La inmersión infantil en el consumismo tecnológico mediante los videojuegos Gacha

Agustín  Linares Pedrero

doi:10.37467/revvisual.v10.4629

Authors

Agustín Linares Pedrero Universidad de Málaga

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37467/revvisual.v10.4629

Keywords:

Videogame, Gacha, Consumism, Comunication, Smartphone, Addiction, Market

Abstract

Since smartphones burst onto the market with the possibility of incorporating applications and games of high graphical complexity, numerous genres have been reaching the highest levels in the number of downloads. But it is more recently (2020) that a new type of game has established itself at the top of the sales ranking, the so-called gacha games. The controversy over gacha games has been sparked by their explosive growth and their way of monetising revenues for the companies that create them.

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