For what it’s worth, the “loot boxes” are quite fair because of the pity system:
- Every 10 pulls you’ll get one if the featured 4* characters
- Within 90 pulls you’re guaranteed to get a 5* (though you’ll almost certainly get it between 74-80 pulls)
- When you get a 5*, there’s a 50% chance of getting the featured character
- If you lose the 50/50, the next 5* will be the featured character.
- The pity system persists through each banner.
Each patch, free players will have enough resources to guarantee one of the featured characters and their signature weapon (provided they do their daily tasks and clear the content).
I’ve been playing Star Rail since launch, never purchased any premium currency. It’s certainly the fairest form of gacha I’ve seen.
It kinda sucks that Hoyo is being targeted, when the system is so transparent and forgiving. There are MUCH more predatory systems out there.
Ah yes, gambling with just enough fairness to keep you gambling.
Known violent psycho and sociopath SSSniperWolf is also specifically cited as recieving over $100,000 for two short videos which directly promoted the game’s obscured lootbox mechanics to her audience of millions of children
Professional studios games really has gone downhill. Who the hell wants loot boxes?
… Is this a joke?
The vast majority of the gaming market, if you go by generated sales revenue, has been mobile gacha games with lootbox / mtx / in game currency transactions for almost a decade now.
This is why basically every major AAA ‘live service’ game is primarily constructed and rushed out the door as a minimum viable product in terms of being a good game, but very robust and well developed in terms of the game’s primary purpose, which is to serve as a platform, a monopsonist market for in game items, cosmetics, battle passes, etc.
Its been like this for almost a decade
“Gamers, in rage, rushes to CS:GO as a protest.”
Counterstrike 2* noob. You can’t really stop the casinos :| well you can, buuut… well etc etc something or other clever. N*s can bet on fricking anything anyway, might as well regulate it. Wild our global society didn’t learn from American alcohol prohibition kek
Cannot silence those Norwegian freedom of speech!
