How much do you have to spend in order to get a character you want from Genshin Impact? The answer might surprise you! Actually, no, it won’t surprise you at all if you’ve been paying attention, and it’s not exactly a mystery because a suit between the FTC and HoYoverse has required the developer to disclose exactly how much it can cost to get the character you want. Spoiler warning: It can be up to $475.20 in total. (The 20 cents is very important.) But at least if you just want a weapon and not a character, it might only run you up to $422.40!
It’s worth noting that this pricing is specifically assuming you are just buying your pulls and making no use of the game’s various sources of free pulls, but it’s also worth noting that the point of this suit was less about the price and more about subjecting kids to it. HoYoverse had to pay a $20 million fine and banned sales of items to children under 16 years old without parental consent. Because adults know that a slot machine could easily have a mark on the front saying that you can drop hundreds of dollars without winning anything, but we also don’t let children play slot machines.
