Arknights definitely doesn't lose in terms of how much people whale on it, also it has a lot more players than you think. It also has a pretty good market with content creators. I'm not sure how much hype Magia Record got, but you can see a lot of Arknights videos with over 100k views on youtube, something that I don't often see for gacha games unless it's a summons video. There's also a lot of fanart made for it, and the global server hasn't even been out for a year yet.
Also sidenote, Arknights is honestly really generous with their gacha currency and I've seen a bunch of people say that's exactly why they want to spend money on it. There's also the monthly card that lets you do a 10 pull at a steal while also getting extra sanity daily. This kind of attitude where the game is actually generous with what you can get as F2P makes people want to spend more money on it. I definitely feel a lot better spending money on Arknights than when I whaled on FGO. I still regret whaling on FGO.
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