Yes they are.
Though I find it even worse than gambling, this is targeted at a young public and doesn't really have any decent pay off.
Indeed, if they really can't be banished (because they well damn should) at least an over-18 certificate* should be slapped onto the games that get shipped with such dangerous aberrations of unhealthy greed. Not that it will solve the problem, but it would be something concrete to not encourage their use.
It's only gambling if there's a return. That is, opening digital card packs or whatever which you can't trade is not gambling. The moment you can trade or sell, it's gambling since some of these items sell for hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Valve is more guilty of this than anyone else with their crates and keys since they pretty much pioneered the system on a large scale.
It's a stupid ruling.
It's only not gambling because you get something out of it every time (even if it is useless crap)
So inversely, why don't they make slot machines then that give you something everytime to circumvent this ruling.
Let's say it cost 1$ to pull the lever and whenever you get three that don't match you get 1 cent, a sticker, or a worthless pebble instead. Then suddenly it's not gambling anymore? Why isn't everyone doing this then?
He should just shut the fuck up already. Jeez.
Stupid fat fuck.
Why? Bitching about loot boxes actually seems to have had a negative effect on them in a good way for the consumer.
Or do you like loot boxes and that's why you don't like it?
hopefully a stop gets put to this fairly soon globally. Will be interesting to see what effect the past decade of this abhorrent practice does to younger generations and their gambling habits.
hopefully a stop gets put to this fairly soon globally. Will be interesting to see what effect the past decade of this abhorrent practice does to younger generations and their gambling habits.
There have always been ways to gamble. This combined materialism and gambling product won't ruin the youngsters other then the ones who would get ruined anyway.
There have always been ways to gamble. This combined materialism and gambling product won't ruin the youngsters other then the ones who would get ruined anyway.
The problem being that it isn't classified as gambling and as such not regulated. Even gambling has limits. Game devs not so much when looked at the examples out there.
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