• Loot boxes in video games will soon get a review flag from OpenCritic
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great. [editline]9th October 2017[/editline] i do fear this could start to "officialize" the micro transactions on games as a established feature. But then again, it kind of already is.
Good start. We gotta put our foot down in some way. It's just too easy for companies to add this shit without any concequences.
[QUOTE=Hogie bear;52763305]Good start. We gotta put our foot down in some way. It's just too easy for companies to add this shit without any concequences.[/QUOTE] Problem is for a lot of games so far there has been little consequence because your average joe doesn't really care about this stuff or worse yet actively participates in it. Yeah they get some short and intense negative PR among gaming circles but ultimately their games are successful and they don't really care as long as they rake the money in. Just look at Blizzard making nearly $4 billion from in-game microtransactions in Q4 last year. Every other big company wants a piece of the pie now. Hopefully each game that does this turns into a bigger and bigger controversy until no developers will touch the concept again for a while. I guess having a negative label slapped onto your game on a respected website is a good start.
i reaaaally hope we get some laws going for gambling in games its predatory gambling towards kids and its fucked up
Honestly, this shit isn't going anywhere by this point, so they might aswell make it better and fair.
I'm wondering if loot crates as a concept and not just in name will get the gambling treatment in the US, because in all honesty, it absolutely should. [editline]9th October 2017[/editline] [quote=The Definition(s) of Gambling] noun 1. the activity or practice of playing at a game of chance for money or other stakes. 2. the act or practice of risking the loss of something important by taking a chance or acting recklessly: If you don't back up your data, that's gambling.[/quote] I mean, sure there's a lot of "gambling" involved in games, but this to me is more closely attributed to something you'd find in a casino, rather than a standard video game.
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