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Genshin Impact Game Developer Will be Banned from Selling Lootboxes to Teens Under 16 without Parental Consent, Pay a $20 Million Fine to Settle FTC Charges (www.ftc.gov)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nothing inside a video game should cost real money.

Making it gambling is a thousand times worse. That fundamental abuse can't be fixed by tweaking numbers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In theory I agree, but live service games need to be sustainable somehow. Subscriptions are one method, but create a barrier to entry past the trial phase.

I don't think about the Hoyo model as gambling (it is), as the vast majority of successful pulls happen between 74-80 pulls.

In any case, I don't disagree with you, but simply pointing out the obscurity claimed in the article is false, the system is transparent and fair, compared to other games which are far more deserving of being regulated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

'Ban this entire business model.' 'But this business model must succeed, somehow.'

Fuck 'em.

Subscriptions are harder because that's what it looks like when consumers make rational decisions. This bullshit alternative has infected everything by tricking people into throwing money at approximately dick. Not all people - but enough people.