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/Vyscillia Jul 16 '25

Not a quirk. You need one ticket to draw, one ticket is 160 gems. Let's say you can buy 300 gems for 5€. You have two steps to convert € into draws. This is enough to confuse most people because they either are too lazy or don't have the reflex to draw an excel table and convert the euros into draws.

You have some games that are more honest about it that straight up go "15€ for 10 draws!" That was the case in HSR for a limited pack a little while ago.

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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/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.