Three Square Enix mobile games stop operating in Belgium over loot boxes

[Hellhammer]

Gaming publishers are reacting in a variety of ways to the Belgium Gaming Commission's decision to prosecute companies that offer loot boxes under anti-gambling laws, but Square Enix may be the first major publisher to pull its games entirely.

As found by Niche Gamer, Square Enix will be removing its three mobile titles from service in Belgium in the coming months. Mobius Final Fantasy will be withdrawn from service as soon as November 30, Kingdom Hearts Union X will end on December 6, and Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia concludes on December 19. The games will no longer be playable after this time, and Square Enix recommends using all purchased consumeables or currency before then.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-07-square-enix-mobile-games-stop-operating-in-belgium-over-loot-boxes

[Karmah]

Good
Now stop making these types of games in general and get back to making normal video games.

[Plucky]

Four games. Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is pulling out on the 3rd of December.

[Tetsmega]

Mobius could be a good single player game if they reworked it a bit.

[Ryuji]

Say what you will about Fortnite, but it has a pretty good system for monetization while being free-to-play. Instead of Loot Boxes, They have an in-game shop of cosmetic items that changes to a random set each day. Players can then purchase the items they want with the in-game currency. This way there's no gamble and items still have a rarity that keep them in demand. I wouldn't mind if more companies adopted that kind of system where there's no gamble involved. The only thing motivating the players to get a certain item right away is the time limit rather then hoping something they want is gonna appear.

[Stiffy360]

There's still lootboxes in save the world. It's only battle royale that is like that. (though, save the world does have a shop as well)

[Geikkamir]

I still don't like that honestly. If you're going to charge for horse armor then at least just let people fucking buy what they want, this false scarcity bullshit is still anti-consumer as hell.