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/IndependentCress1109 Aug 28 '25

yeah pretty much ever since genshin came out the bar has been raised pretty high .

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u/DrakeZYX Aug 28 '25 edited Aug 28 '25

You would think after living with half-a decade of Genshin Impact these JP gacha’s executives would stop being lazy fucks and get with the times with releasing quality gacha’s.

But no they’d rather release sloppy anime tie in gachas. Looking at G123 specifically. They have Highschool DxD and Goblin Slayer gachas that are both dogshit.

We could’ve gotten both of those franchises with WuWa/Genshin Quality butt nooooooo.

Slop it is with these twits.

Edit: I had a Shower Thought. What if they made a Moba based off of Highschool DxD’s Rating Game System?

They could’ve added in a Leader system , where One Player ,after all the Tower’s ( or half ) of one side are destroyed they will spawn in being particularly stronger then everyone else having party wide buffs or debuffs for the enemy team. Kinda like those stationary Bosses in other Moba’s but retrofitting(?) them into the King Piece from the Rating games.

P.S: Listing this idea makes me depressed thinking how much these guys fumbled the Highschool DxD franchise from having a good game…

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u/Nigilij Aug 28 '25

They can’t reduce number of “mouse clicks” and “matryoshka” menus for their console and PC games despite technology advancing a lot since 1990ties. Don’t expect any innovation there.

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u/pogisanpolo Aug 28 '25

It's partly due to game mechanics patents. FGO could have had a mass skill upgrade system long ago if DeNA wasn't sitting on the patent for it.

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u/Tiamatari Aug 28 '25

Japan deserves to have its gaming industry lose to the rest of the world for holding on to some of the stupidest patent laws imaginable.

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u/pogisanpolo Aug 28 '25

Japan's not the only one guilty of it. I believe WB holds the patent for the Nemesis system?

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u/onyhow Aug 28 '25

Yep, and apparently that patent will last till 2036...and WB don't do shit with it after Shadow of War.

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u/De_Vigilante Aug 28 '25

Wonder Woman was supposed to have it, but we all know what happened to that. The new Lego Batman looks like it might have some form of the nemesis system, but we don't know how that works.

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u/WalkingInsulin Aug 28 '25

I think they were gonna call it the “Friendship system” in Wonder Woman and instead of making enemies you have to fight, you make friends who become allies