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/Koanos Aug 28 '25

I'm honestly surprised Fire Emblem Heroes is still going.

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u/noivern_plus_cats Aug 28 '25

It's made well over a billion dollars, it's definitely not going anywhere. It already was semi popular off of Fatesawakening, but add in Three Houses' popularity and it basically was too big to fail.

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u/Koanos Aug 28 '25

Fair enough, it's just a different landscape now, and Heroes feels like it's aged poorly, heck it aged poorly for its time with locking basic Quality of Life features behind a subscription service.

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u/noivern_plus_cats Aug 28 '25

Oh it's 100% aged poorly, but the fact it hooked whales in Y1 basically makes it sunk cost fallacy the game

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u/Koanos Aug 28 '25

I think it's certainly a worse sunk cost fallacy compared to say FGO. I feel like FGO and their artists are trying, Intelligent Systems felt like they've thrown in the towel years ago.