Dead of gacha games

cant you just buy google play cards at any store?

this is hurting my head to read

What's the cause? Gambling regulations?

Hello sir who is ready for the dead of the gacha benchode sir

dead of

VNP

Guess the skin colour of this poster.

Out of touch politicians. Nobody asked for this shit.

Out of touch politicians doing WHAT, though?
The people in Washington didn't sit down and say "What's that game kids like nowadays, Genshin? We should restrict it to 18+, just for laughs!"
There is still a reason, even if it's a shitty/misinformed one.

Yes.

This.

Gonna be funny if someone fucks it up and loses everything. Holyfuck that would suck.

Mihoyo got sued because they were collecting information from kids under the age of 13 and then shared the information with analytics companies so they had to pay a 20 million fine and stop letting kids under 16 play

they wanted $20,000,000 basically

Moralfaggotry.

Sounds like it's not a new law or anything then, the government just slapped Genshin specifically because they were accused of being predatory about lootboxes and whatnot to their child audience.

Gotta protect the heckin kids

This shit gets fucking tiring to hear

It's specifically a lawsuit against genshin not a sweeping gacha thing

ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/genshin-impact-game-developer-will-be-banned-selling-lootboxes-teens-under-16-without-parental

I didn't until I started playing some VR social games with voice chat and realized everyone else is literally 13 or younger.
I'm 30.

they literally just wanted 20m, genshin isn't even in the top 50 list of predatory vidya companies
they were targeted because they are rich and chinese

Rent free

some third-world shithole introduced some censorship

le dead of gacha, le world is gonna pay!

you third-worlders are amusing

Does this actually DO anything? 99.9% of people playing this shit are adults. Kids don't have the money to dump into these gacha games.

Kids don't have the money to dump into these gacha games

They have parents with credit cards in their purses/wallets.

BAAAAASED, should be mandatory for goycha games, don't want any underages playing muh games, or them being pandered, like goysneed impact does.

I don't see how that has anything to do with it. Quest headsets are a popular Christmas gift in general. Now it might be cause for concern if they were all on actual PCs but who knows, I don't know if kids those days are all using mid tier gaming PC's.

nope
it's probably tendies acting as "concerned parents" to shut down competition in some way
any background on this? why are they required by law to start verifying ages now? game is like 5 years old

They beg mommy and daddy or steal their credit cards
I once did it for a WoW purchase. They never called me out on it and it still haunts me to this day

You would be surprised to know how many american in their 20s playing gacha.

There are several US states starting to require age check for "gambling" (vidya) and porn

Land of the free, based orange man, etc etc :^)

Listen, if you have an agenda to push I hope you realize your poor English makes it look silly.

Hahaha yes yes, now pay up the tariffs sucker

Most players (especially whales) are in their 30s

No one under 30 is playing this, let alone gacha games

why would the Chinese directly harvest the IDs of Americans?

why are they required by law to start verifying ages now? game is like 5 years old

The lawsuit is newer.
ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/genshin-impact-game-developer-will-be-banned-selling-lootboxes-teens-under-16-without-parental

Mihoyo could have done that right from the start without the US Federal Trade Commission legally requiring them to.

they probably never even noticed, most people don't actually go over their credit card statement unless the number is obviously wrong

The FTC claimed they were targeting minors, evidence was a bunch of loli adverts and campains. So the only option was to settle and promise they wouldn't target minors with their gambling game or admit they are actually targeting pedofiles lmao

that's fucking hilarious

Imagine fucking up age verification and getting deleted... That happened to me when I set up a Facebook in 2010. The dropdown menu starts at "current year" and when I clicked off of it, it reset to 2010 implying I was 0 years old.

stop letting kids under 16 play

based
they should do this for discord and twitter too

god damn the ftc really reamed these guys huh

lmao, that's hilarious

It actually kind of makes sense, from the FTC boomers' perspective.
Generally it's pretty common for media targeted AT children to also have young main characters as well. Helps the audience identify and whatnot.

475.2 dollars

Biden can do something good once in a while

Oh wow it's true, FTC isn't even trying to hide it lol.

They will be/are banned for children under 16 in certain countries.
It will probably spread to everywhere eventually because social media is scientifically proven to melt children's brains and ruin them for life (like anons here).

$475 for 1 copy out of 6.

trying to hide what? those boomers probably don't even know other gacha games exist

it's real

Whose gonna tell these ftc boomers?

statistically you are spending half that for 1 copy of the character you want

Farcical reminder

hmm yes child-like heroes

t. doesn't play genshin

You could minute underages under a minute if you try

lmao

GET FUCKED GACHAFAGS

could minute*

meet obv

I kinda wish the game was more open to playing with others, just because I remember when I was a kid how fun it was meeting people playing games with lobbies.

Whenever some zoomer tries to join my world I reject it since co-op is clunky and the chat is weird with a gamepad. The censorship was annoying too, and the character limit. Really it's the only thing that makes the game feel like a mobile game to me now that I think about it.

KWAB

They shouldn't have targeted children with their advertising.

I feel that, initially I downloaded the game as a meme, wanting to play with my friend, only to realize you can't go through story in co-op, idk why gachas do that, it's so fucking retarded, you would get way more staying players and tourists if you make it possible to do stories in co-op

games and activity that are popular among children, such as the video games Minecraft and Robolox

why is the ftc directly attacking Anon Babble like this...

so when are other gem currencies made to soften and obscure the price going to be forced to show conversion rates too
it's not only going to be genshin, right?

They improved it a little bit but yeah I agree. If everything worked in co-op and it was just easier to link up, the game would've been better.

The upcoming abyss has co-op though, funny because my friend JUST quit and he always wanted that.

my friend couldn't last further than LV40, because he didn't want to grind the game solo, and sit through gorillion dialogues, I'm begging them to add skip, because I genuinely at that point where I don't care for any unvoiced story, but also trim the story, because it takes to fucking much time, in idle, reading shit and looking at outdated animations.
I have to catch up with like 3 subregions and I genuinely don't wanna do it. It just too cumbersome, exploration, too much useless text, subpar animations, long transitions, etc.

They'll probably add it eventually. It would be funny if the do for 6.x because that region is supposed to be super loreful.

i wish fischl was real bros...

same

Evil American politicians will try to ban children from gambling, yet they refuse to ban the actually harmful genital mutilation of children. America is such an evil country.

I don't even play Genshin but I might just log in to make sure I don't lose my C6 Yanfei...

impressive tuck

THICC

everyone asked for this
everyone voted for politicians that would do this

and then there's this

targeting minors, evidence was a bunch of loli adverts

Lmao

real question is when is this coming to Anon Babble?

I really like these kinds of heroes

oh what i can't ask questions now? trannies taken over asking fucking questions?
why do you have to transition everything into being trans?

wait you have to be 18+ to play genshin? LOL

banning phoneposters would probably improve the site several orders of magnitude more than forcing an age check

Submitting to an ID check to post here sounds hilarious

site gets hacked again

thousands of anons ID verification photos get leaked online

The internet pokes fun at them thru social media

kek

Ban all phoneposters, frogposters, and 'jackposters and this site would see an absolute renaissance

SJWs send your posts to your employer

promotional materials that are appealing to children

Yes...children

Does this actually DO anything? 99.9% of people playing this shit are adults.

You're really underestimating the number of tiktok zoomers playing this

You're unbelievably ignorant if you think this. Like, you've genuinely sealed yourself off from the reality of the world.

wuwa could never

This and both Cookie Run games are full of kids acting dumb.

Based, fuck gachashit and all the retards who fall for it.

Have to prove identity to play gacha games

Don't have to prove identity to vote

Behold, the Amerimutt system.

This is a good thing.
Its stops kids getting into gambling.

genuinely at that point where I don't care for any unvoiced story

The main story is like 99% voiced. Not sure if that's the case with the English dub though because that's earrape and you have to be a retard to use it.

beautiful virginia osteo-specimens

Remember when people saying the laws of +18 internet pages needing verification in California

????

I have never seen this in California, ID verification for porn is a red state thing.

This fucking board man.

modern parents are such a failure that they want the government to do their jobs for them

Even if it's something low like 1% of their revenue, 1% of $1,000,000,000 is $10,000,000. That's a lot of money.

This plus EU's forcing them to stop using funbux to obscure money values is going to fuck them in the ass good

It's just the gacha threads that it happens in too. Most likely because mobile gamse are the only games ESL countries can play because they can't afford consoles or computers.

Who exactly is my personal information going to? Are they asking for a Driver's License or something?

land of the free lol. I bet gacha would be saved if israel made one though

Who exactly is my personal information going to?

probably the US government lmao

Are they asking for a Driver's License or something?

yeah

Various chink and Indian farms just like everything else.

if israel made one

There's already Raid: Shadow Legends.

they havent said what exactly theyre going to be doing for the verification yet, for all anyone else knows it could literally just be a dropdown menu

Some firm they've sub-contracted out to that handles this sort of thing I guess. There's plenty of non-game services that use ID verification

deleted permanently by 2026

A simple reminder, if your account is deleted it will be entirely your fault. This is another "MOJANG/MICROSOFT STOLE MY ACCOUNT AFTER THEY TOLD ME FOR YEARS I HAD TO MIGRATE BUT DIDN'T BECAUSE... I DON'T KNOW!"
If you can't verify your age in 14 months then you deserve to have your account wiped

So did mihoyo go "uhhh... yes we were trying to sell gambling to children" because the alternative was to admit they were targetting pedophiles?

This is just a reminder that you own nothing with these digital service games.
It's all meaningless. I hope it's a wake up call to some poor soul throwing away their life savings for their generic waifu.

Do you guys really think substantial amount of their revenue comes from underaged kids stealing their parents' credit cards?

Yes. I live with my aunt and uncle, and I saw firsthand through my cousin how this shit happens. This was back in the iPad days when PVZ 2 came out and he used saved credit card info from when she bought him something once to buy 200+ dollars of cosmetics and in game power ups. Shit’s FUCKED.

probably the same faggotry discord did in the UK

wow a whole 200 dollars from your cousin lmao
smaller purchases like that from children doesn't even put a dent in their overall income and when compared to the actual whales who are adults with jobs it's downright laughable.

genshittroons are gettting doxxed

Very nice

america

A shithole that doesnt matter

irrelevant 4th language is treated as a joke online

as it should be.

ftc boomers

The case started during Lina Khan's term. They know most players are probably older men, but this way they can block Hoyo from collecting data on minors.
Which honestly should’ve been the standard to begin with

Why didn't the force them to refund the money spent on the game if you refuse to provide ID? As it stands now the Chinaman will get money, and ID data, and at worst they'll just close accounts

Terms of Service say your purchases are non-refundable, unless FTC says otherwise.

Funny, because is the reason #1 why adult people are choosing childfree paths.
Modern parents are complete trash, these days they allow their kids to spend money on games. The normal people not want deal with problems with credit cards

based, putting gentrannies in their place

early 2000s

never disclose your personal information as it could be used against you

present times

you must give us your personal data for "security reasons"

Out of 7 actually.

The audience of that games are the richest faggots of Dubai

when it first came out yes, the majority of the western fanbase was 14 year olds, most of them are over 18 now though

We are required by law to age verify US player accounts

US

Cool so why does this matter?

Tell me the punctuation, orthography, and spelling errors of this thread, Mr. Teacher? which is surprising as these sentences were written by native speakers with "cuz" and "hella"

lol get fucked gachafag. Predatory bullshit SHOULD be regulated.

I've had the reverse happen to me.
I bought a tablet for my mother so she could play games and watch movies (she cannot walk anymore). I bought a bunch of games and downloaded apps that she wanted.
Turns out she was buying coins off my credit card to play online casino games. She racked up enough charges to cause my card to freeze, in which she waited the next day to run it up to the debt cap of $15,000.
You know the sad part is that my mom had enough money to pay it all off and it gave my credit score a giant boost.

Well that's the point isn't it, you are forcing them to play a gorillion dollars and now you are forcing them to verify age, and if you fail to comply your account is forfeit, that should require compensation, specially if i don't want to share my ID info to the CCP

It's over they are displaying everything in USD

wordswordwords

the yugioh of gacha games
doubt it's gonna stop the whales but it looks ridiculous to someone about to spend money for the first time, hopefully preventing them from doing so

People who enjoy lolis aren't gonna play with cucked game, so it's clearly an ad targetting children. You'd have to be desesperate to play a game where the devs hate you and hate otakus and their culture. Reminder Hoyoverse are literal feminazis who pander to fujoshi and troons.

dead of gacha

holy fucking esl

the yu-gi-oh of gacha games

dude it's three sentences
pic related is inexcusable.

what in tarnation

granted some of it is reminder text but that shit is near impossible to read on mobile

lol get fucked
and the real whales are the adults in asian countries anyway
some dumb american kids might be sneaking in some purchases here and there from their parent's credit cards but they're not going for full duped characters AND weapons like the actual addicts

ESL thinks under-agers are the ones paying for gacha games

kino thread tbhq

That's what they do, literally,since forever

Heck Nintendo has to follow a lot of rules for themselves and is held to a different standard, specially for Pokemon for a reason

Please dont let Internet ID to become a thing becasue of retaded parents and Karens

What the fuck are you talking about, it's an American problem.
fuck off.

It's about time they started cracking down on the predatory gambling that are gacha games. Preying on weak willed retarded man children is one thing but to target minors is disgusting. They should be fined 100 million if I'm being frank.

Dead of gacha games

SIRS

That’s 100% what they’re trying to build the groundwork for, internet has gotten super problematic because they can’t steal your job as punishment for anti (current thing) sentiment

They're going to do the same thing as porn sites.

Are you 18 years or older?

[Yes]

[No] (Get me out of here!)

It also means companies now have access to yoru browsing history and actual accounts and not hire you absed on politics, yeah its going to be bad if it happes

God I want to fuck Paimon so badly.

That's shoudl be enough

Heck, how do I start a business to help Technologically retarded parents configure their modems and stuff to keep kids out of the internet so they dont fuck it up for the rest

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california

You can add a credit card to your account as a form of ID

It's probably the only form of ID kids will be able to get their hands on

Regulation to protect kids results in kids now having their parents card attached to their account

Big win for hoyo.

I dont know what this is but if it inconveniences hoyoshit in any way, Im all for it

But ecelebs and channers told me Genshin was dying and makes no money and Mihoyo was retiring it?
Why is the FTC targeting ONLY Genshin and notvother mihoyoslops?

And how much does it cost to guarantee a specific 4*? Oh wait the FTC doesn't even know what that is. I really wish they hired a single actual player to work this stuff out with them instead of just talking to dumbass parents.

so am I understanding this right, mutts need to give their ID to China devs now to play genshit and some mutts need to give their ID to mutt politicians to watch porn? kek what a lovely cuntry

US laws

Who cares.
When Belgium banned gacha the gacha just stopped being available there. Gacha will survive on asians alone.

Yes.

Hmmm nikke did just do namecard randomly out of nowhere

What's out of touch is the laws and ratings systems that haven't made any game with gacha or loot boxes an automatic adult rating. That's how it should've been from day one.

keeeeeeeeeeeeek

Woah woah woah woah hold up we don’t want to ban OUR companies

No, the "think of the children"-shit was always just a lie to attack things you dislike.

Almost every gacha follows Genshins currency exchange rate now too. So they just doxxed how much it actually costs to roll in USD. Other gacha games should be kinda freaking out now.

how are you meant to even verify your age doesn't show anything on the page about it.

Genshin is still the only culturally relevant gachage outside of Asia

the death of gacha

lol
lmao even

quit Genshin and deleted my hoyo account after Shartlan came out

only money I ever spent on the game was buying a McDonalds meal when they ran that promotion

mfw it just keeps getting worse and worse

SAG AFTRA effectively killed Genshin impact

Do you guys really think substantial amount of their revenue comes from underaged kids stealing their parents' credit cards?

No, the average age of the genshin player was 30-35 iirc 3 years ago. This is a move against eastern gaming because it's taking over and they can't push their pozz anymore with western games because nobody plays the recent ones anymore.

thats hee-legal

I concur.

You put in your date your birth and agree that you're at least 16+. If they want to get even more invasive they can do what vape/crypto sites do and request you to send a selfie or your ID.

its annoying but i've spent money on this game so even if i don't play it much im going to verify it, would be stupid to just lose it, these laws are pissing me off though i won't lie the united states is such a fucking shithole these days dude for real

today its worse when every online payment rings in your phone: "is it really you? confirm this payment here"

dude, this shit exist since the dawn of the internet.
Even the first time I visit Anon Babble.org with fram i need to click the 18+ user agreement almost everyday because two decade ago most browser still shit and can't handle cookies correctly.

i bought wuthering waves currency at 2am and they locked me out of my card until I sent a text proving it was me.

Between VA strikes and bullshit regulations, Hoyo clearly gave up on US. Not a big gacha market anyway

America should be cut off from the entire world.

he thinks children don't play adult games

You're unbelievably ignorant if you think this. Like, you've genuinely sealed yourself off from the reality of the world.

request you to send a selfie or your ID.

That would count as a Chinese tech company collecting data on US citizens. Banned if you do, banned if you don't. Only way out is to sell rights to your game to a US company, that's the endgame

no i meant about if they make you use an id should have clarified thats what i meant, if its just an age thing where you select it from a drop down bar then fine yeah thats ok i get that.

They use a black company as a proxy to send the information back to China. This is very common the US. Never play online Sega, Nexon, or Netease games that request you to make an account for instance because they are a black company.

meanwhile cs2 makes trillions without even having a pity system in place yet no one bats an eye

Age verification process

So this means it won't be as simple as just putting a fake birthday on your account, you will actually have to go through a whole process to confirm that you are the age you say you are. Most likely through a third party that is US based and they will report the dates to hoyo.

I honestly saw this coming, and the same thing will happen to the rest of services like Steam and Reddit and maybe even Anon Babble because zoomers just can't themselves, they let themselves be fooled by the chinese and gacha, they doxx all the time, they threaten others from their attics and they love to harass people online and then take it to the real world way too often.

This is all your fault, good job.

because zoomers can’t themselves

Because Jews are tired of you being able to talk about them anonymously you retard it has nothing to do with zoomers, “think of da childrens” and “gommunism. :DDD” are the oldest tricks in the book

stay away from the children