This video is amazing! Livhthearted yet informative, really goes into Gatcha's in a fun and interesting way! I feel like this could be required viewing for people interested in knowing why people play these games!
Also, WTF, 1%?!? I play DFFOO as my big game, you get characters for free, but roll for three (soon to be four with Positively adjusted rates) weapons for each character on banners that have three characters on them.
Two of these characters have an EX weapon, which is the only weapon you can't get pitside of the banners with other easily built over time resources. The rate to get one of these weapons? 10%, with a 15 multipull pity system if you don't get the EX Weapon you want by then, that is halfway funded each month basically.
How in the hell does somebody put themselves through that for a 5* rare for a tenth of that!?! With much less easy to gain resources?!? You can easily end up with over 200+ single pull tickets from events and story progression alone each month, and with Summon Boards (you fight summons like Ifrit and Shiva to empower your characters and get rewards) you get like 360+ more from each new one alone.
Watching anything with regards to the Gatcha systems in other games makes me more and more proud of playing DFFOO, F2P in that game is the default, constant experience rather then the beginning. The money that flows in is way more often a charity exchange for costumes then something you would actively whale for.
In any case, if this isn't allowed, I'll cut my post down, but I'm glad that the message being taken away is "Addictive Personalities should stay away, not worth losing money over, but the games get money because they are legitimately fun to play, and the best ones don't seriously require whaling, but rather whaling is a consiquence of investment into a game, as you are expected to play them a little over a long time."
That last one is important by the way, GATCHA GAMES ARE NOT FUN OR GOOD ENOUGH TO LOSE IMMENSE AMOUNTS OF MONEY YOU DON'T HAVE OR NEED TO SAVE UP, DON'T PLAY THEM IF YOU CAN'T HELP YOURSELF.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF GAMES YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR PHONE OR TABLET THAT ARE FUN AND DON'T USE THESE SYSTEMS OR OFTEN DISGUSTING TACTICS.
I may have spent $200ish on DFFOO myself over the two years I've played it, but I was under No Illusion thar it was a donation to the devs for a game that gave me joy for a long time. I'd be $500 in already if this was an MMO, and it isn't.
Just like gambling, KNOW YOUR LIMIT, SPEND WITHIN IT.