absolutely beautiful and stunning.. plus they give player guaranteed pulled after a certain amount of pull being made.. hence there is a cap to the amount the player is spending for a certain character.. I could have easily get the character that I want for free but just to support the developer hard works.. I would spend $5 on their Welkins once in awhile..

@potatopotato9308 2 года назад

Behind those games exist employees who work hard to bring us quality entertainment. It's just gacha games have different business model than conventional games. Genshin is the most lenient gacha games and it still has guarantee over payment, unlike other gacha which are totally random.

@joydeepscorpio 2 года назад

he wanted to c6 her . That is the only logical explanation . Also maybe an Amos?

@richcast66 2 года назад

That is what I did. Baal cost me nothing, just a few months of saving diligently

@Mark-dy9pc 2 года назад

@@richcast66 "a few month" but there's new characters every patch. Maybe he want them too. Like me🤧 with welkin, you can get one 5* per month. But there's come the 5050😭

@JayDzay 2 года назад

This is 100% true! If you have ever played mmorpg in SEA or ASIA server you'll get it. Some might say whales spend 1-3k USD in the game but I can assure you (also met some) real whales spend a MINIMUM of $10,000. They play the game for roughly 3-5 months, get tired of it then play another new mobile mmorpg then whale again.

@juliane5632 2 года назад

lol theres now a similar mmorpg game that make you crypto money and gamble in the game. Such game is progressing, now your not only addicted pplaying it and whaling it, you might end up as a investor or a gambler maybe both

@JayDzay 2 года назад

@@juliane5632 Some of those games are free to play but also play to earn (MIR4). The one that you are probably talking about is Axie Infinity and that is not just a game but is an NFT with some gaming aspects to it. The main thing on axie is earning, not the gameplay.

@tikuzmati7311 2 года назад

i know someone who spent $100k+ on a mobile game haha

@cadraf 2 года назад

where people get this amount of money?!?

@link-kun5974 2 года назад

@@cadraf Parents money, their own job, or sometimes scholarship money for student.

@hobart4678 2 года назад

Hell yeah, as a maplestory whale, customizing your character in that game is addicting.

@airuri414 3 года назад

I play genshin and other gacha games. And yes we do gamble in this game like in genshin where we have 50/50. but honestly gacha games has taught me another thing as an F2p budgeting and saving.

@-tbhihu- 2 года назад

Ah yes Genshin:”)

@buildersoflegends7106 2 года назад

Genshin "Impact" on my money.

@bensonplayzyt 2 года назад

I agree, I spend on welkin every month to get extra spending power and it's not much to pay for so I'm ok

@natsucooks 2 года назад

tbh its kinda easy to get primos and stuff in genshin as f2p if you grind enough

@marklunar4509 2 года назад

@@natsucooks it's not if you're end game player. No other resource for primos other than events and spiral abyss.

@aidenkuan9047 3 года назад

I speak from experience with having spent over $1500 in genshin impact alone and I truly regret it

@leehongjin6884 3 года назад

Yea don't whale on gacha games it ain't worth it. Also those people at Mihoyo earned enough in the first 2 weeks to recoup development expenses so be f2p all you want.

@Shuwa217 3 года назад

I balance between f2p & paying accounts so here's my tips: 1. Count how much of the premium currency you need to spend to get the character you want 2. Convert the premium currency into real money, you will be surprised how much is spent to get just that reward you desire at full cost 3. Check if the real money is above your budget, more often then not some of these rewards will return at a later date so you could skip it for now & save up for when it comes back 4. If the cost cannot be defined as a certain number then my advice is to try the 3rd market, a fixed price is always better than recklessly spending

@adis.g6569 3 года назад

Me $4k. I shouldnt have played

@vilester 3 года назад

@@leehongjin6884 did you get the character you wanted?

@catherine4077 3 года назад

Rise of empire, truly regret it that I started to try RTS mobile again after climbing out of CoK,CoE pits. Although it's enjoyable.

@marymalyushytska3708 2 года назад

That's why I'm f2p in Genshin, I have most of the event 5 stars since I've started playing in may (I don't have Klee or Ayaka) but I save and it works. No need to waste money.

@thenightcorereaper 2 года назад

wa- how do you have all while being f2p... cap

@diaochan7506 2 года назад

@@thenightcorereaper One answer lucky.

@yoon2917 2 года назад

@@diaochan7506 yeah. i have a friend who got kazuha, ayaka, yoimiya and diluc all within under 60 pulls lmao 💀

@haseo52000 2 года назад

@@thenightcorereaper ⌚& 🍀

@annonymousgal8987 2 года назад

@@thenightcorereaper Some of us just have luck.

@natan380 2 года назад

Oh imagine a world where we could buy Genshin characters directly

@abrahamalviarez5870 2 года назад

Or the gear

@bootlegryn5765 2 года назад

well, technically there's a thing in Honkai where you can buy them in bp as well as their signature weapon and gear

@fluffymyato3334 3 года назад

My mom denying me credit card use my whole childhood saved me from gacha hell. That didn't save me from steam sales tho

@SmileZero 3 года назад

Lol, I used to hoard games from steam sales because it's cheap and not even play it. Now I only buy game on sale if I plan to play it immediately, save me heaps of money.

@YouGotTheCob 3 года назад

so real

@Anon-cv7ru 3 года назад

Steam Sales is just outright purchase.. that is more akin to adult lady buying multiple pairs of shoes and handbags that they could ever use.

@HelloThere-lo3qi 3 года назад

@@SmileZero same.. i ended up playing like 5 out of dozens almost a hundred game i bought lmao

@rinreborn7364 3 года назад

Steam sales is fine, bought SP games like horizon zero dawn and you gain all access up to 100 hours of game time. Gacha on the another hand is just garbage.

@SmileZero 3 года назад

Step 1: Become a content creator. Step 2: Stream your gambling habit online. Step 3: Expense your loot boxes purchases as Business expenses. Step 4: Profit. That's how you do it kids. Gamble with tax-payer's money.

@aloysiusoh7220 3 года назад

S t o n k s

@Kajjxsa6222 3 года назад

Tectone?

@Kajjxsa6222 3 года назад

Ehe te NANDAYO

@Gabriel-nf8gy 3 года назад

Underated

@douknodawae7805 3 года назад

Stonks

@Raven-ve7hw 2 года назад

The first time i spent money on a game (like an extra item, not like a game itself) I was like 18 and it was one of those rythm games and my favorite song was behind a paywall so for the first time i asked my parents for their card and payed them in cash, like a month later the app straight up disappeared from app store forever and I'm still bitter about it

@kutsara_tiyan Год назад

as long as you did not spend more than 10 dollars on that then that's alright.

@hir0252 2 года назад

“she has a very nice voice…and personality” **proceeds to show a scene of ganyu climbing** mmmmmm

@arzelle2952 3 года назад

Well for me it was the opposite, Gacha games taught me how to spend my resources wisely....

@kennethlow2642 2 года назад

same, classic, whatever little trinkets they give every month is saved , whatever items that could only be bought with premium currency is for simpletons true gamers play on hard mode, no iap, just grind

@arzelle2952 2 года назад

@@kennethlow2642 Ah yess the F2P ways

@user-cp1lj3bn3b 2 года назад

Yeah and also learning how to enjoy the game the f2p way. Games like genshin has so much lore and things you can do without the best characters or weapons. You can spend a good deal on it and have a lot of fun without speeding through it.

@king.canute21 2 года назад

I never pay for gacha games

@BeastOrGod 2 года назад

Pfffff, you learned that by losing money on a mobile game?

@jaywalker32 3 года назад

Instead of blaming the game, maybe these kids should be taught the wonderful concepts of "Budgeting" and "Saving".

@therealthatcatstabe360 3 года назад

That's right. I even managed to budget myself to a max amount of money spent is $80 on my google account

@iicustodianlaw 3 года назад

Yea only virgins say blame the game

@therealthatcatstabe360 3 года назад

@@iicustodianlaw and what do chads say?

@RENch.7359 3 года назад

This tbh. I've been playing gacha for years now and i never spent more than 100$ in a game, just need some self control or be broke like me XD. Unless you're the collector type then you can't get every sh*t without spending a dime

@PerryKobalt 3 года назад

Lol even I can't spend $1 to gacha But it saved me from Bankruptcy, _unlike my friend spend $900.000 USD just for _*_*"Waifu"*_*

@Astaroth73 2 года назад

Genshin impact player: "i'm gonna pretend i didn't see that one"

@alfredofernando9599 2 года назад

For my opinion, i called this "The Dark Ages of Gaming". Why, cause games this present doesn't see you based on your skills and ability on playing the games, but instead, see you on how much money that you spend, which they called "dedication", and divide the Players on two sides, F2P and P2W, which for me, games now are not as challenging as before and for me, it easy to get bored.

@alfredofernando9599 2 года назад

But yeah, people have their own tastes and opinion based on how they played this present day games, but for me, older games still the best.

@chanzanyi7194 3 года назад

Most disgusting is that a girl would ask their boyfriend to fund their games and once she got what she wanted then they call it a quit. Smart

@condorX2 3 года назад

Lol! Mission accomplished

@cozmic0 3 года назад

well the boyfriend better get what he wants too from her then all is fair 👍

@jeanneann3545 2 года назад

I did this once, but its because the dude is 26 or something while I was 15. I realised that the relationship is not right, im underage and hes like, just one year off from being literally ten years older than me. Since he bought me a lot of stuffs and most of them cant be traded back because its bound to the player, I offered to stop playing and gave my account to him. Years later I logged in again as an adult and I find out he didnt take my account. 🤷 Edit : No, this is not romantic. I was too childish back then, I was being toxic to him, and I was so ashamed, coupled with me feeling very wrong about our age difference, I ended it all.

@NickyNightShine 2 года назад

Well you don't know if the guy get the poozy in exchange

@lidanhannasvily3564 2 года назад

Typical henehoe

@Mizurex33akaMizu2ndChannel 3 года назад

9:41 She's right. Imagine getting your parents into Genshin and they get addicted to the gatcha as well so you be like : Understandable , have a day nice 🙃

@ggukiemonster 3 года назад

f2p me : sadge

@Anon-cv7ru 3 года назад

Genshin is actually quite a time sink.. so not everybody can commit to it...

@Raterex 3 года назад

@@Anon-cv7ru Dun need time sink, just see waifu yolo only =p. Brb gonna play Genshin now~ . . . . . . joking, please dun yolo when see waifu, real life more impt ^^

@condorX2 3 года назад

A lot of those gamers are pretty young and I actually played all the games this video listed lol. They remind me when i was their age. My first memorable game was the arcade Street fighters 2 when I was 12 and I always need them quarters. Once I've learned the glitch with Guile invisible throw, I was unstoppable. I later moved onto the console gaming, pc gaming and now mobile gaming. PC gaming was the most memorable for me because I get to play my first 32 multiple players match call Team Fortess at a computer lab with the fastest connection. I think email and the world wide web was fairy new. Fast forward.. I'm on a quest to see how far I can push without spending a dime on mobile games. I'm like: "why spend the money knowing you'll quit one day and you can never take anything with you but regrets"? I know every games have an expire date and all end up getting repetitive doing the same daily quest everyday. The game developers already has your money and they'll always be laughing all the way to the bank. My way of supporting the dev is playing their game. That's the greatest honor imo. And finally, mobile games are vast and I believe nobody should stay with one game. I dare to say the same for marriage hence people had to cheat/divorced their spouse. / random 2 cents.

@twinkleegpieplayer5002 3 года назад

Me playing this because I was curious then I like abyss mage for joke and waiting cocogoat to rerun because I have enough pity: sed 😥

@jdmb2749 2 года назад

Genshin is one of the more forgiving ones since there is a pity system, there is an increased chance to get a 5 star character after the 75th wish and a guaranteed chance at the 90th. This means there's a maximum you can spend before getting what you want.

@akutomo9080 2 года назад

Unless you want constellation 6, then you are forced to pay up to 2000 USD.

@steffyxx 2 года назад

Agree, im a high enough Genshin player to say free play is completely possible.

@natan380 2 года назад

I can't really think of a gacha game that doesn't have some sort of pity system

@jdmb2749 2 года назад

@@natan380 In fact, most games with the gacha mechanic don't have one. FGO and Cookie Run Kingdom are popular examples. A lot of the well known gacha games have one, but most of the ones that aren't known as gacha games but still contain the gacha/lootbox mechanic don't.

@annaairahala9462 2 года назад

A lot of gacha games do have a pity system due to Japanese law now Genshin isn't too forgiving because its currency is so expensive. On average, each 5* costs a few hundred dollars. You can be f2p to an extent, but there is a limited amount of primogems as dailies and spiral abyss do not give enough to sustain wishing on new characters.

@Menace-To-Humanity 2 года назад

hardcore vet f2ps: look at them wasting their money and cards for in game currency when you could just play the game normally to get enough for some pulls. new f2ps: but dont they get all the stuff they want? Hardcore vet f2ps: yes, but at a great cost. new f2ps: what is it? hardcore vet f2ps: an addiction and not wanting to accept defeat when they lost the soft pity.

@idagonchannel5681 2 года назад

And guy who obsessively aim for 100% achievement: I don't give a F with the characters

@I_forgor705 2 года назад

3:44 …

@xenioralad3159 2 года назад

cosmetics are a complete waste of money in all honesty.

@Menace-To-Humanity 2 года назад

@@xenioralad3159 in some games, paying a small 5 dollars for some drip aint that bad in my opinion. but once you start spending heavy buck is where the problem begins.

@xenioralad3159 2 года назад

@@Menace-To-Humanity lol you can get skins in most games for free if you play enough so why spend.

@KingBookWorm 2 года назад

2:18 "BUT TO GET CHARACTERS LIKE GANYU YOU HAVE TO PAY-" F2P: when?

@yongquanwu3921 2 года назад

F2p: o rly

@LurpakSpreadableButter 2 года назад

Memento Mori

@seraphiinef 2 года назад

Kekw

@richcast66 2 года назад

It's partially true. If you are f2p and either didnt save enough or got unlucky with pity, then you would have to pay before the banner ends

@haryanwar1263 2 года назад

@@richcast66 just wait for another banner, it's nothing if you are F2P to the core

@blankspace7801 3 года назад

The best kind of feeling is when you are a f2p player and you get the skins that you want, with all the fragments/tickets you saved up and just brag to your friends

@grimmiekazuma2979 2 года назад

Also whisper to their ear: *f2p btw*

@rinne7244 2 года назад

@@grimmiekazuma2979 lmfaoo

@Nobody-fd8qj 2 года назад

John is this you? OMEGALUL

@blankspace7801 2 года назад

@@Nobody-fd8qj the only F2P player you would know ;) (with good luck)

@Nobody-fd8qj 2 года назад

KEKW

@jealoussphynx4152 2 года назад

This is something non gamers can never be related. The feeling of getting something cool and flashy is totally satisfying. Especially in RPG game. And before you noticed, you ended up spending almost 1000$.

@lncafein 2 года назад

When i saw 'gamblers' and 'lootbox' on the title i was sure genshin is gonna be in here. And i wasn't wrong

@imjusttrolling7944 2 года назад

well, gambling is powered by the 7 deadly sins.. 1st pride: bragging skins, costumes, damage and how strong you are. 2nd greed: you want it, you get it, coz you can. 3rd lust: almost same as greed you feel good at having skins or collecting or the characters 4th envy: you're longing for what others have 5th gluttony: you just feed into your addiction 6th wrath: getting angry for not dealing enough damage or not good enough on game 7th sloth: bored farming material or grinding for sets in game this is why i see many people falling for it. there's to many reason to trigger gambling addiction.

@dharami4450 2 года назад

Super agree

@joshuakoh1291 2 года назад

Well put indeed. 100% agreed. And its funny when u said that with ur username.

@adolffranz9502 2 года назад

lol i quit this game, because it suck up my valuable time i tried to grind as hard as i can but it seems like the game just want money i'm a competitive gamer(E-sport), paying to win is not for me

@invertbrid 2 года назад

Stopped at no.2 coz i mostly f2p in almost all my gacha games lol, spending $5-10 per month at most in some. Ppl need to learna bout saving and content with what u have. Altho if u can afford it and have lot spare money, whalong also good option.

@jake9854 2 года назад

@@dharami4450 but girls dont play games... i dont know y yall lied

@summerycast7936 3 года назад

Those with not enough self-control while having a stable income should NOT come anywhere near these games! If you can restrain yourself, here's a free game. If you can't, here's a game that just dangles carrot sticks in front of you. Honestly, it's tough to find a middle ground even if you have the self-control 'cause in the end... You are paying them with your own time. Be it through grinding, daily logins, event participation, etc. If it ever feels like you are just checking in, step back and ask yourself if you are even playing the game anymore.

@khaddiction101 2 года назад

to be fair for games like genshin its perfectly doable to finish endgame as an f2p

@kittenmimi5326 2 года назад

Yeah it is. Perfectly f2p friendly although resource does get a bit scarce in late game. Spending is just additional stuff cos some ppl are impatient (it takes what, a year for a char to rerun)

@eightex9437 2 года назад

@@kittenmimi5326 childe.

@rachmatzulfiqar 2 года назад

the problem is, they are not even trying to make people pay, and yet, they have the most revenue of all mobile games, this means their way to make people to pay for this game is effective enough. it is actually scary

@kittenmimi5326 2 года назад

@@eightex9437 True, Mihoyo's favorite child. Even if his sales ain't that great he gets rerun, rerun, rerun. And a shiny new weapon. Meanwhile xiao? Hmmm. First rerun is next year still, no dedicated artif, has BIS weapon but cmon its defo not as shiny as the new weapons;-;,

@kittenmimi5326 2 года назад

@@rachmatzulfiqar true, it's pretty shady like making raiden just bad at c0 XD. Making thoma have problems so you can fix him with constellations etc. But if people fell for it its still their fault and their choice.

@sirwaddlesdeethird7186 2 года назад

This is why I'm F2P in genshin.

@kittenmimi5326 2 года назад

I used to be but the welkin temptation is too strong. Still crystals are so expensive so i would not spend on that...

@valasador9439 2 года назад

You still spend money on internet, food, and alot of time

@jvgace6883 2 года назад

@@valasador9439 so food is unnecessary now

@editorjohn8803 3 года назад

Finally, we have a media company willing to do a report on this growing problem that no one wants to talk about

@Raan03 3 года назад

it's not a growing problem, the problem is already here for at least a decade... it started "small" and met negative response (paid small dlc) and then somehow people started accepting it and allowing more and more... Season passes came and people got conditioned to that as well... It came to a point where you get a stripped game and need to buy double base price for the game as intended with zero day dlc's and other "cut" ingame content... and it goes further and further... lootboxes and play-to-gamble... Need for speed was a very bad example with their car upgrade-cards for example. I'm glad the backlash was big enough that they will put that plan into a fridge for at least one and a half more years before trying to condition again :')

@ohamatchhams 2 года назад

@@Raan03 The problem is still growing though, Genshin Impact's success has lead to avenues of more bigger AAA companies to recently reforming their marketing strategies with even more "live service" digital gambling formats If the government doesn't ban this, at least makes it extremely regulated that it's cut the microtransaction values at fixed prices and extremely cheap or giving pity rate of it's gambling system to the point that it's just giving fixed prices

@Zvroth 2 года назад

@@ohamatchhams the industry has been moving towards live service long before genshin.... Anyways I don't see why people single gaming out. What about these young people who spend thousands on newest iphones or uni students that buy luxury designer clothing and bags. We live in a capitalized world, there are draws for us to spend money everywhere you look. People will need to learn to manage their own resources regardless.

@kiattim2100 2 года назад

@@Zvroth did you just compared getting an actual physical stuff like Iphone or University fees to gambling for digital in-game items that worth practically nothing even when you sell your account.

@Zvroth 2 года назад

@@kiattim2100 first of all when you buy the newest iPhone, you buying into the brand value and marketing, I.e. A lot of non-tangible value too. The fact is most people don't actually need the newest iPhone in their life at all. Also you might be surprised how well some of these digital goods hold in value. Couple years ago I sold all my dota2 items and got like $5000 in my steam account, more than I paid them for. Last but not least, you do realize that money and the whole economy is just a non-tangible human construct right. The money in your bank account could also very well depreciate in value, which is why people invest in properties gold etc. The fact is we live in a capitalized world and there are traps everywhere we go, everywhere we look. It's a little stupid to single out people who spend money on games when every one of us falls into the trap in some degrees. It's just that long standing industries and corporations have better control over our govt and our legislation so their interests are well protected and are no longer questioned by public.

@Anon-cv7ru 3 года назад

Loot boxes are a form of gambling... and especially worse for people without adequate self-control or have that gambling streak in them...

@telilah85 2 года назад

I can relate to this so much, during COVID I started playing a free mobile game and before I knew it I got so deep I had to pay just to be able to even compete. There was no winning it was always on and worst of all you could make a mistake and lose everything while you were offline. Accounts could be sold for the price of a small car. I tried to be f2p but couldn’t do anything at a certain point until I paid for in game resources. Eventually after so many friends quit I started playing wow classic and with a regular subscription fee found I saved so much money in the long run. I still have friends that play that mobile game and wind up buying accounts for thousands of dollars only to sink more money on them just to play.

@ashleighhermosada3226 2 года назад

I love how one of them did used the term euphoria as this holds the easiest yet best definition of most players spending on loot boxes. That euphoric feeling you get is really relaxing and fulfilling, but not in a long term sense.

@csffee6093 2 года назад

true

@ewejinyeap 2 года назад

Just like drugs.

@hanx-musicchannel4862 3 года назад

My friend was a drug addict until I recommended him maplestory XD

@satorukaisen2559 3 года назад

Well not exactly a good way out but yeah it works

@ethankoh6851 2 года назад

My friend was an alcoholic before I recommended Bleach

@kingex3 2 года назад

@@ethankoh6851 You are talking about the anime right? Not the clorex Bleach.. right?

@oceanicmage 2 года назад

@@kingex3 ….right?

@sassy_ct 3 года назад

This is a good issue to touch on. The fact that they brought in National Council on Problem Gambling is an eye opener. I like as well what the counselor said: Parents shouldn't say "Stop this!" etc. Understanding the game that the kids are involved in, understand the reasons would help more.

@christopherhermawan9627 2 года назад

The worst part is... when the services close then your 'investments' are gone

@vanilabluelf 2 года назад

I totally understand this, I don't play those games in this video but other mmorpg and some fashion game, I spent so much that I'm afraid to look at the purchase history, I try to limit it now but once in a while I just can't help it

@Liza_F2P 3 года назад

I have played countless Gachas, haven’t spent a single cent and am still able to compete with paying players. It’s all luck, you spending money and you not spending doesn’t make a difference Also, gacha rates have not been touched. Some games have just outright bad rates to the point where it’s almost impossible to pull them.

@blankshorto 3 года назад

I completely agree with you. I been playing honkai since 2019(account created in 2018) and I'm doing well competitively. u can literally be completely free to play and still able to hit top ranks

@AynChat 3 года назад

@@blankshorto true, just study more on the game mechanism, usually, even low-rank unit can score reasonably well, maybe it can‘t one-shot but it sure does the job. Unless the game is all about the stat and stat are related to premium currency only, then run as far as you can.

@RENch.7359 3 года назад

Yep, f2p just need to micro manage their resources to keep up with spenders, plan which unit to pull, save up resources as much as possible etc.

@DEEZ_N4T 2 года назад

Compared to games like Love Live and Bandori, I’d say that Genshin has the best gacha rates I have ever seen, especially the Pity system, in Love Live and Bandori you only get a limited step-up before the character gets added to long list of characters in the standard gacha rates which decreases your chances of getting your favorite card, in Genshin you get guarantees

@blankshorto 2 года назад

@@DEEZ_N4T I seen better rates in other games tbh, I myself play honkai and honestly the rates there are better than genshin. there isn't a 50/50 for characters so the rate up character is always guaranteed. but yea genshin definitely has better rates than other games like u said, adding on fgo which I heard there isn't a guarantee system

@mcyk4421 3 года назад

I'm a mobile game developer myself. Yea, can't deny this is an easy money industry.

@BlueHaste 2 года назад

Money Laundry

@BeyondChange 2 года назад

I've spent close to $4000 opening boxes with nothing to show for it. I know how gambling gamers feel.

@MrCmon113 2 года назад

That's like a decade of beer.

@BeastOrGod 2 года назад

The most terrifying thing is *THESE GAMES ARE RATED FOR CHILDREN.* I don't care if adults gamble, their own fault. But children have access to this game, they won't read terms of condition or warning labels. Parents thinks its ok for children, because it's rated for children. They don't know what gambling addiction is!

@silvenxenia 3 года назад

6:25 For adults who play gacha games- Genshin Impact offers primos through in-game events to do wishes for characters. You just need to save it all up and not get tempted to collect every darn character since you get guaranteed character at 180 wishes. So plan ahead! Especially since they offer character re-runs every few months. And you don’t even need these characters to clear all the in game content. It’s called having the patience to resist temptation and not fall into traps lol bruh. This guy has absolutely no self-control, I guess. Also, surprised how they didn’t cover gacha games with worse rates like Dragon Raja.

@acatindisguise 3 года назад

exactly, you put it really well. genshin is definitely not as bad as gacha games because there is a guarantee (the pity system) and you can be f2p and have a few 5 stars if you do the events and save primos for the banners you want. they also don't do gacha for separate parts in a set like some other games (meaning you would have to roll for multiple things to collect the full set). might be because that kind of gacha is illegal in japan and genshin is quite big in japan. plus genshin is genuinely just a good game, you can definitely enjoy all the content with just the starter team/free to play characters. they give all the great content (graphics, story, etc) for free already

@saoifchannel3352 3 года назад

agreed, but the problem is the people.....most of them have no self-control and blame on the system....

@nix294 3 года назад

Genshin even offered us a 5 dollar monthly subscription, a bargain that won't even hurt people's finance so that we won't overspend. It's not the game most of the time, it's also the person's discipline.

@blobloblob 3 года назад

yes exactly! it still baffles me how a high quality game like genshin is totally free and also incredibly f2p friendly. obviously you can't be f2p and expect to get every character but that's not even necessary, it's just hilarious how people seriously complain about genshin giving them a gambling addiction. just say you have no self-control at this point!

@titanus2310 2 года назад

if they had any self control they wouldn't be on the show lol

@ShhhHhhhz 3 года назад

my pc gaming days where pretty different back then. Diablo 2, heroes m&m 3, deus ex, c&c red alert, half life, hitman and guild wars. It used to be so simple and straight forward with plenty of variety, no such crap as lootboxes or timegating nagging screens nonsense, content is filled to the brim with yearly expansions aka 'dlc' with actual content and best of all you pay ONE time only ONE time to experience everything the game has to offer

@nycoolj3 3 года назад

Ok boomer.

@Jonathan-Pilkington 3 года назад

I hope lootboxes will be banned in more and more countries. It is completely out of control.

@nycoolj3 3 года назад

@@Jonathan-Pilkington lol good luck with that, they make these game companies billions a year

@dhrgkbqxtjr2743 3 года назад

@@nycoolj3 Boomers are more successful and financially secure than you will ever be. Enjoy going broke during each timed event, zoomer.

@nycoolj3 3 года назад

@@dhrgkbqxtjr2743 lmao ok whatever you say boomer!

@godsoffice5714 2 года назад

Meh I pirate every game and I never spent a dime online. CNA insider: Gamers are becoming pirates.

@polandjohan4178 2 года назад

It’s important to understand the budget you’re willing to spend. At least they spend $$ on thing s they may enjoy, compared to a degenerate like me blowing $20K in 3 days buying options 😂

@xenioralad3159 2 года назад

arent options stocks and stuff tho? cosmetics are nice sure but really aint worth a penny

@kozhayev 2 года назад

You made an investment, even if it's bad you learnt a lesson. These players on the other hand might as well burn their money its quicker

@leehyunsong7001 3 года назад

There are many influencers like youtubers making video on how fun it could be when you spent money on games.

@lalalulu17 3 года назад

Me everytime i ran out of the complementary money in the game: alright time to uninstall 👉

@vforvann 2 года назад

two words: self-discipline.

@hughezekielsilagan8789 2 года назад

the f2p’s be like: I like your funny words magic man

@zve6 2 года назад

The third guy Just explained spending money in a game in a nutshell "A way to show off"

@kaizen7195 3 года назад

Sadly f2p most likely couldnt fight the bosses they would like to fight. However one way the government can help to combat loot box gambling is to force game dev to release probability distribution of loot box. This may deter players from attempting to open loot box

@NupplesRampage 3 года назад

Nope. That doesn't help at all. Maplestory just released the odds of tiering up your gear via Cubing. Maplers are still throwing their money despite knowing how pathetically low the percentage are.

@kaizen7195 3 года назад

@@NupplesRampage well since u play maplestory, u should know about the compensation event that was given by kms. It was required by law in korea to disclose any event that involves odds in game. So kms did a check and realise they fked up. Should there be no government intervention, people would have just happily cube/tier/roll inner ability for an expectation that would never occur. And also in gms marvel machine, they release the odds of getting bod etc. What abt maplesea? They did nt release anything as u can see in current gacha. At the first few gacha, people realise it is a scam cuz of the number of garbage that is in the gachapon. By releasing all the information, players are then able to make an informed information. Now of course there are whales out that and they have more than enough money to throw. But releasing information do help people who are emptying their pocket to play the game.

@GameFuMaster 3 года назад

@@kaizen7195 I think the other guy means they should do more. Maybe like max lootboxes to receive an exact item. i.e. open 50 boxes, and you will definitely receive skin X if you didn't already. Kind of what Ubisoft has done with alpha packs in R6 siege.

@ying1296 3 года назад

Isn't this what the CN govt did, and also forced guarantee pity to be a thing there

@Liza_F2P 3 года назад

Why don’t they just add a pity system. All the gachas I play have a pity system be in be bad or good

@AlexRiversMusic 2 года назад

MAPLESTORY ❤️ my entire childhood. That game is older than WoW.

@seraphiinef 2 года назад

Man, saving primogems is a thing. I got most of the limited 5 stars despite being f2p lmao.

@kittenmimi5326 2 года назад

Yeah they give u enough time. Or maybe just skip ONE banner. Resource gets a bit scarce in late game when ur out of quests but they give events and update often

@ionamygdalon2263 3 года назад

I am very happy to see a video on this serious issue.

@GameFuMaster 3 года назад

$10k on gacha... meanwhile I'm sad when I see my investments losing several hundred.

@superpenguil 2 года назад

Different bro. Gacha u know the money for sure gone. Investment u hope to increase

@tshooe 2 года назад

so many children proud of their f2p play, i also still remember when i was 12 y/o having all the time in the world to grind on games

@ordinan 2 года назад

when I was a hardcore genshin player, i always buy the monthly pass and battle pass but after experiencing burn out, i become a casual player and stopped spending money in the game. maybe the key to not spending money is to not have too much attachment to the game

@LeranWang 3 года назад

This video is hugely underrated. One of the players in the game I play (Hero Wars) spent $8000 in 5 minutes in loot boxes (while all teammates got 1/10 of what he got which was how I knew the amount he spent). Perhaps he is from a very wealthy family that do not really care about the money he spent, but it could be a deadly incentive for some people tried to compete with him (which not from wealthy family) This "Loot box" tactic is a "grey area" in online gaming that no many people want to talk about. Because for gamers, you got to taste of thrill of gambling with the game you are playing; For game developers, you could extract "unlimited" amount of money from the gamers. Seems like a "win-win" situation which really is NOT. The game developers just took advantage of benefiting from players with one the deadly human nature/sin that called "greed".

@Melcor2304 3 года назад

Many people don't talk about it because they know better. They can just find a game worth their time and salt, and just play that instead of being forced to spend on that game.

@DjayTriple8 2 года назад

Very wealthy family teach the value of money... I am from one. If I spent unnecessary money i would have to work under my dad for minimum wage until I can pay it off while also contributing to rent and the electrical bill (30% and 8% of my wage would go to it) while at the same time being lectured why i just wasted the money. A lot of rich people in my age group (20 - 30) don't spend money unless they make money. Those who spend their rich parents money with no caution don't last very long in the family.

@LeranWang 2 года назад

@@DjayTriple8 Very nice point. :) In addition, I think there could also be a possibility that the person I mentioned actually knows how to build wealth, but just decided to use a "tiny amount" (to most people are a lot of money) for "fun" (leisure activity). Which could misleading people who still in the "rat race" to imitate the "spending" without consideration of the other perspectives (as you mentioned) and suffer the consequnces.

@rexsongz51 3 года назад

The Loot box is the scourge of modern gaming

@breewashere 2 года назад

You have to mention stamina based games also. Where they make you wait hours to progress any further or pay for more stamina.

@reflectlight1368 2 года назад

funny how genshin is both. gacha and resin. truly fucked up system for a game that is so good otherwise.

@katiebrice1894 2 года назад

@@reflectlight1368 to be fair you can use fragile resin and transient resin from the sirenatea pot

@bltzcstrnx 2 года назад

@@reflectlight1368 IIRC these system are developed by Japanese. A lot of Japanese Mobage have both gatcha and stamina system.

@Akursedtime 2 года назад

I used to be like Jen with Maplestory. But over time, the hard realization is that the happiness is short lived. With free to play they promote more spending than buying a game. I was lucky to get out of that vicious cycle of spending and to free myself from the mentality of free to play. I rather buy a full game. The only time I buy DLC is if I absolutely adore the game. I played thousand of hours on Fire Emblem Three Houses and got the DLC because of my enjoyment. I never buy DLC if it is not worth it aka Pokemon Sword and Shield. I think the only free game I played is Scrabble because no need to spend on that.

@JinrohDFLL 3 года назад

it's gambling, pure and simple. I'm a gamer and i don't mind, but this scrutiny was LONG over due in Singapore, with many countries already looking at this legislatively 2 years ago.

@Anon-cv7ru 3 года назад

They should have pick up on this when EA Star Wars Battlefront 2 was in the media...

@JinrohDFLL 3 года назад

@@Anon-cv7ru Exactly, and that game had Belgium banning lootboxes in 2019. Same year, a bill to ban lootboxes was tabled at the US senate (no progress).

@user-ut4lu3rc6j 3 года назад

f2p for life

@maxayam8268 3 года назад

Time = money

@max3334441 3 года назад

Wise decision

@RonLarhz 3 года назад

Yea. I laugh at those who spent hundred n thousand but didnt get the rare digimon or card in a digital game when My free coins gave me quite a good deal even tho there were wasted coins.

@davidliu2243 3 года назад

Brawl Stars!

@Kiwikick238 2 года назад

oh man the maplestory cash shop. As a kid I used to spend hours in the cash shop trying on different things I couldn't buy

@nevildon6224 2 года назад

I know a guy spent close to $100,000 bucks on Eve Online, 2 weeks later a hacker got his account and is now enjoying the $100k game account, he's loving it I hear LOL!

@kerduslegend2644 2 года назад

Jokes aside: why is this news make it like it's such a big deal? Not all people spend money on games and those games are still playable even if you don't spend anything in it. It's just an over exaggerating to say that lootboxes is a dangerous. Most people who play games are already work to get money anyway

@SpacedogD 2 года назад

The game developers need to be held accountable. They are creating a virtual casino and specifically targetting those with potential gambling addictions to spend way above their capabilities. Its basically a casino on your phone without the regulations surrounding it to protect these people with gambling addiction. This applies specifically to the 0.1%, but it is this 0.1% that the developers are actually targetting. And this is dangerous, especially on minors. As a long time gamer, the rise of mobile games and lootboxes disgust me, especially with the tactics that are implemented.

@_xadrnx_6371 2 года назад

I think they over exaggerate it to prove a point like how smoke weed, cigarettes, and drugs. I think this one is to cater to children since most adults already know how to budget. kids however is a different story

@klaviergavin5401 2 года назад

mmmm i smell an addict

@equil2337 2 года назад

It's sad to see comments like this. When lootboxes were just becoming a thing, all there was was outrage and disgust about it. Now there's plenty of people saying "They're not that bad". It's confirmation that the standard has been successfully changed, people are now accepting what was previously unacceptable and these companies will continue to exploit that as much as they can. They rely on your exact mentality of acceptance to continually push the envelope to make previously unacceptable practices acceptable and have no regard for how said practices effect the end user, as long as it rakes in more cash.

@dhayalansivagi9945 3 года назад

this is why i dont spend for random chances in game..only for guaranteed stuff

@xrstopherpopp120 2 года назад

As an adult gamer, I seldom use my phone, but when I do I'm impressed and concerned by the play to win aspect and how it influences kids. Leave it to Asia to show us the results years in advance.

@axelmtm 2 года назад

Let's go!!! Waiting for ganyu rerun 🤣

@1DheyMofo 3 года назад

ain't no one blaming that guy, 'cause we all did fall for the ice queen Ganyu. lol

@gracykrazy 3 года назад

"That's hell you are walking into"

@orichalchem 2 года назад

(See Ganyu climbing) I really love that beautiful sweet... Personality

@jasonwilmsen6404 2 года назад

I live in Belgium, no loot boxes banned here, can still go crazy in hearthstone (1600 euro account already...)

@spons394 3 года назад

Everyone is a f2p, free to play --> force to pay Genshin is worth my money, gimme them husbandos and waifus

@imretarded4841 2 года назад

More like force to play

@MrCmon113 2 года назад

You're not forced to do anything. Those games are just like TCGs, lotteries or sports bets.

@TheTeaParty320 3 года назад

In my day, you see more than two birds on a wire, and the whole school start betting in which one flies off first. Those were the days when Singapore had overhead powerlines and telephone wires. We even bet on the exact time the teacher will enter the class by betting on the closest five second blocks. We even bet on the number of times the teacher says particular words in a period. Boy, did we have fun gambling.

@Chorith77 2 года назад

As much as I like playing mobile and computer games since I was young, I barely spent money on those games.

@Unknown_Ooh 2 года назад

Spent all of her money on a mobile game and then asks boyfriend for money so she can eat? He should've left her right then. Major red flags.

@mnslife8160 2 года назад

The most invest I ever had with a game was COC and i have never even spend any money before quiting it, nowdays my fav games are chess after watching queens gambit😂 which literally cost 0$ to play

@temasekb 3 года назад

Just treat it as an expensive lesson and move on. Usually such things need to be experienced by oneself, it's very hard to educate those that have not found themselves in that situation. Better to learn now than later.

@LittleSaint425 2 года назад

Sad part is that 10 to 20 year later the server goes out all your investment goes down the drain. Lol this why I going back to console and retro games playstyle. 20 year later my save files are still there. "Fun fact" old gams just work when you pop it in and no need to pay to get whatever your looking for.

@dumbmoot1708 2 года назад

Seeing how much they've spent makes me feel good about quitting in the hundreds across many different games.

@vivoslibertos 3 года назад

The golden rule of F2P games is: You pay you loose. It's all just a method of dopamine addiction digital virtual version.

@redfjxgamingmobilegames7883 3 года назад

x50-100 pulls for guaranteed SSR unit seems fair until u realised developers are releasing new characters on weekly/bi-weekly basis :(

@chomperplant2843 2 года назад

I used to remember Maplestory Cosmetic was really dumb, you get to keep your accessory until 3 months later and lose it. Plus those who are meta type of people will always lose more money than gaining money.

@cloudywood4197 2 года назад

It's even worse now...but i still love that game

@yale_elay9162 2 года назад

Im gonna starve my self for ganyu. I'm gonna enter the squid game for ganyu

@geoffwildones 3 года назад

HAHAHAHHA " SHE HAS A VERY NICE VOICE AND I LIKE HER PERSONALITY " FML

@jxxfrst2211 3 года назад

my guy really no hope stay home to long

@MrCmon113 2 года назад

Why not? Ain't no difference between a fictional person and a distant one as far as your penis is concerned.

@xyoopridex 2 года назад

genshin impact was my first ever garcha game and I've been enjoying the experience with it by spending around $5~$10 per month as it seemed reasonable amount to support the game. One thing I truly regret is that the banner I've wanted to roll on happened to be released on the day I was hella depressed; spent $400 impulsively. This gave me one hell of a wave of guiltiness as I've never spent such money on a single game before (I've always been a free-to-play player and only spend on games I truly enjoy (usually $10~20) . I've stopped spending money completely since then and have been free-to-play for around 5 month now; I don't intend to spend money on this game ever again and I'll make sure this will be my first and last gacha game.

@tukangojek1335 2 года назад

$400 over single banner? Bruh are you pulling weapon or aiming for c6?

@xyoopridex 2 года назад

@@tukangojek1335 nah it was weapon banner that had both staff of homa and wolf's gravestone and I was trying to get both lol. The regret is still lingering there but I've overcome my impulsiveness and haven't spent a dime for 5 months and plan to keep it that way.

@qilinK 2 года назад

i love ganyu's JP voice too its so smooth and satisfying

@lazomaniac 2 года назад

I was heading this direction with saint seiya awakening when I realized no matter how much I spent on it, there were always people stronger than me, and pve adjusted accordingly as well, what is worse is that it actually became less fun cause the higher you go the more restricted the amount of characters you can use.

@pinkguywholikesanime1104 3 года назад

“Young young time dun understand value of money” no it was more of an addiction for me and overtime I personally realised that the game isn’t that good it’s just temporary add ons