Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe
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Re: Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe
#2I never understood why video game lootboxes get regulated while real-life lootboxes like pokemon cards don't.
Re: Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe
#3I never understood why video game lootboxes get regulated while real-life lootboxes like pokemon cards don't.
Because in real life the store clerk won't let a child spend $1000 on their parents card making purchases again and again and again and again and again, but a video game will let a child do it in less than an hour and consider that a success and try to understand how to stimulate another child to do so.
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#4should probably just ban gambling for children but seems like a good first step.
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#5Do they let 16 year olds gamble in casinos in Europe? Odd to ban it for kids but only some kids.
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#6I never understood why video game lootboxes get regulated while real-life lootboxes like pokemon cards don't.
This is the same argument Valve is presenting.
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#7I never understood why video game lootboxes get regulated while real-life lootboxes like pokemon cards don't.
Those are gambling too, and were criticize as such not just now but also when they were new (but people ignored that criticism because pokemon was hype and adults complaining about trendy things are always uncool and ignored.)
Re: Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe
#8Do they let 16 year olds gamble in casinos in Europe? Odd to ban it for kids but only some kids.
Pretty much all of Europe is 18-21.
Re: Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe
#9I never understood why video game lootboxes get regulated while real-life lootboxes like pokemon cards don't.
When you buy a pokemon card at least you get a card
Re: Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe
#10I never understood why video game lootboxes get regulated while real-life lootboxes like pokemon cards don't.
There’s something to be said about the visibility of gambling as a signal to people that someone may have a problem. Gambling on your phone just looks like being on your phone. It even improves access to the addiction. Needing to go to a casino looks a lot different, provides some friction, and could spur intervention. The same could be said about loot boxes vs buying Pokemon cards in a store.