The rapid descent of gaming into capitalism hell paired with gamers being staunchly pro-capitalism is just the right kind of irony.
The rapid descent of gaming into capitalism hell paired with gamers being staunchly pro-capitalism is just the right kind of irony.
Has China banned lootboxes yet? Are they even looking into doing it?
I think there are some restrictions, having trouble remembering because I recently flooded my brain with information about gacha game restrictions in Japan
China banning this stuff could really affect the entire global market. If China and EU both ban it then it's gameover because there will simply be no point in making two completely different games for the different markets. It won't matter if the US and other territories don't ban it.
I’ll teach my kids Mandarin if it means I can stop scanning their Fun Time Kids ABC apps for secret slot machines and coercive membership plans.
There are so many apps that let a kid fully customize their character only to tell them when they go to save that they used “premium” items and that it will cost $20/month to keep them
:inshallah:
Probably not going to ban lootboxes. Gacha games are huge in China, including games made domestically. What they've done recently is made them un-accessible to children by limiting playtime to an hour two days a week or something as well as banning kids from buying stuff. And if you can only play a gacha two days a week you might as well not bother.
Kids could still play on their parents accounts if they're allowed to, but at least the parents have some control over that.
That's not good for the future of the industry, as China continues to develop it will grow to be an absolutely massive market for gaming, bigger than the current US/EU market combined. If it doesn't crack the whip then no one will.