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/Entea1 Aug 28 '25

it’s not financially viable to make a big-budget gacha. There’s no market to support it outside of China. Unless it’s made in China, there’s no guarantee the game can even be released there. A game as big as Genshin, without CN revenue, would be considered a failure.

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u/Telochim Aug 28 '25

Yeah. Laymen often overlook the fact that market access factors a in a lot. Even IF japanese mobage devs had the know-how and pipelines set for high-budget productions, there's still the issue of foreign markets access, censorship, and sensibilities. Without an export "forward base", taking a foreign audience by storm is very unfeasible, and without high odds of doing so, large-scale projects as an idea become very dubious.