Complete gacha

Complete gacha (コンプリートガチャ), also shortened as Kompu gacha[1][2] or Compu gacha[3] (コンプガチャ), is a monetization model for video games.

In the model, the game displays multiple items for players to randomly draw for a price, similar to the Gashapon (or "gacha") vending machine. A player who has obtained all of a designated set of items (or "completed" the set) can combine them to form a rarer item.[3] The model was popular with free-to-play social games on smartphone platforms in Japan.

The model was declared illegal by Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency in May 2012, citing the Law for Preventing Unjustifiable Extras or Unexpected Benefit and Misleading Representation (不当景品類及び不当表示防止法),[2] after alleged investigation on the model's proposed resemblance to gambling.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Kompu gacha freemium systems banned in Japan". VG247. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Japan’s social-gaming industry hindered by government’s anti-gambling move". The Japan Times. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Social Games’ "Compu Gacha" Model Officially Declared Illegal". Siliconera. Retrieved 16 May 2015.


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