Almost 20% of Japanese people in their 20s have prioritized in-game purchases over paying rent

Waifu Gacha Wallet: Nearly 20% Of Japanese Twentysomethings Admit Suffering "Financial Difficulty" Due To "Excessive In-Game Spending"

Hatsune Miku (Saki Fujita) is ready to dance in Fortnite (2017), Epic Games From Genshin Impact, to Fortnite, to Pokémon Go, a new report has revealed that a not-insignificant-portion of Japanese adults in their 20s admit to having let their general in-game spending habits, at one time or another, spiral to the point of causing them genuine financial hardship. Rouge (Nanako Mori) is ready to play in Goddess of Victory: Nikke (2022), Shift Up REL…

Almost 20% of Japanese people in their 20s have prioritized in-game purchases over paying rent

Japanese banking subsidiary SMBC Consumer Finance’s annual survey of financial awareness in the country’s 20- to 29-year-olds revealed some troubling findings about the demographic’s gaming habits, Automaton reports. For example, 18.8% of the 1,000 respondents admitted to have spending so much on in-game purchases that it affected their ability to cover living expenses. Men (22.8%) were more likely to prioritize investing in gacha rolls over, sa…

Some Japanese Folks in Their 20s Are Getting Hooked on Gacha Games to Their Detriment - Waifu Debt Is Very Real

Japan is feeling the pain of gacha games, as a new study shows that some citizens are struggling with overspending on microtransactions.

Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals  - AUTOMATON WEST

Results of a survey regarding the spending habits of young gamers in Japan have been revealed - here's how they spend their money on games.