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ggrobot
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 Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:50 am Post subject: What's in a Lootbox? EA Says [48372] |
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Kerry Hopkins, EA's VP of Legal and Government affairs (and yes, apparently that's an actual position within EA) said before a UK parliament session that loot boxes in video games are surprise mechanics that aren't any different from Kinder eggs or from any other uot;Surprise!uot; factor product. AS Hopkins put it,
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Csimbi
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| Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 11:38 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | A Kinder Egg is not the same as a loot box. Loot boxes have abysmal chances to obtain "high end" or "highly sought after" items. |
Yup, precisely.
Put only low value rubbish in loot boxes and it'll be the same as a Kinder Egg.
If Kinder Put high value items in a random eggs, it would also drive up sales like lottery - making it a completely different business entirely, which we call gambling. |
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| ...it doesn't lead to gambling, it IS gambling. The only problem states/countries have with EA is that they don't pay gambling tax and avoid regulation. They don't "think about teh children" they think about money. So does EA. |
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