Why Are Gacha Games So Good At Making You Spend Money? 

Do you consider gacha games as gambling?

I think gacha games should be given a rating that matches the legal gambling age in their respective countries they release it in.

Video Game Companies: "It's not gambling, it's surprise mechanics." Trading Card Game Companies: *whistling and slowly walking away

This is why I like roguelikes. You can get shafted by RNG but at least your wallet doesn't suffer.

I'd like to clarify that gacha and loot boxes are usually imposed or pushed by publishers, not developers

kinda surprised that there isn’t a small section dedicated to FGO because it’s kind of the final boss of gacha games because it does not have pity in any form, and in this year, they finally added a pity system into the game on japanese servers first, 7yrs after it was initially released there

"its more like a lotery system" yes those are regulated the same as gambling here. guess thats why gacha is banned here in many games.

It's 100% gambling, as are lootboxes.

I've always assumed the name came from the words "Got You" -> "Got Ya" -> "Gotcha" -> "Gacha"

I LOVED Maplestory 🍁, but I never used the gatchapon, the whole idea of paying good money and most likely not getting what I wanted bothers me to my core. I'm careful with my money so the whole idea of gambling or lottery is not something I'm into. I ONCE spent $50 on Overwatch lootboxes and I will never do it again. Same thing with Apex, with how often I get absolute crap in a lootbox spending money rather than time on them seems stupid.

Its 100% gambling, even if you consider it more as lottery system it would still be gambling.

Tl;Dr monetization is one matter, actual game quality and enjoyment is another. One thing not quite touched upon in this video: a reason why people who *don't* chase after the dopamine rush of rare pulls (read: have a smidge of self-control) *still* play gacha games is that these can be genuinely fun games and you can see a lot of effort is put into them. For example, Arknights is a tower-defense strategy game with engaging levels and many different tactics and combinations to try out. There is a lot of care put into their writing and stories. The character designs are genuinely stylish and don't simply go for "awooga big booba." And the music they make for the game? Absolutely slaps. They even take the time to make EP's you won't even hear in-game and upload them to their RU-vid channel. For all that, I don't mind spending a reasonable amount every so often on gacha pulls to keep it all going.

3:38 You know you are a Genshin Player when you recognize Yae Miko and Eula just from the shadows.

I Always considered Gacha more as a monetization scheme and less as a game genre and yes, it's absolutely gambling. I don't really mind it as long as i can get "Paid" content for free at a reasonable timespan. The best examples i can think of are Arknights and Azur Lane. Great games that are so generous with their F2P players that you question why would you even need to pay anything. The main thing about the Gacha monetization scheme is that the game must be really good and F2P friendly so it can keep people interested in it, but also have some kind of incentive for whales to go all in like... Getting that limited ultra rare waifu or something.

hearing maplestory ost makes me cry immediately please keep using them in your videos

I won't deny the "high" I get when I pull a high rarity character from a gacha, but I think the key to enjoying gacha games is working with what you have and coming up with your own compositions or strategies to overcome the challenges of general game progression. Gacha games aren't for everyone though. They're better for people who have self-discipline, patience, and can make cost-effective decisions about whether to save or spend, whether it be for Meta, Waifu/Husbando, or both.

I remember MapleStory before it became a full-blown gacha game. It always had optional gacha elements, but it went completely off the rails as soon as they added percent equips and cubes. It became pay-to-win so quickly that it felt like my favorite game-and many other people’s favorite game-was completely stripped away. Combine that with constant class releases that vastly outplayed the adventurer classes, and it felt like a slap in the face to so many veteran players.

While I don't enjoy gacha games, I sure had a lot of fun rolling gacha toys when I visited Japan.

Never spent a dime on gacha games or loot boxes or anything, seems so pointless to me

*Opening 100s of lootboxes* "when do i get to the game?" "This IS the game!"

"Its not gambling, its a lottery" lotteries are a form of gambling

i had a f2p gacha game addiction phase where i download every gacha games i could find and play it for a week or or 2 without paying money. at the end i played about 70 games and the only one that stick are FGO, Genshin, and Hatsune miku colorful stage (which is only here just for the sole reason i like vocaloid songs). oddly enough i just started spending on genshin after 2 years or so of playing but i havent put a single dime on FGO even when i played it for 4 years straight and that game does not have a pity system.

1:30 that soundtrack of Elsword brought back so many memories 🤣🤣

Something on the controversial flipside of gacha monetization systems is how it's allowed countless small indie developers to make the games they wanted to and have a huge breakout hit, given the approachability of their usually free-to-play nature. Pretty much all the large chinese gacha games today stem from small indie developers. miHoYo, Yostar, Hypergryph, Sunborn, they all started as starry eyed college student nerds making games for fun. Now all of them are on top of their own world.

...In my opinion, the difference between "gambling" and "lottery" is functionally semantic -- people who spend money on these games do so with very little guarantee of any worthwhile return. Whether that return is the same currency or access to digital product is irrelevant; that money is spending all the same, and there's no limit to how deep a hole they can dig. As such, and at the _very_ least even regardless, there need to be regulations on gachas focused on protecting people from predatory practices in them.

Honestly cannot believe that a video about Gacha does not explicitly mention FGO.

I thought Gacha = "Got Ya!" Exclaimed when you finally get the item you want 🤣🤣🤣🤣

You talked about Fire Emblem Heroes.... This is truly a excellent video, never thought you'll get "Want a strategy gacha game" the subject is entierly reviewed, this was really pleasant to watch :D

Yes the odds of getting rewards in lootboxes have to be public, but as far as I know there hasn't really been a noticeable difference in the amount of money players spent

I think its only gambling if it is possible to re-sell the items, but it should be regulated either way as it obscures the true cost of purchases, publishing the numbers isnt enough imho, people are overloaded with choices and numbers in the information age, we need to cool it with throwing dozens of statistics at people and expecting them to be able to parse it and make rational choices.

There's few channels I'll watch every single video from beginning to end. This is one of them. I would like to award you with the highest honor I can bestow: The notification bell

One funny interaction with gacha that I have is with F/GO. been playing it for a few years and haven't spent a single cent on it. The rates are horrible and you would think that it will entice me into spending, but no. Between the fact that its expensive af, actually f2p friendly(seriously),and just the whole process being so impractical it just pushes me away from spending. You either have to go big or don't even think about it. it basically gatekeeps its own microtransactions lol.

There's always been a very hard "east vs west" mentality on gambling cultures; I mean, just look how even outside of gachapon how many jrpgs feature straight gambling mini-games as a major way to farm gold or really just the "bonus area" for mini-games (Dragon Quest, Pokemon, Final Fantasy's Golden Saucer ect...). I think it's also just kinda plainly been a hard red flag over here considering how any vague relations to gambling are given hard looks. But I think it's at least unholistic, if not somewhat disingenuous if not kinda...inconsiderate if we don't at least compare other mobile monetization models (eg the Candy crush time/stamina gating and just straight paying to progress in other casual games like Farmville). At the very least, with Gacha being always in the spotlight, it's rather more suspicious then that with how hungry the game industry was for money that the Western Monetization despite raking in both big bucks from Candy Crush sales and Flappy Bird infamy kinda...hasn't actually re-invested back in itself. There's also the major development counter point of the fact that the rest of the game is """""free"""" tho debates on freemium to pay to gamble to win (more importantly in games with Pvp, pay to stay on top of the meta). Genshin Impact has pretty much given all the death glares for how much money can be dropped...it at least gives you a full complementary team to play a game that's like at least 3/5ths the size of BotW for no down payment. It's like the really understated, if not outright invisible cost (or lack there of) that for all the news and headlines of the 2 or 3 completely screwed over Gacha whale addicts that funnel down thousands in a lost cause...that's actually paying for basically the rest of the game for the rest of the "minnows" or even those that play for free. At best I can really play devil's advocate and there are still blatant fundamental design choices that funnel back and forth to how the Gacha system interacts. Even if you weren't actually paying real money, if you've ever played a virtual based card game, you'd know the pains of never having the one piece your deck needs and whether you make due with what you have or grind hard to perfect your baby. (Actually this is probably even more apt a comparison since Magic Arena you can grind for wild cards...eventually, like once after a full week...or just buy packs...but not most singles). Ultimately it's worth throwing out there just how much a power difference to necessity to enjoying a game (yes even if the waifu collecting is the whole appeal) it is for just rolling the slots, Arknights probably still the posterchild for "most apologetic and merciful gacha system so far", or Another Eden which can just hand you a full 40 hr mobile rpg from the Chrono Trigger og devs that you can just sit back and play with the standard party, no rolling necessary (maybe post game and second arc tho, but also it's indefinite event system does wonders).

Lottery IS gambling lol.

If a game is free to play, and the game is still fully playable with a gacha mechanic and not predatory then I dont think its truly bad, but if the game heavily relies on such a system I do think the game should be shunned. Paid games are especially awful when this type of system is in it. I would love to see gacha and lootboxes gone from games but thats never gonna happen, the market is just too big and too many people willing to blow their money.

To me i always look at gacha game like a strategic distribution of your resources I rarely spend money, only pull when there is a great chance i get it and always look out for good f2p options

Thanks for featuring one of my favorite operator, Earthspirit. 4:28

Ah yes I hecking love Jenshin

Its simple if you have to pay 40-60bucks for a single pull on a gacha of a free gane. That game is made to milk ur wallet. Since you can buy a full/complete game with that ammout, you would need to be dement at the very least to invest more than that in a free game, where there are new gachas every month that will outdoo your new units in a blink of an eye.

Here is my take on Gacha Games as there are reasons why this business model in Game seems to work very well in the Gaming market nowadays, is how they are implemented into the games itself. I could also say there are a very huge difference between the model Asia's Gacha system and western's loot box system as their differences can be quite obvious as little as it may be. When it comes to Gacha Games, the model is simply enough; they make a Free-to-play game, add in the Gacha system, and at least have percentage shown for how you would get the character, even with the Pity system. As for the Western Lootbox system, even if you make the game free, it is about the model and percentage of how the item you would get for the game. For some reason, I'm more OK with the Gacha model better than the Lootbox model with more reasons I could think off. Also, let me give you the reason why that Gacha games are more successfull that Lootbox. In my view, Lootbox you only get mostly coating and skins on either your character, your weapons, and more. As for the Gacha, you straight up role for a character, an item or a weapon that you will use in the Game. And lastly, Gacha games is dominant with Anime-like design as it has more appeal to the anime community.

I am definitely not a big fan of Gacha games, but if there is ONE gacha game I would ever consider recommending, it's Arknights. The reason why Arknights is somewhat better than most Gachas out there is that it's relatively F2P, and you can basically play the entire game no problem without a single 6 star. They also have both hard and soft pitty, so the first 10 pulls in any banner give 100% at least one 5 star, and your already somewhat fair 6 star drop chance just goes up. Also, they have no equipment that could drop from pulls, so you are guarantied at least a 3 star operator from every pull (which ironically makes 1 stars very hard to get), and their gacha is only the way to get the newest of operators, as most a bit older operators are obtainable through recruitment, a system where you can choose multiple tags and the time you want to wait (1-9 hours) and depending on those get a certain operator with the chosen tags. If some are contradicting (like defender ranged or something) or with bad luck, they might not have the chosen tag, but if you get a top operator tag, and put in 9 hours, you are sure to get a 6 star. But honestly, what makes it better than most gacha games is that gacha isn't the main part of the game. Some 6 stars can be worse than 3 stars in some scenarios, strategy is the most important part about the game, being a tower defence. Also, the game has actually a pretty good story and world building, unlike most games of it's genre. Every operator has a story to tell, and the story mode itself is important, and even every event adds new information about characters and the world. There are also a lot of welfare operators (so basically free operators, usually 5 stars, rarely 6 stars, that are tied to that specific event and are unlocked once you finish a certain stage [mission, so basically what the gameplay is about] of the event), basically one every two events, and free skins and premium currency. Unlike other games of the gacha genre, it isn't just a cash cow, but an actually challenging and fun game with a gacha mechanic, like it should be.

Me: Watching this while doing my arknights AFK

Gacha is not gambling 😅 and people should stop trying to say “it is gambling hence it is BAAAD 🤡”. There is no direct way of re-monetizong good luck in gacha, I really don’t see why people are so confused about it, but anyways: Even if it WAS gambling, people should be entitled to their own money and self control or lack there of it. Governments should never try to paternalize on the matter, it is not a government responsibility; personal finance is a personal matter. If that sounds ridiculously obvious, that’s because it is.

Thanks for the informative video!

One of my takes on Gacha's is a key problem with the mindset for it, as evident from the line "At Gacha drawing, players will lose when they fail to get an item they desire." Whilst I can understand wanting a specific item, I always thought the appeal of a random obtainable was like in a Pokémon Nuzlocke, Roguelite, or Trading Card Game, where the fun is seeing what you can make work with what you get randomly. The endless desire for something specific rather ruins the potential appeal. As for whether Gacha is gambling, well it certainly seems to have had a similar effect and regulations to keep it in-line with laws on gambling would make sense. Yet funny enough, it never felt that way in the form of Gachapon's... I suppose I can just see more appeal in being rewarded with something physical rather than digital.

My only concern with regulations is that it could inspire people who know very little about video games to make big changes in the game industry, and not always for the better. There was a time when people were so hung up on video game violence that they wanted to ban video games all together. I'd rather the game industry just grow how it wants and have consumers be responsible for spending their money wisely. Additionally we could use school programs to educate children on the dangers of gacha games and other online hazards so that more people go into adulthood knowing better.

1:26 Elsword OST. Clever and fitting for this video

My number one method to play gacha game (or loot box) is simply: Am I really gonna pay money just for some stupid PNG files? Besides, most gacha games keep doing the stupid as sh*t bright screen animation when opening them. I believe it is a way to trigger people's dopamine, but to me, it burns my eye and fries my brain cell so I just skip them entirely or close my eye when opening them. Checkmate corporation

I have always considered Gacha as gambling, or well, slot machines. That said, there are ways to enjoy them responsibly much like gambling. I'm a working adult, so I do have a good enough money sense to be aware of my own expenses. I also make myself aware of the hooks and tricks games use for players to shell out money so I don't get blindsided. When games have pity systems, always expect to reach said pity when you are pulling for a desired character / weapon / item and plan accordingly. Don't be hooked with the mindset of "maybe my waifu will come out on my next pull, and another, and another". That's dangerous as you tend to swipe more if you don't plan properly.

Its 100% gambling, BUT unlike loot boxes you can gamble for free with some games including a pity system and constant events that rewards from small amounts to large amounts of pulls so all you really are gambling is your time, spending money is OPTIONAL and is not required (in some games it is, although those are generally terrible ones). In general most gacha games are generally F2P friendly and spending large amounts of cash for an item or waifu/husbando is optional as they can still be obtained F2P wise.

Had been a slave to gachas for 14 years, have been sober for 5 months it is the best feeling to finally kick it. I suggest anyone does the deed and quit it if they still play these games.

Another aspect that I believe should be pointed out is that actual gambling (with table games and such) is outlawed in Japan, which is why gacha games and Pachinko are so popular there. On my part, I feel that gacha games are fine as long as you avoid the most prevalent traps (FOMO, impulsive spending of resources, etc.) and plan what you want to do in the long run.

The addition of birthday train for the outro has made me happier

I've been a Fire Emblem Heroes player since its launch day and I think it is a really friendly for been a gacha game. It has some questionable things like a subscription pass, but they over they time have updated the gacha system with good features like: 1) Move old 5 stars characters to a special category, and if you pull one it won't break your rate 2) If you do 40 pulls, you can choose one the 5 stars focus characters of the banner. I don't know if these features are in other gacha games because FEH is my first gacha and I haven't play another one but I feel that this one is really friendly with its gacha system.

oo nice Elsword music at 1:21 It makes me nostalgic!

Fantastic Video.

While I have many issues with the game, one thing I love about FE Heroes is the 5star percentage rates. The maps are short to clear, and the amount of orbs you need to summon are small and very easy to get. I am usually able to get at least one of the five stars I want from a certain banner, with only a few hours of gameplay.

There's a reason why I never pay on gacha (I played GFL, Arknights, and Azur Lane) I just play the game, also the game will be exponentially easier if you pay, so I never pay to these company even tho Yostar is quite generous than other, but still I don't want to support the gambling part, so I just play the game with occasional rolls from pve resources (farm, clearing stages, ect)

Its the player's money, ultimately their choice to spend and gamble with it, pray for rngesus.

Played Brawl Stars for a little while but dipped when I realized how bad the gacha aspects were late game despite it being pretty F2P friendly overall. Now they have removed the gacha element entirely and I'm so surprised and very excited to play again! It's sad to see so many younger players upset they removed literal gambling from the game. It's like they have no other reference for what F2P games can be without loot boxes.

Gacha IS gambling. IMO we really need tougher regulation on the video game market.

Yoooo els ost omg !!!! Nice one

Pokémon is the OG gacha game, you go to certain areas (gacha machine), roll your dice and randomly encounters a ‘character’ that you want, and depending on the ball you use there is a chance you might not able to get what you wanted, so you either have to trade with your friend, or spend more time and in-game money to play the slot. Games like Pokémon is like you buying the entire gacha machine, but still have to play by the rules to get its content. ‘Free’ gacha games is just the casino, where you pay to play and you might not get anything, even after paying the same if not more money than the actual cost of the machine itself. When everything is ‘Free’, you are the product.

as a gacha player f2p, i felt that gacha is gambling even tho im f2p and grind the hell out of the game its still a gamble. But in some case is optional, because you dont really need the character from the gacha. But sometimes the game make that character so op that you need it, i think i like what umamusume does, they have this limit card system where you can only spend amount of dollar for one month and also gave that pity system so its kind of fair. But in the end gacha is still gacha so yea its still gambling

I wonder if there's a study that compares people who spend a lot on gatcha vs actual casinos and which is more dangerous. Like are the whales who spend thousands on a mihoyo game or FGO also spending on slots or blackjack?

Overwatch Loot Boxes still haunt me 👻

Gotta love that Midnight Train at the end

I once got into a game called Sinoalice, also that Tectone guy he makes good content and I learned the game through his tutorials as he teaches how to optimize a F2P approach to these gacha games but he's also honest about his status as a "whale" player and that $500 gets you nothing clip sums it up well, but yeah I poured several hours playing the game getting the items and characters I wanted and I was in a solid guild and mostly everyone was F2P too, but it was a matter of time we hit the ranks with a lot of whale guilds and it we were stuck, because our growth ratio was way slower compared to those who purchased rolls all the time, and even though we liked the game, we were not in the mindset of pouring real money for PNGs, (guess that's why I never falled for NFTs) but also these mobile gacha games are like mostly RPG like and there's not that much player input during gameplay so no matter how much we trained in the end if our equipment was of a lower level, the enemies will be making the bigger numbers we were destined to lose so there's that too, and in the end I quitted yet I remember the game fondly for the time I was playing it.

I don't like the gacha mechanic, and fight against their inclusion in western games, but I do enjoy several games that _have_ gacha mechanics, such as Genshin Impact. It';s just a fantastic game by any reasonable measure. I just avoid _spending_ in the game to get better gacha odds. I only spend a few bucks a month based on enjoying the content they produce and will never up my spending just to get some character I really want.

I'm addicted. Been for 3.5 years. Aaaah.

bring back maple story 2 :/

Lottery is not gambling, just because the end result is "different"? Lmao, that's the definition of gambling, it`s not about the result, it's about the risk, and at the end of the day, both strategies are gamble. Both are addictive, both have misleading odds and both can destroy your bank account if you're not careful. Gacha just "normalized" the market on the last decade, bringing microtransactions along the way, which sucks. It can be enjoyed without spending (depending on the game, ofc), but like pointed out by the end of the video, as long as a few whales support it, the system will go on.

As a person who had spent $3490 total on mobile games (FGO, Dagalia Lost, and Touhou Lost Word), I do agree that it is a form of gambling like slots. It becomes unhealthy when the spending becomes to much for a person when they spend more than they can truly afford. In my case, I have not spend those $3500 in a short time, it was over a year and I keep an excel sheet tracking every spending with a description on where and who for the big spending just be aware when to just save instead of spend. I even try to plan my spending ahead of time by putting money to the side just so I can spend on the stupid and not financially smart purchases like gachas or anime figures. As long as you are aware on what you spent and its money you already planned on the side to be used on your stupid actions, I don't see an issue with spending it on gachas, but in turn when you spend without checking yourself, do not even bother spending on them.

I llove that Epic 7 had been shown. Love that game. And im totally f2p and very high level player

Thanks for the vid

Are CCGs also gacha games? I would say yes. The business model of hearthstone and magic are basically exactly the same as genshin. CCGs have had complete gacha since they first came out. Want to build that deck you want? sorry you need there 3 legendary cards that have a tiny drop chance, go spend 200 dollars on card packs.

Gambling should be legalized for adults world-wide, then add Gacha gaming into gambling. I have no problem with banning this stuff for children, but adults should be allowed to decide for themselves how they want to spend their money.

Mihoyo really elevate or redefine gacha to the next level, and im glad something like Elden Ring exist and Ubisoft NFT accident happen so that unhinge exec will consider their game more carefully or probably not. Monetization isnt something u should prioritize it should be a tool to make ur progress easier not more (yes i oppose paid DLC stuff)

Gachapon toys are also the direct inspiration for Pokeballs

Even plants vs zombies garden warfare 2 had a gacha system its so funny

For the algorithm nice vids btw

I like gatcha games on android but I hate gambling being associated with them as a monetization method. Gambling refers to playing a game of chance by paying a certain amount of money as a participation fee for a chance to win anything from a common prize that is worth nothing to something ultra rare that is worth a lot to the winner. Obviously most Android f2p games don't outright expect players to pay upfront to roll the dice on getting whatever it is the game uses gatcha mechanics on (item, armor or character). But they do use a limited token currency to control the experience. Some games lock these tokens away entirely behind pay walls, while others give you maybe one token per day as reward for daily participation. Still others try a bit of both (alchemy star because I play the game and have seen them implement purchase only tokens twice so far). While they are not barring players from getting the tokens to chance at getting a rare or legendary character the drop rate for rare and legendary items after the honeymoon (1st 2 months after launch) period is reduced to drastically that players who started playing the game at launch experience severe withdrawal symptoms as they notice the lowered frequency of drops more clearly then late participant (I know because I experienced it while playing alchemy star). It is a marketing strategy involving psychological coercion to force player into tapping into that urge to pay money to get more tokens and get the euphoria of winning the legendary characters. I really don't like this monetization tactic as it causes unnecessary stress to the participant and can psychologically destabilize a completely normal person by drawing out their compulsion to gamble and financially ruin themselves. Gatcha games on android need to stop doing that. If they expect people to pay money no matter what they should just switch to paid gaming model so there is no pretenses between the publisher and consumer who are prepared to pay on what degree of monetization to expect. Those gatcha games that still insist on f2p model, should dial back on exclusivity of paid merchandise that is to say if a games main focus is waifu collection then keep the drop rate fair (not 2% but 20%), reduce the number of tokens that need to be used before mercy system kicks in to an amount that is fair enough (based on the games token income rate and event period length) to happen during the period of the event rather then 5 events later. And most importantly only put customizing items like outfit change or character appearance change or upgrade items that players can alternatively get by daily grinding behind pay walls instead of putting specific waifus or stories (including side stories) that are part of the games core gameplay features behind pay walls. Although I used alchemy star as an example, I have to add that AS is probably far less offensive in respect to forcing players into using real money compared to many high end gatcha games on android. I actually play AS because although recently they have experimented with purchase only gatcha tokens and side stories locked behind pay walls, they are still a lot less coercive as players can freely acquire practically all upgrade material simply by playing the game daily and using the gatcha tokens they get daily. If players happen to get duplicate characters they are simply converted to upgrade material or currency tokens to purchase items from one of 5 in game token stores. I have misgivings about their gatcha drop rate and lack of mercy system, I think it is still a lot less aggressive in its monetization practice compared to others...for now at least.

Interesting how there's no mention of Magic Arena or Hearthstone, which are even worse forms of gambling as it's literally pay to win.

8:08 HAHAHA kektone homa pull, that's a classic

Loved to see Arknights getting some representation in this video. The developers and publishers of Arknights do an excellent job and are very generous comparatively. It's not necessarily the most generous but you could make a case that if you adjust for the quality of content/gameplay that it is 1 of, if not the most, generous gacha game. I feel like you missed a significantly important point in that the Gacha model allows some of the players to get a $100 Million dollar development game (such as Genshin Impact) completely for free and still get to acquire some of the rare and exclusive characters as well (though obviously not as many of them). Debatably, you could argue that the F2P players are "spending" their time but it's literally a game, and a good one at that. So if they're getting rewarded for playing a game how is that spending time? More likely than not they're able to counteract other stressful elements in their life (i.e. work) through this leisure time as well. Though I will grant that the wrong personality can get stressed out (or at least accrue some stress) from the Gacha system as well.

I'm kind of surprised trading card games weren't mentioned.

I may not have spent money i have sure spent a whole year of my life (that i will never get back) saving up for a hyped waifu that's coming out in a couple of months. 100% Gambling.

In Australia, the Lotto is seen as gambling

Hey it's my favorite RU-vidr Daboki at 3:18 !

i love gachas cause every player has a unique experience. No one has the same account and its really fun to share with people. but yes its gambling

As a life long player of competitive card games, I have always compared the loot box mechanic to the card pack mechanic. Obvious to me now, that its all just gacha and has its forms everywhere.

i get why Maple would be on here but idk if i would call it a gacha game really. good vid tho, also super happy i kicked the FGO addiction been nice.

Genshin in general is just cruel, the game mechanics are so complex and fun but i'll never spend any money on it.

It's worse than gambling because the prizes have no value and an expiration date.

My take on Gacha game. Its my choice to play or not to play them. And for the most part I love most of them. Ive played around 18 in the last year and only spent money on 2 cause of collabs. Outside that regardless how much I want a unit if have enough self control to keep being f2p.

The Maplestory music is such a nostalgia trip

7:30 I didn't expect to see you here Master Pendragon

i think every single game offering gacha mechanics should be rated 18+ & far heavier regulated, with notices on how much money you have spent.

there another kind of this game that makes you hope to get something with an extremely low chance, but you'll still do it anyway no matter how long it took or how many investment you have to put in, but it's free(-ish) mmo or rpg with drop chance for their items

It's gambling, but without the monetary return. I remember as a kid I used to go nuts for Yu-Gi-Oh cards and packs. Now, years later, I have a bunch of cards I don't play with anymore. It was never the having, it was the getting, and it's the same with these games, but the price is too damn high. It's literally higher than some can afford.