https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xURhmqwhpc

According to Chris Lee so far we have legislators from

Hawaii 

Connecticut

North Carolina

Minnesota

Georgia

Washington state

Only EA could so botch the implementation of "pay-to-play" features lol

Seriously, this sort of thing has existed for years, and not just in video games... Think back to Pokemon Cards, for instance, that made a fortune via encouraging kids to essentially gamble on packs of cards that might occasionally contain a rare card. I remember absolutely loving it back then, and you got the same rush from opening card packs that I now recognize as being the gambler's rush of a scratch off card or a slot machine.

These tactics have been challenged in the past for the same reasons they state they're challenging lootboxes without success in the past (in the US at least), but this time it feels like they'll actually succeed. There's growing support for it and, with the primary instigator being one of the least popular companies in the country, this may actually succeed this time.

I certainly think it would be nice if they did, but also hope legislators are exceedingly careful in how they attempt to stem "lootboxes". If you aren't careful in how it is worded, after all, you could quickly see any system akin to the "roll for loot" of World of Warcraft suddenly subject to lawsuits by overzealous lawyers looking to take a leadership role in a new front for class action lawsuits.

I'm quite interested in seeing how it pans out... this is almost certainly something that will wind up in a higher court of some kind eventually.

I think this response ultimately teaches us two things:
1. EA sucks
2. Don't fuck with Star Wars

You can open a pack of physical cards and make your money back and then some instantly, comparing this to the value of dusting cards in a game like hearthstone is ridiculous imo

True but maybe trading cards should also be regulated. I remember how i wasted all my money as a kid for Pokemon cards, what was it? 15, 20€ for 10 or 7 cards? and There were like 2 or 3 energy cards you were always getting? That was a lot of money for a kid.

So will rocket league be banned?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2017/12/21/apple-developers-must-disclose-odds-of-getting-legendaries-in-hearthstone/#55da59b448da

Apparantly Apple is putting in some new laws that should hurt loot boxes some.

Btw, I read the article and this line confuses me. "
Going forward, this will effect some of the biggest titles on the app store, including Hearthstone, Clash Royale and arguably Pokemon GO."

What loot boxes does pokemon Go have? I haven't played since it came out, but I don't recall any loot boxes. I thought you could just straight up purchase the products you wanted in game.

I already updated my thread with this info before you made this but oh well, whatever raises awareness on this.

I understood that. I was just wondering what loot boxes Pokemon Go have that he author of the article was alluding to. 

What are its Microtransactions?

Loot boxes for anything from cosmetic items to exclusive cars only obtainable in them. And all cars aren't equal.