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You Already Own Her: How Gacha Games Turned Reselling the Same Characters Into an Economy

Wuthering Waves just sold its first 'SP' alternate version of an existing character. Honkai: Star Rail keeps launching 'Nova' and remembrance variants of heroes you already have. Nikke reskins its whole roster every summer. The alternate-version character has quietly become one of gacha's most reliable money printers. Here is how the alt economy works, why players keep paying, and where it curdles.