my nephews are all about the limited edition skins
Comment on EU lawmakers to study ban 'loot boxes' and other addictive features in video games
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Lootboxes are sooo 2010s though. It‘s all about season passes and general FOMO. I doubt they will correctly identify and properly regulate „addictive features“ in a way that puts an end to that but I guess we‘ll see.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 days ago
kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Season passes and FOMO aren’t gambling, you get what you buy and although I don’t like them they are not the issue.
Lootbox systems are designed to be addictive as it’s paying money to recieve a prize with very bad odds. Glad my country banned them a while ago.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The problem with a battle pass is that you pay for the chance to maybe get something.
If you can’t play or don’t pay well enough, it’s wasted money
With a loot box you get something right now. It might be shit but at least it’s on your account
kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I’m drawing the line at paying for a thing that might be good or bad, mechanics like that are addictive especially to children
Tanoh@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The companies doing them have a few hundred million reasons to skirt around the laws, so they will no doubt find a few ways. But that doesn’t mean we can’t make laws