Should loot boxes really be excluded from gambling laws?
The PlayStation Mid-Year Deals promotion has a bunch of games worth checking out that are priced at $4.99 or below.
The Nintendo Switch 2 has proved to be a success the world over, however, one nation which is particularly keen on the Nintendo’s latest platform is naturally Japan. Recent sales data has shown that…
yeah nothing is gonna dethrone nintendo in japan, especially if there's a handheld involved.
It also broke the previous records set by PS4 in the west
So it’s not just Japan. Its global.
A lot of that has to do with availability of consoles. You couldn’t find a launch PS4 after the first 3 days for a while. PS5 even more so.
I’m not saying this to take anything away from Nintendo, I’m only saying they came with more consoles to start. If there were 1.5M PS4s in North America at launch they likely would have all been sold immediately. So the launch record is a bit skewed there.
Playdead co-founder Dino Patti is allegedly being sued by his former studio and business partner.
Patti was threatened with a lawsuit earlier this year after he posted a now-deleted LinkedIn post that shared an "unauthorized" picture of co-founder Arnt Jensen and discussed some of Limbo's development. Patti said Jensen demanded a little over $73,000 in "suitable compensation and reimbursement," adding that he had "repeatedly" had such letters over the last nine years.
The only thing that takes this out of the realm of gambling is the fact that you get something out of the deal. I get that it's a chance-based distribution of whatever, and you're not guaranteed to get a top-notch item, but gambling usually nets you absolutely nothing in return for the money you've invested.
I am in no way condoning this practice at all (I disagree with it 100%, but I also just ignore that it's even in the game), but you're not exactly investing money into these things in the hopes that you get anything at all (because it's a guaranteed thing that you get *something*), you're investing money in the hopes that you get something *good*.
Yes it's gambling
Do you know what you're getting when you open them? No? Then it's gambling. There are many other things just like it in other markets, and they are tolerated. Sports cards, etc. etc.
Doesn't change the fact that you are paying to overcome virtual obstacles that these companies put in place to entice you to pay more. Far from comparable to sports cards or the like. Secondly, sports cards retain some sort of value after paying for them, where as loot crates merely give you the joy of having your financial anus stretched.
If you are stupid enough to believe these companies don't design their games to be as cumbersome as possible to entice you to pay more? Well, I'm sorry you have s**t for brains, but we aren't all born equal sadly. Just have your mom or dad explain it to you.