Hawaii takes a stand against loot-boxes

[Mr Puggsly]

SuperNova said:

Mr Puggsly said:
I say developers should do what they want and see how many gamers follow them.

There has been a backlash and results even without government stepping in.

Do you think this is the government just randomly taking notice of lootboxes now by coincedence?

No, this is gamers calling on legislation as an instrument to defend against predatory business practices. It's part of the backlash and it's probably the only thing that is actually going to have a lasting effect.

Yes, EA removed the lootbox system from battlefront II FOR NOW. They've already said that it is temporary. And they didn't give a shit about gamer backlash until it reached Disney. If you don't think they have every intention to put the lootboxes back in just as predatory a fashion and as p2w as it already was, then you're naive. Between this and Activisions patent to encurage spending by breaking matchmaking and them putting the lootunboxing circle jerk into COD, these predatory tactics are spiraling out of control quickly.

Well people are idiots if they want government to step in. Government has a tendency to make things worse with over regulation.

Gamers should be critical of when these practices are abusive and simply not buy in. I know that's a crazy concept unless you have no faith in the average gamer.