• CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Lootboxes are sooo 2010s though. It‘s all about season passes and general FOMO. I doubt they will correctly identify and properly regulate „addictive features“ in a way that puts an end to that but I guess we‘ll see.

    • kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 hours ago

      Season passes and FOMO aren’t gambling, you get what you buy and although I don’t like them they are not the issue.

      Lootbox systems are designed to be addictive as it’s paying money to recieve a prize with very bad odds. Glad my country banned them a while ago.

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        6 hours ago

        The problem with a battle pass is that you pay for the chance to maybe get something.

        If you can’t play or don’t pay well enough, it’s wasted money

        With a loot box you get something right now. It might be shit but at least it’s on your account

        • kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          6 hours ago

          I’m drawing the line at paying for a thing that might be good or bad, mechanics like that are addictive especially to children

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      21 hours ago

      The companies doing them have a few hundred million reasons to skirt around the laws, so they will no doubt find a few ways. But that doesn’t mean we can’t make laws