>>3776431
>I wish more devs would take the third options: release the game with all the content as offline version.
That's something they would ever do if it died, like what happened with Multiversus recently.

Gachas also rely on the gacha mechanic for player retention and is entirely balanced around it. So they wouldn't really get much better without it. Just look at games like Shadow of War that was balanced around lootboxes and other paid stuff.