The maker of the video game Genshin Impact has agreed to pay $20 million and to block children under 16 from making in-game purchases without parental consent to settle Federal Trade Commission all
You could just sell the game at a flat cost. You know, like they use to and still do. If you want a “Live Service” game, just sell a DLC/Expansion Pack every few months.
Most people consider lootbox/gacha predatory and regular advertising a necessary evil. Regular advertising is often manipulative too, but most people consider lootbox/gacha to be more so, especially because of the addictive gambling mechanics it uses that regular advertising doesn’t. Also, most people are used to advertising, and putting lootboxes/gacha in video games is something I am assuming most Lemmy posters can remember there being a controversy over before microtransactions became The New Normal.
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Playing games is different than manipulating money out of minors.
You know that too
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You could just sell the game at a flat cost. You know, like they use to and still do. If you want a “Live Service” game, just sell a DLC/Expansion Pack every few months.
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Most people consider lootbox/gacha predatory and regular advertising a necessary evil. Regular advertising is often manipulative too, but most people consider lootbox/gacha to be more so, especially because of the addictive gambling mechanics it uses that regular advertising doesn’t. Also, most people are used to advertising, and putting lootboxes/gacha in video games is something I am assuming most Lemmy posters can remember there being a controversy over before microtransactions became The New Normal.