>>43846674Most gacha games are built on shoestring budgets with the goal of being as simple and accessible as possible to the widest range of phones. They make relatively little money, but keep their costs so low that their net revenue is excellent. Cutting costs and maximizing accessibility is the entire business model, and that means being a little unambitious with the production values.
Genshin works differently. Its budget is essentially limitless, and while it makes a lot of money, the fact that it makes a lot of money is irrelevant. It could be a giant moneysink and it would still be getting tonnes of funding. It doesn't exist to make money and it doesn't exist to be accessible to local poorfags playing gacha on 50$ burner phones.