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Reddit is great!... besides the blatant liberal propaganda:(

How is it gambling?

I will never support randomized microtransactions/loot boxes in any game. I don’t care if it’s funding DLC, the game is free to play, or anything of the sort. It is gambling, and they make so much money because they leech off of the addiction that comes with gambling. This is why they’re become so prevelant in all these games, because gambling is very addictive, and as such, can easily make the company money.

Just be aware that even if it's determined that boxes fall within the definition of gambling (which is a [i]really[/i] hard sell to begin with), microtransactions certainly don't. If publishers like EA feel the need to create systems to aggressively monetize their games post-purchase, those systems will [i]have[/i] to be microtransactions. This would also affect games like Overwatch. The sad truth is that this has already happened in China and was immediately bypassed by requiring developers to not sell boxes directly. You have to buy a virtual currency that you then use to buy boxes, the loophole being that with your money you are guaranteed a static value/amount of virtual currency, and if you choose to use it to buy boxes then that's on you. By just adding a buffer currency, it becomes not gambling, at least by China's gaming laws. The only reason EA went so aggressive with Battlefront 2 is Star Wars already having a huge -blam!-ing audience, their game was guaranteed to sell millions based on the name, they're assured to catch tons of fish so they throw a really wide net. It's a system that's really unfriendly to the consumer, but not inherently bad, I don't think.

(This is not about EA specifically) I hope this isn't an isolated incident and makes people look at all games that have loot boxes involved. My personal belief is that companies use "loot box" as a way to save face when it comes to micro transactions. They can use the excuse "It's not p2w, you don't always get something better". Knowing if they just out right sold stuff as micro transactions players would immediately turn away and bash the game. Some games don't even let you earn stuff, just earning a "loot box" then gambling or relying on rng for a reward with the possibility of getting repeat/nothing in return. No one wants to play and earn loot boxes, let the players put in hours and actually unlock stuff.