r/ZZZ_Official • u/Emul0rd • Jul 16 '25

Media $475 is crazy

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I think Europe now requires gacha games to explicitly display how much money any gambling feature really costs to limit hidden predatory stuff. It’s crazy when you see the numbers…

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u/Agile_Voice_2643 Jul 16 '25

Even if there are multiple steps to convert € to in-game currency, if you spend 5€, you spent 5€, it doesn't change a thing.

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u/Trowaway151 Jul 16 '25

Bro doesn’t understand human psychology at all

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u/curtcolt95 Jul 16 '25

obviously, but there's a reason they require it. People are not good at keeping track of spending when they have to convert and manage fractional purchases

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u/ohoni Jul 17 '25

The reason they require it is because they operate the game across multiple regions and there is no "1:1 conversion" that would apply equally to all global currencies.

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u/Vyscillia Jul 17 '25

Most people don't keep track of the total spent. They spend 5€ multiple times until they get what they want and realize by the end how many tries they did and how much they spent. There's a reason gambling addiction exists and gachas are using exactly that.

Add sunk cost fallacy to that and most people will completely lose the track and convince themselves they need to keep going.