This stuff needs to be illegal. It is programming kids into gambling.
...also as a nice side effect it would make the video games I like to play cheaper and better.
...also as a nice side effect it would make the video games I like to play cheaper and better.
Japan is on that list as well, though I think the Mario Kart micro transactions and gambling like mechanisms are still legal.
Belgium probably has one of the strictest laws: “Looking at various games, such as FIFA 18 and Overwatch, Belgium determined that the randomized risk/reward system innate to loot boxes is tantamount to gambling.” Mario Kart Tour, for example, is simply not available there.
[1] https://screenrant.com/lootbox-gambling-microtransactions-il...
Kids have lost tens of thousands of dollars on their platform. And I'm guessing if they were sued, none of it is binding, because minors.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/roblox-criticized-for-lack-of-...