Blizzard Disables Loot Boxes in Belgium
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Lebon30
Well done Belgium!
Venix
Way to go Belgium ! Now i hope other countries will follow!
Netherwind
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schmidtbag
They still have em once in a while. About a year ago I got a Spiderman wrist-mounted water squirter. I forget what cereal it was. It was surprisingly pretty good. Felt like a kid again.
Until I had drive into work later that same day...
Kool64
I should totally be for this decision HOWEVER I am not because if they(the government) told me I can't have something that will just make me want to buy it even more. I get they "why" I just don't like the outcome.
TheDeeGee
Not able to buy anything with earned Gems from Progress either.
Not sure there is a point to play Heroes of the Storm anymore then.
Reddoguk
Just remove the gamble part and it'll be fine. They don't mind loot boxes themselves it's the stuff that's inside them that's the problem. You might have to spend 1000's in order to get the item you want when another kid might get it first try. Hence it's a way of allowing children gambling away their money on a product they have already paid for once. Just stop it and allow players to buy what ever they want without having to gamble for it.
It should be law in the UK too since it's illegal to gamble under the age of 18.
RealNC
They didn't take away the prize. You get lootboxes while you play, even in Belgium.
TheDeeGee
They have to close Casino's as well... right?
Get rid of Gumball Machines... Fairs with those Coin and Grabber machines.
So much gambling going on in the world.
Valken
@ DeeGee,
The difference between your examples is that gumballs are known (you can see it), and the grabber is based on time and skill.
It's not a BLIND bag which is technically chance and is gambling.
They should do this everywhere where kids have easy access to pay cards as well... it is gambling anywhere you label it.
The only kids who would really know the value of money is if they earned it themselves (jobs, chores, part time, lemonade stands, etc...) . Then they can do whatever they want.
If the money is just given to them and parents are OK, I'm OK under parental guidance, but if it was left to kids alone to decide, eff no in general.
KissSh0t
Or the video game publishers would need to get the same licenses as those casino's, and follow the same laws as those casino's, and only allow adults to use the products those publishers sell.
schmidtbag
I see what you're saying but there's no other alternative. We could sign petitions and make Reddit posts about boycotting and it wouldn't have done anything at all. Even if you yourself devoted your whole life to getting games to stop using gambling methods without having laws be put in place, you wouldn't succeed, and I don't mean that as any offense toward you. Those who exploit others will never stop doing what they do until they are forced to stop. The whole reason governments exist in the first place is to put order to things for the sake of its citizens. Otherwise, you have anarchy. So that being said, Belgium's government is working just fine and served a law in their people's favor.
Not every politician is a corrupt greedy asshole. Sure, a lot of them are, but many of them have their job because they legitimately care about making the country they serve a better place.
RavenMaster
F**k lootboxes and f**k encouraging children to gamble
Reddoguk
It's a tough one because "They" can actually do loot boxes in a right way and a wrong way.
I'm guilty of buying keys in Rocket League to open the free loot boxes and it can become pretty addictive. At least with Psyonix some of that money goes to actual college funds and competitive prize money to help eSports.
Again though it's all 100% cosmetic with RL so no advantages gained. Even after saying that though there's a problem with the actual drop chances in those loot boxes but there's a work around of sorts because you might be able to trade for what you want and even a way to buy any item you want. I just find it risky to use 3rd party sites to buy those said items which are cheap enough but are they trust worthy with my CC details.
Psyonix has a store and could easily add items like decals and rare cars gained atm only through boxes.
Loobyluggs
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KissSh0t
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