Japan’s gacha game market collapse is near, Japanese media reports, but is the market simply streamlining?
The high-risk, high-return nature of Japan's mobile games market may see fewer titles being released in the future- but of higher quality.
VERACITY IN GAMING
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Verity Townsend
Automaton West Editor and translator. She has a soft spot for old-school Sierra adventure games and Final Fantasy VIII (yes, 8!). Can often be found hunting down weird forgotten games and finding out everything about them. Frequently muses about characters and lines from Metal Gear Solid and Disco Elysium. Aims to keep Automaton fresh and interesting with a wide variety of articles.
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