Belgium and Hawaii declare loot boxes as gambling UPDATE: More States Join In

[Tetris v2.0]

AAA gaming is going to suffer but maybe that's a good thing?

I miss those lower tier games that weren't bargain bin status but just a cut below AAA.... Seems like it basically died this generation... Those games, while a bit janky, were more creative and interesting than most AAA collectathons

 

[GoldenGlove]

 

[Hersh]

buy incomplete games brehs

 

[Kingshango]

 

[Spliff]

Sadly, they'll probably only get rid of the randomization and still keep lootboxes in game. It'll allow them to get around the "gambling" legalities. Smh.

 

[StarClout]

All companies going to do is just make the content in the boxes purchaseable if this goes into law

That shyt gon be way worst for you cry babies. The anger that will come when lil Jimmy buying god level weapons day one and u got a pea shooter

 

[peppe]

i'm from belgium and didn't even hear about this, color me surprised

but yeah fukk EA for trying to squize every $$$$ out of its consumer

 

[Easy-E]

I just realized why loot boxes will never be counted as gambling; there is no exchange of money

Yes, you're money is used with chance to get something, but, that's more of a raffle

I'm sure there's legal language that says lootboxes and ingame currency isn't convertible to real world money



Count this as a lost

 

[Easy-E]

update in the OP

 

[Cladyclad]

What’s the difference between loot boxes & buying a pack of baseball cards or Magic & Pokemon cards?

 

[Rice N Beans]

What’s the difference between loot boxes & buying a pack of baseball cards or Magic & Pokemon cards?

You're guaranteed to get Pokemon cards or baseball cards. You know what is in them at the minimum. Loot boxes are total mystery boxes. There's no asserting what is inside majority of the time.

With baseball/PKMN cards, you can get rid of dupes for whatever you can get for them. Cannot do the same with majority of loot boxes in the industry.

TGC's are already subjected to gambling rules in some countries.

Team Fortress 2 was the initial pioneer and hilariously does it the best despite there being years since then. You can ignore the Crates all together, as the player receives times drops for all items in the game. Crates are explicitly labeled, and are explicit about what is inside of them. Rarity levels are also labeled for items in the box. You can sell off unboxed items for Steambux, can handle dupes with sales or re-crafting them, or even trade them to other people.

EDIT: This also isn't taking into account tied progression or completion content, which is scummy and should be outlawed.