Please do not milk the horny folk. ;) Well, they invested in one, and they also invested in a SpaceX competitor, Orienspace, too. It was a little jarring seeing their logo alongside all the ~serious companies.

Not just monetization, these types of games also pivot towards building parasocial relationships with in-game characters to you. This leads to people building zero tolerance for what can be perceived as other characters interacting to them - an issue that affected Girls Frontline 2.

International Genshin players, however, do seem to embrace "shipping" (pairing two in-universe characters in relationships) instead, but these also have their own internal controversies - look up "shipping wars".

Sadly they're just an investor in that company - misinformation travels quickly. The era of anime dystopian megacorps is not upon us yet thankfully.