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> On the other hand I would welcome hazard game regulations for all games with lottery ticket like products for sale, like "loot boxes". ...especially with all
by tentacleuno 5y ago
> On the other hand I would welcome hazard game regulations for all games with lottery ticket like products for sale, like "loot boxes".
...especially with all the YouTube advertising. I see advertisements for these (what is essentially) gambling games quite frequently on YouTube. "One free spin if you use code XXXXX, guys! Go download it now!" type of stuff. They obviously get a kickback from these ads.
The audience for these types of channels are mostly going to be young / teenage boys. They know exactly what they're doing, and personally I find it despicable and harrowing that YouTube entertain this.
- smoldesu 5y agoTry Googling "gachapon" to get an idea of how bad the epidemic is globally. These games have existed for a good while in Japan and China, and their sole purpose is to extract value out of people with obvious impulse problems (in both the real-life and digital incarnations). It's really just the abuse of capitalism driven to it's extremes; game companies will go "whale hunting" to try and create situations where limited-time assets can only be acquired through insane spending, and repeat it until their users either quit or run out of money. Seeing all this talk of incorporating Web3 into everything only makes me afraid of our gacha-ized future.