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I don't honestly know if lootboxes are gambling or not, but it's time to be honest with the mechanisms behind them, and follow Chinese and Japanese regulations:
by Aissen 9y ago
I don't honestly know if lootboxes are gambling or not, but it's time to be honest with the mechanisms behind them, and follow Chinese and Japanese regulations: be transparent and open about the probabilities behind them. Yes, even if it includes pity counters, etc.
Apple has started mandating this:
https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/21/16805392/loot-box-odds-rules-apple-app-store https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/21/16805392/loot-box-odds-ru...
But Steam, Google Play, PlayStation, XBox, and smaller platforms all need to follow suite, very quickly. Or they'll face even harsher legislations around the world.
- duncan_bayne 9y agoWas your use of the phrase "follow suite" intentional? Because if so, bravo, that's the funniest thing I've read all day :)
- Aissen 9y agoClassical typo, enhanced by non-native writer skills ;-)
- duncan_bayne 9y agoHaha! I actually missed the typo altogether. I thought you were intentionally using a phrase originating in gambling ("follow suit") as a joke, given the context.
- Aissen 9y agoI didn't know this idiom's etymology, but I'll remember now that it originated from card games :-) https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-expression-to-follow-suit https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-expression-t...
- caf 9y agoGames in which you follow suit are not generally gambling games.
- duncan_bayne 9y agoBridge is the first that springs to mind, and that is most definitely a gambling game.
- caf 9y agoDo you say that because of the bidding mechanism itself, or is there actually a culture of wagering on bridge games? I wasn't aware of that.
- duncan_bayne 9y agoThe latter - although I've read that it's never attracted the kind of money you see in high stakes poker.