insert real-world money
random variables determine outcome
no yeah, definetely not gambling, guys
It is going in circles again, claiming that it isn't gambling because guaranteed returns and no monetary value while ignoring the psychological process. This argument will never end.
Even IF they weren't gambling, you'd think the backlash alone would be enough to make them stop...
If backlash alone was enough, EA would have a lot of problems.
So about not repeating the Battlefront 2 debacle...
They know it's gambling, but they're not going to let you take their money printing machine until you pry it from their cold dead hands. Loot boxes make near infinite amounts of money.
Guess if they won't do the right thing because of public backlash, they'll just have to be forced to.
They're counting on people not giving enough of a shit to make as much noise as with Battlefront 2. And they're right, it's absolutely going to work because people are complacent as fuck.
Ha, good luck with that.
I mean there's typical EA consumer backlash, but this is actual government backlash. It's kind of a step above.
EA saying they wont fuck up next time and then immediately fucking up is nothing new
See the thing is though EA doesn't give a fuck.
Every single person that expects EA to change for the better is a fool.
Stop buying their games. There are thousands that deserve it more, spend your money on those instead.
Hahaha.
From a country that they probably barely make any money from in the first place.
Good riddance to this loot box cancer.
So if loot boxes are guaranteed to return SOMETHING, but that something is usually some near-worthless skin, is it possible to make the case that it's no different from losing at a slot machine?
Until EA gives me another Skate game, fuck them to the grave.
They get a pass on a technicality as unlike a slot machine, you get something every time.
EA is very well aware that lootboxea are gambling, and they only say naive and ignorant shit like this as a way of waving off responsibility. They know it makes them money and they know they can get away with it, and so they play it off because they want to keep nickel and diming people wherever they can and however they can because that's what kind of company EA is. This will go on until regulations are placed on lootboxes, namely officially labeling them as gambling like they are.
I'm still really surprised no one's made a slot machine that dispenses a "Thanks for playing!" piece of paper on every failed roll, to exploit this apparent technicality.
http://puu.sh/AjhHC/df820f73f6.jpg
Glad I spoke too soon... :|
You also don't get occasional slot machine rolls for nothing.
they most likely won't be trying to pull another BF2, but they'll definitely keep trying different implementations of the lootbox system until they find one that doesn't cause large backlash, or at least one that's "controllable"
i know a guy who's studying business and his mindset was along the lines of this. whatever EA comes up with next will probably be "acceptable" but i still think people should be aware they're in the middle of some kind of psychological game. not just EA, but in general.
bottom line being: even if whatever lootbox system EA comes up with seems acceptable to you, you still shouldn't buy into it.
Even IF it wasn't gambling, it's gambling-adjacent enough yet EA is willing to bet that eventually the government won't be forced to eventually regulate these things.
You know, the same government where most of the decision-makers are barely computer-literate enough to open their emails. Yeah, I wanna trust THOSE guys with making laws that make sense.
I juste hope they don't insert those dumb pay to win lootboxes in the next battlefield.
God the industry would be sooooo better off without these cunts around. Stop supporting them already.
That reminds me that EA have been in this business since the 80s. And even back then they did some questionable shit.
That being said, stopping support is the least that could be done.
EA can fuck right off
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