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Chrizum on 22 November 2017
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RJ_Sizzle said:
Chrizum said:

You seem to have completely misunderstood the topic. This is not about pay to win or about gameplay or about value. The topic is about lootboxes being gambling. I didn't say I like lootboxes either. I'm just saying I don't think it's gambling any more than trading card games and Kinder Surprise Eggs are. So relax, take some deep breaths and try again.

And you seem to have misunderstood why people get angry about the lootboxes. Games are expensive enough without major publishers shoehorning bullshit slot machine mechanics on top of them. Loot boxes are worse than gambling since there's no choice of a monetary return for those that pay in. You're giving a company free money for in game baubles that you may not even get. Sorry, if I seem snappy about this, but there's no reason for anyone on the consumer side to be defending this.

Companies should be trying to make more money by making a better product, not by fishing for kids and people with addictive personalities into video game gambling schemes. 

I completely understand why people get angry about lootboxes. And I'm not defending publishers for monetizing the shit out of it.

I'm just saying that, in my opinion, lootboxes are fundamentally different from gambling and everyone who's cheering for governments to crack down on lootboxes because it'd be gambling is cheering for all the wrong reasons. Like I said, videogames in itself are addictive for a lot of people, do we want to regulate the shit out of gaming in general as well? I'm strongly opposed to that.

This has nothing to do with the liking or disliking lootboxes, EA is utter shit and I hope Battlefront II spectacularly bombs (doubt it though), but I say keep government regulations out of this.