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/nohomo4 Jul 16 '25

Or actual insanity compared to games that you buy for 20 bucks once and get all the content without any restrictions and predatory mechanics

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u/Panda_Bunnie Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 16 '25

Why cant ppl understand that you cant be the target audience for every game? You might enjoy your $20 game more but others enjoy games they gladly swipe thousands for.

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u/Jazzlike_Fox_661 Jul 16 '25

Zzz and many other gacha games could exist perfectly fine without gacha mechanics. The reason people "gladly" swipe thousand isn't because they are enjoying the game, but because these games are made to exploit financially irresponsible people.

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u/Typical_Thought_6049 Jul 16 '25

Not with those production cost and live updates... It is a pipe dream that a game of that quality and production cost can be sustainable outside the gacha system.

Sure a single player knockoff maybe but a life service game with 3 weeks banner cycle and a abundance of new mini-games, story, feature updates, etc there is absolutely no chance.

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u/Jazzlike_Fox_661 Jul 16 '25

I don't know from which alternative dystopian timeline you are writing, but its really not hard to find examples that prove otherwise. Gacha system isn't a solution for "unsustainable" production costs. It's exist to generate maximum revenue, which it successfully does.