The same year, the UK government resisted pressure to regulate loot boxes, saying the video game industry could self-regulate instead.
Oh yeah, how well is that going?
Self-regulation is a lie, you need an objective referee to ensure everyone is playing by the rules. Having a referee that can’t punish anyone is as good as not having one at all
Self-regulation can work in cases where the incentives are set up just right, but when it works you have no real need to bring up regulation at all so whenever regulation is worth considering at all self-regulation has already failed pretty much by definition.
Most European countries should outright ban that shit. Only harm comes from this. Blizzard can be rightfully criticised for many their practices over the past decades but at least they got rid of loot boxes in OW.
They are not loot boxes, they are surprise mechanics, okay?
Remember when they told us Pogs would make us gambling addicts?
We have rules?
Corporate fines should be GDPR style… a percentage of global revenue.
