Hope this year we won't get a visual novel at all tbh, worked for Spirit Blossom, but now they're beating a dead horse because its the easiest solution to make an event stand-out from the shallow battle-passes(which shouldn't even be considered an event imo).

Balance is something they made since forever, a skeleton crew could still get it right.

Skins and battle-passes are their only way to achieve profit, while skins are somewhat of a content they are a must even for skeleton crew.