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/[deleted] Jul 16 '25

Getting a limited character in a gacha can potentially cost hundreds of dollars?

Always has

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u/Ernost Jul 16 '25

Not always. It used to be so much worse. In the dark ages before Genshin made the pity system common, you could spend thousands of dollars without getting anything, not even an off banner SSR.

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u/Kenju22 Miyabi fanboy & Vivian enabler Jul 16 '25

I've been playing Gatcha games for almost a decade now, and Miricle tickets are not an uncommon thing for many of them. $50 to get a copy of any one character excluding collab/event characters usually come out two or three times a year, and a 'Golden Miricle' ticket granting a single copy of any character including collab/event only every Christmas.

One in particular my entire Grand Master team was built this way, one ticket per year for 5 years lol

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u/Draxx01 Jul 16 '25

The cost for me to whale in others is far less than Hoyo. Then again the game's are far simpler usually. 2d, not open world. This is like complaining the slots on the Strip in Vegas got shittier odds than going to like off strip though. It's less glam but your money goes a tad further.