| In-game spending should be regulated by gambling laws and so-called loot boxes banned entirely for children, MPs say. The industry's UK trade body responded it would "review these recommendations with utmost seriousness". Free video games often encourage players to buy virtual loot boxes, which contain an unspecified amount of items to improve further game-play. Some games have associated online marketplaces where players can trade or sell these items. The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee's inquiry into addictive and immersive technologies heard stories of young adults who had built up debts of thousands of pounds through spending in games. Jagex, the company behind online game RuneScape, admitted players could spend up to £1,000 a week or £5,000 a month. But the MPs found the industry was reluctant to accept responsibility for intervening when a player was over-spending or even to put a figure on how much was too much. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49661870 not just ban kids from it but ban loot boxes overall would be nice lol make all items purchasable invidually and not be base on rarity or game of chance (gambling) |
| "Muh surprise mechanics" "Developers deserve some money" "It's not gamble if you can't cash out and leave" "It's the parents fault for letting their kids play such games" "Microtransactions are the future" "I'm totally not addicted" |
| You know developers need to make money right... some gambilng sites don't allow users under 18, tho there's always a way around it. I think banning "kids" would be a good idea, but I don't consider a teenager a kid. If you're above 13 you should do whatever you want, it's your fault if you waste your money, and your parents' fault for giving it to you if you are not responsible. |
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| They need to be banned like the are in Belguim, they ruin games and serve no value apart from sucking money out of kids and addicts. I'd love to see FIFA being given and 18 rating Unfortunately the MPs will probably use this to clamp down on more things to "save the children". |
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| This is such a nonsense loophole around gambling. You don't have to ban loot boxes, just regulate it like what it is and it should naturally lose popularity among publishers. |
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| I don't care about loot boxes, but I do agree that games with microtransactions, and especially gambling (or "surprise mechanics"), should have proper age ratings and warning labels attached to them, so that they can only be legally bought, downloaded and played by adults. At the same time, parents of young children also need to step up and take responsibility. Check what their kids are playing beyond merely looking at the game's cover art, and don't save credit card details in the devices their kids are allowed to play on. |
| Well, everyone knows the risks involved when they buy a loot box. Technically, you're still getting items of "value" when you buy a loot box. Say a weapon skin for 30 days instead of permanent. Path of Exile, a Diablo 3 clone is still going strong after a couple of years. There aren't loot boxes, but you can buy cosmetic items. That's how I think all loot boxes should strive to be. |
| Lootboxes and Gacha need to be phased out, look at mobile, it was about to become a decent platform for gaming but those models came and ruined it and ended up ruining Eastern gaming as a result. |
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