Sunborn Insider 'White Dragon' Declares 'Low-Spenders Don't Deserve to Be Treated as Humans' — Gacha Industry's Dirty Secret About F2P/Minnow Players Exposed

An insider at a major gacha game studio publicly declared that players who don't spend enough money on games 'don't deserve to be treated as humans.' Not a meme, not a fake screenshot — these are the actual words of someone known as 'White Dragon' (白龙), and the NGA forum absolutely lost it. One player put it best: 'Someone finally said the quiet part out loud.'

For context, '苞米少' (bāo mǐ shǎo) is a punny slang derived from '爆米少' (bào mǐ shǎo) — meaning 'low-spenders' or 'minnows' in gacha terminology. White Dragon's message was brutally straightforward: if you don't whale hard enough, you're not even human in the company's eyes. The statement triggered two polar opposite reactions in the comments.

One camp was the 'let him cook' faction. A top-upvoted reply read: 'Don't attack White Dragon — yes, it stings, but hearing the truth is better than living in fantasy. Encourage him to spill more insider tea.' Another player was even more sardonic: 'Your enemy is making a fool of himself — are you really going to stop him? Of course you encourage him.' The subtext was clear: the more he talks, the worse the studio looks.

The other camp was the 'reality check' crowd. One player nailed it: 'He still doesn't get that Sunborn being stupid doesn't mean he's not also stupid.' White Dragon's contempt for low-spenders exposes the company mindset, but Sunborn's own track record of mismanagement makes the arrogance laughable. Another commenter added: 'They can't even figure out who their target audience is — and they wonder why nobody's spending?'

The deeper expose came from a veteran player who laid out the industry's dirty secret: 'Since the transition from browser games to mobile gacha, the industry standard has always been that anyone spending under ¥100K ($14K) doesn't count as a real person. How else do you think these companies achieve such insane profit margins? It's a strategy of deliberately addicting players to squeeze money — the terms "digital drugs" and "digital gambling" aren't exaggerations.' This comment elevated White Dragon's individual gaffe into a full-blown industry critique.

Girls' Frontline veterans were quick to pile on with receipts. One pointed out the irony: 'So the OG waifu-enjoyers (老婆党) don't spend enough? The gacha-exclusive weapon skins: no complaints. Character skins: same. The no-pity costume gacha: ???' — the implication being that the very audience that built Girls' Frontline's revenue in its heyday is now being told they're worthless. Another summarized: 'GF2 has a fundamental problem — the sequel's story and character writing alienated the OG ML (Master Love) audience, the game quality itself is mid, and there's too much suspicious content shoehorned in.'

Debates about White Dragon's actual affiliation were equally heated. Some players noted that given Sunborn's internal culture at the time, arriving at the conclusion that 'low-spenders aren't people' was entirely predictable. Others observed that his statement was essentially a self-sabotage: 'Now every game he's involved with automatically loses a chunk of potential players' — a masterclass in anti-marketing, if there ever was one.

Most players chose to cope with dark humor. 'Since when did game companies ever treat their customers as human? I've seen enough, take it away,' quipped one veteran. Another added with a shrug: 'Game companies exist to make money — did people really believe any of that "for passion, for love" PR nonsense?'

As of this writing, White Dragon's infamous 'Dragon-speak' continues to spread across forums. Against the backdrop of Girls' Frontline 2 already burning bridges with its core waifu-loving audience and stumbling through quality disasters, this statement is pure gasoline on the fire. When a studio insider openly declares that low-spenders aren't human — how much trust do players really have left?