Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. Genshin Impact remains one of the most popular gacha ...

The gaming industry has a love-hate relationship with gacha mechanics, and despite years of player backlash, these ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook On Steam, gamers will give a game a negative review simply for having a gacha mechanic at all, or ...

I'm not really one for gacha games. It's not necessarily the monetization itself, as long as there isn't a baseline expectation that you'll pay to make any progress. I've spent my life thus far ...