A rather unique game at a Chinese game center has apparently been accumulating notoriety for its fascinating premise, being a UFO-catcher but possessing a fan instead of a crane, which players use to blow money into the prize hole.
Naturally more intelligent individuals might wonder if the monetary reward would be worth the amount put in for what will likely be several failed attempts (and indeed, whhether it is even genuine currency) – a video of the fan game was uploaded to social media:
The cost of a single game was not found out but some discovered the inside of the machine to be housing multiple 100 yuan bills ($14.6).
The riveting game may likely be in existence for only a short while considering the potential losses, that is if the game isn’t rigged in the first place…
The truth is, the game was rigged from the start.
That’s ok, some Chinese Kaiji will exploit the rigging and get all the cash… then go bet in the machine next to that and lose everything plus some more.
Zawa…zawa…
I guess that’s how it was designed.
All arcade machines are rigged. They can set the payout rate to whatever they like, which basically means you have to play say 100 times to win anything.
Skill is irrelevant in these games, you could be the best player in the world but if the machine isn’t set to payout, you’ll lose everytime.
Sounds like there is an announcer of sorts, so could be a special event.
And this is Taiwan by the way. Those are 100NTD bills, and are roughly 3USD in the current exchange rate.
It is also an innovation to the old crane game/UFO catcher formula, why are you guys bashing it?
Crane game cabinets are rigged most of the time for super weak grab and instant release. It normally costs about 35 cents equivalent per go, and most machines will have a guarantee payout rate, where if you reach the amount of coins spent specified on the machine, the claw functions as intended for a guaranteed item. This one would likely cost at least a dollar for one try, unless of course it’s just a publicity limited event.
When I think of Chinese innovation, I think “being more straightforward (well, shameless) than anyone before dared to”. Like Azur Lane, which is a copy of Kancolle but they hired an artist who draws the girls way sexier and is just lewder in general. Or Tencent MMOs which are flamboyantly pay-to-win. Or the Baidu IME that famously contained spyware targeted the Japanese, but utilized a moe character to try to directly guilt people into not uninstalling it. In any case, a crane game where you fish out cash fits with my conception of Chinese innovation… I wouldn’t be surprised if their next innovation is bundling the cash with porn.
hasn’t it been proved multiple time that those claw/ufo games are always rigged?
You’re wasting your money playing games like Stacker because they are all rigged. Every possible game in whatever arcade you’re in has a set payout rate. Which means you’ll to play more times than the item is worth to win something.
The best chance you have with games with plush toys, is to hope they are stacked up near the prize chute so you can use the catcher to nudge said plushie over. I’ve done this a few times on Japanese machines.