BREAKING NEWS
Gacha’s Shutting Down: The End of an Era for AfkJ Players
In a shocking move, Gacha’s, the popular mobile game developer, has announced that it will be shutting down its flagship game, AfkJ, effective immediately. The news has sent shockwaves throughout the gaming community, leaving players in a state of uncertainty and concern about the future of the game.
The Reason Behind the Closure
According to a statement released by Gacha’s, the decision to shut down AfkJ was made due to "financial difficulties" and a decline in player engagement. The company has struggled to maintain a steady stream of revenue, despite its efforts to revamp the game and attract new players.
The Impact on AfkJ Players
The closure of AfkJ means that players will no longer be able to access the game, and any progress made will be lost. This is devastating news for fans of the game, who have invested countless hours and resources into building their characters and progressing through the game.
The Future of AfkJ
While the future of AfkJ is uncertain, fans of the game are left wondering what will happen to the game’s intellectual property and assets. Will another developer pick up the game and continue its development, or will it be left to gather dust in the archives of gaming history?
Our Thoughts
As a gaming community, we are saddened by the news of AfkJ’s closure. The game was a beloved favorite among many players, and its shutdown will leave a void in the gaming world. We hope that Gacha’s will take this opportunity to reflect on its mistakes and learn from them, and that another developer will come forward to revive the game and give players a new lease on life.
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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is shutting down. It’s an old gacha game that I played for a long time, and even though I only logged in occasionally over the past few years, the news still feels like a punch to the gut.
When I checked the FFBE subreddit, I saw tons of people who have spent alot on the game and now feel like they're left with nothing. Reading through those comments really opened my eyes again. We all know that gacha games, can be pretty manipulative, using psychological tricks to keep us playing and spending money, yet many of us still play them and invest a lot.
I’m curious to hear your thoughts on this. How do you feel about the shutdown of Gacha's, and what are your opinions on gacha games in general? Are there lessons we can learn as players of AFK Journey?
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final fantasy brave exvius came out on 2015 older gatchas are bound to shut down. I used to play a game called mobius final fantasy that also shut down due to lact of funds.
Is it sad? Yes but I had good memories so I just moved on to other games
All games have an expiration date. All items eventually wear down. It’s just how it goes. I view it as entertainment cost. 20-30$ a month or every few months for many hours of entertainment is worth it to me. You pay to see a movie and never see it again, is that a waste? You buy a 70$ game play it once to the end then never play it again, or play it occasionally. When I think about it this way and spend responsibly it doesn’t feel as bad.
There will always be fans dedicated enough to keep the game running with their own servers – I know dragalia lost and world flipper did, so that one will prolly get its own fan server as well
There’s not that many gacha games that catch my attention because male furry characters are an extreme minority in the genre, which I’m glad is the case because I avoid many landmines as a result
An advice I can give to gacha players is that if they get the feeling they’ll regret spending money once their game ends its service, then they shouldn’t feel the need to spend money on it, that feeling of regret at the end is not worth the short burst of happiness you’d feel when you spend on the game for a short boost in progress
Maybe the advice isn’t that helpful but hey, that’s my two cents on the matter
I played FFBE in 2016 when it first came out, just like AFKJ.
I am not planning to play AFKJ for 8 years.
While I’m playing actively, I’m fine forking over some cash, but I don’t see this as an investment I see it like a movie ticket, I could pirate it for free but if I enjoy it why not honor them with some money
If it’s done, this mindset makes it easier to quit despite spending 10-50$ a month
I started FFBE back when it first came to global, and in fact it was my very first gacha game. I stopped playing a long time ago because I realized the game wasn’t respecting my time or money with all the power creep that was going on even near launch (and yes I did spend money, but not much). Seeing the EoS announcement didn’t make me really feel anything other than vindicate my decision I had made back then to never play it again.
Whenever I play live service games there is always that looming inevitability that the game will eventually go offline, and in FFBE’s case it finally became a reality. I’ve played a number of gacha games since, and nowadays I have some rules for myself when I play these types of games:
・If I feel the game’s quality isn’t up to par, or I otherwise don’t have fun playing, I quit.
・If I feel the game isn’t respecting my time (e.g. too grindy) or my money (e.g. egregious powercreep), I quit.
・If I feel like spending money, I ask myself if I think the game deserves it. Am I having fun? Am I getting lots of playtime out of it (compared to if I were to spend the money on a traditional game)? Do I see myself continuing to play?
AFK Journey for me checks all these boxes. Now it wasn’t that way at first: the quality was iffy but Lilith seems to be putting much needed care into development (adding JP VOs was big for me). I am concerned about powercreep moving forward (I’m hoping Lily May doesn’t set a precedent), especially as the game just launched in Asia, but so far I’m having a good time. Mid-season was a rough patch where my motivation to log in waned but presently it seems to be engaging enough for me.
Moral of the story I guess is, always stay vigilant, keep checking if the game you’re playing is still fun, keep checking that you’re not falling prey to the various predatory practices (fomo, sunk cost fallacy, etc.), and of course never spend money that you shouldn’t be spending.
I think by nature gatcha games are already extremely predatory. If you’re somone who is prone to gambling addiction, have 0 self discipline, and not a lot of money then you should stay away from them. They do you no good and there are plenty of other genres out there.
With that beign said, gatcha games do provide their fair share of value imo. A lot of these games tend to gain lots of money that they then reinvest into their game to gain even more players. It results in a better product that they can put forth to the consumer, aka us. It’s kind of like a give and take situation. Whether that’s worth it to you is up to your standards and whatnot but in my opinion, it’s great. Like HSR for example, has one of the best character design, trailers, animations, and story telling i have ever seen in a game. This includes other triple A titles. To me, that’s the result of the money players are spending on that game and that company. It allows the comany to hire more talented employees to create higher quality stuff for all of us to enjoy.
The thing is, unless it’s a AAA game it’s always hard to justify spending hundres if not thousands on pixels, especially if the game itself is free. But that’s the thing. We all know this when we signed up to play these gatcha games. It should be common knowledge by now that pixels are not worth it, and gatcha games are very predatory on that fact. I think in this regard, it really comes down to the responsibility of the player. It is up to you, as the consumer, to identify and protect yourself. The company is also here to make money and they will never not try and get your money.
Don’t think the problem is necessarily about money, when you aren’t ready to leave a game and it goes shutdown, you’ll always end with a feeling of missing something. Spending money in it will just reinforce that feeling.
Do what makes you enjoy the experience. While I think it’s dumb to put any serious cash in a gotcha game, if you have the means to do so and you enjoy the game, then I don’t see an issue with it. Every game we play will eventually go off someday, which sucks to think about. Enjoy the time we have with that game