Loot boxes are annoying, but, I don't understand why a law needs to be passed about it. (what I last heard)
gambling is illegal for minors, and if loot boxes are gambling, they are illegal for minors
Yeah, but that is a rather loose application of the word.
Honestly, I hate the damn things too.
i don't think it's loose
some lootboxes are straight out gambling
i dont understand loot boxes personally
i play videogames for the videogames not the cosmetics
In the past gambling was more about money being waged to get money back.
Under that thinking raffles should be banned. Not the exact same thing, but is paying money to maybe win something.
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Besides, if you are under 18 you are probably taking your parent's credit card, parents need to learn how to lay down some law themselves. XD
If the lootbox has no monetary value in the end, it can't be considered gambling.
That's in terms of actual law and implementation/lawyer interpretation.
true
You run into grey area with 3rd party markets tho
like for cs go
If the service itself allows you to sell items you win through a lootbox system, it will be considered gambling.
its a gray area
because the item is essentially valueless
Now, if people do this interaction themselves, against a terms of service between the lootbox company, then it's not considered gambling.
however 3rd party market sets a seperate value
As long as the third party is generally against the first party terms of service.
which is as simple as there is no in game market
parents need to control their own money anyways. PSN and XBox both let yet you place a seperate password to purchse. I dont know about blizzard, steam i think you can
I defenatly know it has a failsafe if the persons account is under 18
Parental controls have been a thing for quite a while.
PSN and XBox has it on over 18 accounts too
it helps against fraud. Like a purchasing 2 factor
My parental password would be something like: "Ibangedyourmom."
lol
You could use that argument with literally anything
My boys arnt old enough for it to matter yet
"What if they sell the prize to a random person?"
XD
That's not the fault of the company.
It just seems like more stupid laws.
And agreed @Maw
If anything they are good
because it allows companies to market in gambling free areas
What does that even mean?
