Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST (automaton-media.com)

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[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

The concept of Gacha predates lootboxes and started as physical real-world vending machines with surprise balls containing little toys or stickers, mainly aimed at kids

They noticed that the mystery drove sales and pretty much overwhelmed 'normal' toy vending machines in a few short years

While the concepts are similar, they had different origins.

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