#also infinite serial media isn't even unique to gacha games

[knightochan-official]

ex game programming contractor and fellow gacha hater here. since you said 'anime girls' I'm gonna assume we're omitting the literally dozens of western gacha no one talks about and address games specifically made in South Korea, China, and Japan.

while it's true that many long running exploitative gachas like fate/grand order or granblue fantasy were created as gachas first and games second, this is grossly oversimplifying the relationship between developers, publishers, and industry

lots of recent gachas with strangely 'AAA' production like the Hoyoverse line, Project Moon's recent work, and even Ark Knights became gachas because it was the only way to get a new IP through a funding pitch in those areas.

that doesn't make these games good or wholesome, but rather my point is that the tension between making these 'good games' and 'money making machines' is real and there in the work, and saying there aren't teams of artists and game designers trying to squeak an actually good game through a gacha model is tossing the baby with the bathwater here

you don't actually like gacha games. you just like community, anime girls, and free games