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LordoftheMorons posted...

That also seems like a really dumb thing for a gacha to do specifically. I don't spend any money on the one I play (FFRK) so maybe I don't understand whale psychology, but I have to imagine that a big part of the temptation is the fomo of not being able to get the new thing while it's relevant. If they know they can buy it from somebody else if they fail to get it in their pulls that motive seems like it would be undermined!

Well that's where asset appreciation theoretically comes in. Your thing might increase in value over time because it's limited so you better compete with everyone else to get it while it's hot! It sounds abjectly miserable.

Also a big part of FOMO is the potential of a rerun for characters you missed, to get you to continue playing and amassing resources. If these are gameplay pieces, you wouldn't be able to easily reissue Waifu [Series 2] without pissing off these speculators because you would devalue the existing Series 1 Waifus. If anyone is familiar with Magic: The Gathering this is called the Reserve List, it's why Black Lotus sells for thousands of dollars, and this type of speculation I'm describing is hated by the huge majority of the playerbase that isn't directly profiting from it.