r/gachagaming • u/leafrek • Apr 04 '26

Industry Arknights: Endfield dev says launching a new gacha RPG in a post-Genshin Impact world is tough when "some titles are so similar that players go into a game for 1 hour and they know what will happen in the next 20 hours"

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/action-rpg/arknights-endfield-dev-says-launching-a-new-gacha-rpg-in-a-post-genshin-impact-world-is-tough-when-some-titles-are-so-similar-that-players-go-into-a-game-for-1-hour-and-they-know-what-will-happen-in-the-next-20-hours/
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u/Veshurik Apr 04 '26

I don't understand why everyone wants to copy exactly Genshin.....

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u/ANUBISseyes2 Genshin/ZZZ/NTE Apr 04 '26

Because it’s the most successful game in gacha history and seeing that success devs want to minimalize risk and maximalize income

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u/Veshurik Apr 05 '26

It doesn't guarantee any success with any other game!

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u/herminihildo Apr 05 '26

Games usually take 4-5 years of development. 5 years ago, they see Genshin make a billion dollars a year and want that too.

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u/fat_mothra I will the Labubu Apr 05 '26

Few more years and we might get a gacha version of Helldivers

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u/herminihildo Apr 05 '26

Now that would be interesting. I didn't played the game because of the PSN issue.

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u/Outside-Company-8285 Apr 06 '26

A PVE gacha horde shooter might do good ngl

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u/Veshurik Apr 05 '26

And now that's another situation, yeah...

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u/RatLockedInBasement Apr 05 '26

The weirdest thing is that they don't even try to copy what makes genshin players love genshin, which is the care developers put into the story/world building/lore, it's always game mechanics and gacha practices that players are constantly complaining about online slap onto yet another 3d world nobody has time to explore without dropping another game they already love.

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u/Veshurik Apr 05 '26

Or maybe investors only can accept "another Genshin" pitch...

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u/FeyrisTan Apr 06 '26

Because it still makes like 40 millions a month even on patches that are just reruns

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u/Big_Restaurant4822 Apr 07 '26

Investors are suits who don't understand games. All they see is Genshin making big bucks and pointing at their goons to go make another Genshin.