Why have hyper-casual games replaced gacha in Japan? venturebeat.com

classic in-app purchases (IAPs) — quickly made its way into pretty much all mobile games in Japan.
Growing stagnation in the performance of gacha games is indicative of Japanese gamers losing interest in the mechanism.
This decline also conveniently coincides with the rise of hyper-casual games in Japan.
It seems likely that Japanese mobile gamers are looking for a change in the way in which they interact with mobile games — away from the traditional gacha model, and towards more freemium games.
Developing hyper-casual games solely for the local Japanese market comes at a high price.