Marvel Rivals has managed to keep players fairly happy when it comes to the monetization side of things, with only a handful of events causing a bit of a stir over things like unfair pricing. NetEase has done a pretty good job on that front, making players feel like they're getting their money's worth in a game that is essentially fueled by its in-game microtransactions.
However, you can always trust a big game publisher to take things a step too far, and NetEase has now come under fire from fans over essentially adding gacha mechanics to Marvel Rivals for Psylocke's new Daring Daifuku skin. To obtain the skin, players need to pop a series of balloons on a board that will each give you a random reward. Every time you pop a balloon, the price to pop the next one increases, meaning you can grab the skin for either 100 Units if you're lucky, or 2,400 if you're not.
Since a legendary skin and emoji bundle in Marvel Rivals usually costs around 2,400 Units anyway, it's not really true gacha, but the skin is being distributed in a very gacha-esque system. The chance of getting the Psylocke skin on...
