Sonic Rumble er et kommende mobilspil fra Rovio Entertainment udviklet i samarbejde med licensindehaver SEGA, og du frygter måske allerede de såkaldte "gacha"-mekanikker, altså systemer designet til at hive penge ud af det, som gør sig særlig gældende på det mobile marked.
Men SEGA har faktisk tænkt sig at fjerne disse mekanikker, fordi de er akut bevidste om at vestlige publikummer er blevet for opmærksomme på dem. I et interview med Automaton siger instruktør Makoto Tase dette:
"In the Japanese and Asian markets, it's common to have to spend tens of thousands of yen [in a game] until you draw a rare character and finally get to move on. But this is not the case in the global market, especially for an action game like Sonic Rumble, where players should be able to enjoy the game on an equal footing. The starting point of this project itself was to make it a mobile game that would sell globally. Therefore, the monetisation model was designed from the beginning based on global standards. Monetisation models that use gacha mechanics have not been very successful when it comes to games targeted towards worldwide audiences of all ages. Also, such mechanics tend to be shunned overseas, so we didn't think it was the right choice for this project."
Det er en ret sjov indrømmelse, men det giver naturligvis derfor god mening hvorfor mange mobilspil med særligt mange gacha-mekanikker fokuserer nærmest udelukkende på de asiatiske markeder.