Genshin Impact Game Developer Will be Banned from Selling Lootboxes to Teens Under 16 without Parental Consent, Pay a $20 Million Fine to Settle FTC Charges
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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
  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    There isn’t a meaningful difference; gachas are just a subset of lootboxes, and anybody claiming otherwise is a player lying to themselves or is a game publisher defending themselves from these predatory practices.

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      18 hours ago

      Yup, it doesn’t make a difference if you pay for:

      • a box containing random items (Overwatch 1)
      • a key to open boxes you find for free (Guild Wars 2)
      • an incubator to hatch an egg with a random creature (Pokemon GO)
      • a wish to reward a random character but there’s a guarantee after 80 wishes to get one exact character (Genshin Impact)