[tourmalinetaco]

They are and I hate it. It‘s bad enough with trading cards, but now every single collectible is employing gacha mechanics and it’s frustrating.

[parl_match]

I don't get it. It's a "collectable". Your "hobby" is "collecting". You put your "collection" on a shelf and look at it.

That's not a hobby to me. It's just consuming for consumption's sake.

[PunchyHamster]

Well, they took that formula and made it worse because now you can't just buy it, you have to roll a dice or get a second hand.

Also nothing wrong with just having a shelf with things you like to look at.

[eru]

For eg Magic cards, a secondary market formed very quickly where you could buy exactly what you wanted.

[throwaway48476]

"Everything is gambling now"

[georgefrowny]

Protip: If you call it an investment, it becomes not only respectable but it is in fact the responsible thing to do for your customer's financial security.