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Genshin Impact Will Soon Require Age Verification in the United States (programming.dev)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

You're explicity suggesting the thing is not suitable for kids, while also explicity calling something that isn't gambling, gambling. That's the point Cosmetic lootboxes are suitable for kids. Unlike porn or gambling.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

It's not gambling, it just happens to function literally exactly the same as a slot machine, except that instead of getting money back on a jackpot, you get digital clothes and player characters

It is literally gambling you twit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

By that logic all games with any random component is gambling... which would include pretty much every game ever published. If Diablo isn't gambling, then neither is genshin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

If player characters in Diablo were locked inside a digital slot machine that you could pay real money to spin, and players were heavily incentivized to do so because you can't reasonably expect to get all of the best characters without spending a bunch of real life money on spins, you would have a point.

You should really try to seek out other viewpoints. Literally every discussion about this topic overwhelmingly agrees that gacha games are gambling.