Belgium says loot boxes are gambling, wants them banned in Europe

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Errorist76 said:

curl-6 said:

Again, simple answer. Spend less. If that means less extravagent graphics, fine. Better that than all this microtransaction garbage.

My initial point though was, if rising game prices would be acceptable instead?!

The big AAA publishers have other, generally more legit routes to follow to leech more money off consumers. Season passes are basically a win-win for publishers - they sell their initial game for what they feel like the full price should be ($80-120), the quality/value of the season pass content isn't 100% nailed down so they can skimp if they want, and then they can release the "GotY Edition" to snag any remaining customers. Microtransactions are also still a thing that isn't considered gambling (but seems almost as dangerous a trap for kids to fall into).