yes, it is
so
case one, you really want a game (say like now, where people miss out because sold out so fast), so you enter the lottery, no win, you lose out still,
point 2, buy more more and more tickets, you lose still, because hey chance (what would be the point of lottery if you could eventually buy enough to get 100% and could all afford that again unfairness), but assuming you cant “buy” your way to 100% win you can still lose out, even if no coins are lost, you still lose out on game you really wanted, like system is now
only difference is, how system is now, there is basically no chance involved, only effort, you can guarantee your chance of getting the game you want by logging in at the appropriate time, difficult maybe, more for some even, perhaps, but far from impossible and far from removed as “chance” would make it
again, games that don’t sell out, prob because not as popular and would go to others (like now) games popular would sell out (like now) only difference is now you leave it all in the hand to chance, making it inherently unfair, and possibly even becoming desperate enough to spend a ton more on something vs the fixed price in shop (as mentioned possibly great for coin surplus, agreed, but bad for individual buyers)
scenario 3, game comes in lottery you really really want, to make sure you get it you buy tons of tickets to increase chance to win, you win, yay, but turns out game wasn’t popular to others so go in the “not sold out” bin, leaving you having paid 12000coins for something you only really needed to have paid 250 coins for (say cheap one like CAT interstellar), making winners even more bitter, because now they can’t be a part of the next deal, at “best” have their chances reduced to insignificance
there is no way it is remotely possible to set up any type of lottery system that is even close to fair, because “chance” and it removes any and all direct involvement other than "buying it outright (like the guy did with that state lottery back when), which again will just bankrupt users (if chrono even makes “100%ing” it plausible to happen to begin with)
there is a reason some places designate a lottery as “taxes for stupid”, because even on the best of days, with best and most generous odds, it’s still a worse deal for the player
the current system might not be perfect, but no type of lottery you could scheme would make it better,
adding an optional secondary lottery as mentioned might take care of surplus coins, but would still be a lottery and not really benefit users, (not that everything should benefit users alone and not Chrono) but that simple surplus could easily be removed by other means that wouldn’t just leave you at the mercy of chance
NO rng is ever good or fair, miss 99-100% shots in Xcom much?,
dono what you’ve been playing, but RNG is never to the benefit of the user/player, the math is just not there, the current system is much better for that, granted it could be better (personally still hope they think about the voting or reserving or notification changes others have suggested)
but lotteries are always bad, even for lucky people, because their luck might just run out when the game they wanted most get up, where as now, they can just log in on time when announced (or be obsessed and be logged in beforehand)
basically if you don’t get what you want with the current system you have 1-2 problems, either you don’t have enough coins (which would equally screw them over with part of your system) or 2 they are too slow logging in when games get released, which is something they could remedy themselves by logging in (granted annoying af to have to set alarm if living in diff timezone but atleast an action that can be directly impacted vs chance)
in the end it’s up to the Chrono staff, but the only ones winning with a lottery is the house, not the user/player, ever, so don’t for one second think yours or any lottery system you make up would be better than what we have atm
(btw i don’t intend to come of as sounding harsh, but it’s a simple matter of math, and it’s just never there in “our” favour, “the house always wins”)
make them streaks, log in on time and get them games, “ez”
and prices seem to be going up anyway so surplus likely to be taken care off gradually, limiting those insta buyouts more and more
chance is never fair, lady luck is a fickle bitch and a cruel mistress, 26 years of gaming RNG taught me that, you can lose +100x with 99.999 chance to win each time, and it sucks every god damn time my friend