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Interesting... I can see video games getting banned on the basis of addiction, but not specifically because of the loot box mechanic; since it can be removed. P
by lunias 7y ago
Interesting... I can see video games getting banned on the basis of addiction, but not specifically because of the loot box mechanic; since it can be removed. Pinball on the other hand would have had to become free?
I just hope that once someone starts enforcing our existing laws that video game companies will abandon this idea since the access and implementation to the boxes would be different based on the user's physical location.
- WorldMaker 7y agoThat was the argument for pinball prohibition starting by just outright banning all pinball machines rather than sort them into categories: they were hugely addictive. The loot box mechanic draws the public scrutiny of the comparison to slot machines, but that worst case is that the scrutiny continues on to find the entire category too addictive. (Which is exactly the progression pinball prohibition took: at the time there were an increasing number of pinball machines which we might call today more "pachinko-like" / "plinko-like" that initially grew the ire of politicians and family groups, but after evaluation they started to feel all versions of pinball were addicting and needed to be managed.)