1 in 10 young gamers in debt due to lootboxes

[The axe murderer]

Over 1 in 10 young gamers get into debt by buying loot boxes

• Almost one in six (15%) young gamers had taken money from their parents without their permission to buy loots boxes;
• One in ten (11%) had used their parents’ credit or debit card to fund their loot box purchases;
• One in ten (9%) had borrowed money they couldn’t repay to spend on loot boxes;
• Three young gamers’ loot box buying habits resulted in their families having to re-mortgage their homes to cover the costs.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Loot boxes should be banned, it’s gambling and it’s causing addiction to younger gamers. It’s just all around highly unethical in practice

 

[Serious]

Man I had to look this up

 

[Sassy]

 

[daze23]

my gf's friend's kid managed to spend $3000 on Fortnite

I told my gf "does that little shyt realize all the real cool shyt he could have bought with that money?"

 

[FaTaL]

What’s a loot box?

 

[The axe murderer]

Loot boxes should be banned, it’s gambling and it’s causing addiction to younger gamers. It’s just all around highly unethical in practice

Working as intended.

 

[Mike809]

how you have to remortgage your house due to your kid buying loot boxes?

 

[The axe murderer]

my gf's friend's kid managed to spend $3000 on Fortnite

I told my gf "does that little shyt realize all the real cool shyt he could have bought with that money?"

Yo

 

[killacal]

my gf's friend's kid managed to spend $3000 on Fortnite

I told my gf "does that little shyt realize all the real cool shyt he could have bought with that money?"

Can you divorce your kids

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Threadspin: Xbox is a loot box. No new games. Just a monthly service where you cross your fingers for a 12 year old game you never cared enough about to buy outright.

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

my gf's friend's kid managed to spend $3000 on Fortnite

I told my gf "does that little shyt realize all the real cool shyt he could have bought with that money?"

Yeah, at 50 bucks a pop, that's 60 games better than Fortnite that he could've been bought.

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

how you have to remortgage your house due to your kid buying loot boxes?

I'd be remortgaging my kids if it came down to that.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Threadspin: Xbox is a loot box. No new games. Just a monthly service where you cross your fingers for a 12 year old game you never cared enough about to buy outright.

Loot box series S

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Can you divorce your kids

You can unborn them