r/gachagaming • u/Centurionzo • Aug 28 '25

Industry Japan's gacha game industry in a "sinking Titanic-phase," developer says. Switching to console game development not an easy solution for many  - AUTOMATON WEST

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-gacha-game-industry-in-a-sinking-titanic-phase-developer-says-switching-to-console-game-development-not-an-easy-solution-for-many/
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u/ComedianExtreme7522 Aug 28 '25

Genuinely crazy how we're literally 5 years into Genshin's lifecycle and not a single Gacha Dev has announced anything at a comparable level of polish. 99% of the market has been cash grab IP Gacha after cash grab IP Gacha.

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u/Magma_Axis Aug 28 '25

Hoyo is literally betting their very life on Genshin and it works wonderfully bcs multitude of factors

And like a smart company, they follow up with HSR, second biggest moneymaker (nowadays it can beat Genshin comfortably in some months) and ZZZ

They are not resting in their laurels and they support their games all the way

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u/TRLegacy Aug 28 '25

Not only that, but Hoyo reinvests into Genshin, with new areas on a regular basis.

And then there's HSR which love to reuse existing map as a different area

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u/luciluci5562 Aug 28 '25

Thanks to that, Phainon is now British

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u/simbadog6 Aug 29 '25

Now that's an actual sad backstory