My friends son is constantly asking for more Pokémon cards.
I’m not sure if there is any harm, but he’s in to it.
I do wonder if regulation is the answer though. Shouldn’t we expect people (parents, here) to make their own choices?
I’m not sure if there is any harm, but he’s in to it.
I do wonder if regulation is the answer though. Shouldn’t we expect people (parents, here) to make their own choices?
> Hassan urged the ESRB in the letter to examine whether loot boxes are being marketed "in an ethical and transparent way that adequately protects the developing minds of young children from predatory practices."
Ultimately people will make the decisions about what they do. Paid DLC is nearly loot boxing, but I guess the difference is there is more reasonable pressure when deciding whether to buy the DLC vs. a loot box? It's less pressure than a perceived threat in the game provoking your purchase, but it's funny how there is still a lot of pressure to buy DLC when you're simply on the Steam store page (giant green buy button, videos with 25% actual gameplay flashing at you, reviews urging you to buy the game, etc). But that's not a problem, it's only a problem when a real-money store is moved inside the game.
In the end we got a lot of new cards and my parents got a decent amount of chores done. I’m about to turn 28 and I’ve never had any sort of gambling problem (but I have had my own other non Pokémon related problems that were probably at least somewhat related to my parents)