I would say a lot of this stems from the fact that these days, when it comes to Gacha games it's a combination of "addiction" and "Gate-Keeping" one of the things that I have noticed when talking to people who play these sorts of games, if you were to ask them for example, "How bad are the Microtransaction?" no matter which gacha game it was, it was always someone telling me that their gacha game was "less" predatory than some other titles and how you should get into it and try it, even though it's well known that even the most high-quality gacha games have just as much awful monetization systems as any other and try to sell you on these for some odd reason and if you try to ask them more complex questions or make criticisms about such topics, they tend try to maneuver around it always trying to mash in something positive about the game (which isn't bad on its own) even though there are glaring flaws with such arguments, pushing further on how said positive statement isn't great, can lead you to being ignored sometimes or having someone come out of the wood-works to essentially, "tell you the real facts" when ultimately it's just ramblings from someone that spent far too much time and money with the game that they might as well be hooked with obligation alone. And as far as the Gate-Keeping goes, with the drastic change gaming has taken now with games being overall less fun with companies mostly making these games for whales and outsiders that barely even play games (if at all) changing the overall landscape into something we don't recognize and the fact that these days people not taking any criticism well and easy to anger, it was bound to happen that other communities would get upset at each other, people don't like their favorite things that they love to be mocked and so they have to set the record straight, it's kinda like that "rick and morty" effect where, if someone says something (even if its valid) they hit you with the, "Well, you don't know what you are talking about, you just don't understand the complexities of my favorite game, therefore you are low IQ" thus your comment is immediately shut-down and a lot of the community will rush to gang-up on you, which solidifies the point if these communities just being toxic cesspools that just want nothing but praise and if you can't provide that, you're just a "hater" To end this off, you can attest a lot of this to the internet as a whole as well, cause communities now are hardly that, since most of them are defined by your loudest members and those are typically the ones that have the most extreme views or arguments that sometimes don't even fit into the realm of reality with the community as a whole, so the idea of communities for such games doesn't have the same weight as in the past at least in my opinion, it's just something to make you feel special like you're apart of something, when in reality, these communities are very fickle in nature, you stray away from the positivity for even a single moment and they'll likely exile you at a moments notice, things are just getting sad now for gaming and gacha games are no exception.
It's nice seeing someone finally talk about this but I believe you went a little bit too narrow on your view of both sides Specially this year, discussion gachas has become increasingly hostile towards each other and had created a divided fan base that can't live without shitting in each other's games (to keep it nicely)
I would say a lot of this stems from the fact that these days, when it comes to Gacha games it's a combination of "addiction" and "Gate-Keeping" one of the things that I have noticed when talking to people who play these sorts of games, if you were to ask them for example, "How bad are the Microtransaction?" no matter which gacha game it was, it was always someone telling me that their gacha game was "less" predatory than some other titles and how you should get into it and try it, even though it's well known that even the most high-quality gacha games have just as much awful monetization systems as any other and try to sell you on these for some odd reason and if you try to ask them more complex questions or make criticisms about such topics, they tend try to maneuver around it always trying to mash in something positive about the game (which isn't bad on its own) even though there are glaring flaws with such arguments, pushing further on how said positive statement isn't great, can lead you to being ignored sometimes or having someone come out of the wood-works to essentially, "tell you the real facts" when ultimately it's just ramblings from someone that spent far too much time and money with the game that they might as well be hooked with obligation alone.
And as far as the Gate-Keeping goes, with the drastic change gaming has taken now with games being overall less fun with companies mostly making these games for whales and outsiders that barely even play games (if at all) changing the overall landscape into something we don't recognize and the fact that these days people not taking any criticism well and easy to anger, it was bound to happen that other communities would get upset at each other, people don't like their favorite things that they love to be mocked and so they have to set the record straight, it's kinda like that "rick and morty" effect where, if someone says something (even if its valid) they hit you with the, "Well, you don't know what you are talking about, you just don't understand the complexities of my favorite game, therefore you are low IQ" thus your comment is immediately shut-down and a lot of the community will rush to gang-up on you, which solidifies the point if these communities just being toxic cesspools that just want nothing but praise and if you can't provide that, you're just a "hater"
To end this off, you can attest a lot of this to the internet as a whole as well, cause communities now are hardly that, since most of them are defined by your loudest members and those are typically the ones that have the most extreme views or arguments that sometimes don't even fit into the realm of reality with the community as a whole, so the idea of communities for such games doesn't have the same weight as in the past at least in my opinion, it's just something to make you feel special like you're apart of something, when in reality, these communities are very fickle in nature, you stray away from the positivity for even a single moment and they'll likely exile you at a moments notice, things are just getting sad now for gaming and gacha games are no exception.
Nice video, finally someone mentioned it
4:40 errr...
Palworld and Pokemon?
It's nice seeing someone finally talk about this but I believe you went a little bit too narrow on your view of both sides
Specially this year, discussion gachas has become increasingly hostile towards each other and had created a divided fan base that can't live without shitting in each other's games (to keep it nicely)
I like drama.