Tong Dongnuan nodded immediately. The claw machines here cost one Game Coin per play.
Filled with ambition, Tong Dongnuan inserted a Game Coin. She then maneuvered the joystick with her small hands, her eyes fixed intently on the claw. Although it wasn't her first time playing, her desire to win made her extremely careful.
Her target was a Doraemon plush.
But, as expected, claw machines were notoriously difficult. Many vendors tampered with the backend settings to weaken the claw's grip. This meant that once the claw was in mid-air, the plush would simply fall out. You had to spend a certain number of coins before the claw's grip would normalize for a single attempt—perhaps after 20, 30, or, in the case of some unscrupulous vendors, even 40 or 50 coins.
Clearly, this machine hadn't reached its payout threshold yet.
