Excellent, then you agree that they need to die in a fire and be forgotten like radioactive waste? Also, is Polly3685 your alt account Edge-?
I didn't say that's untrue. My point is that it doesn't justify not having the government intervene. Just like drugs, sometimes the things people want need to be taken away because it's bad for them. Micro-transactions and loot boxes aren't even tangible goods. It's like watching someone flush money down the toilet because they get a joy out of it. To make it worse it's also conditioning children to grow up thinking this is normal. We have a few people mentioning that trading cards have been doing this forever, and therefore this should also be OK. Those people have been conditioned since they were children.You seem to be under the assumption that only sellers make up the market and control what happens in them. Consumers make up 50% of the market and if they choose to stop purchasing and supporting games that use MTX the market will go away. We both know that isn't going to happen but it isn't to governments place to do anything about it.
Honestly, fuck that claw machine. That thing couldn't pick up used chewing gum.Not all MTX have a random aspect and even the ones that do aren't gambling. It's no more gambling than a stuffed animal claw machine, arcade, or collector cards.
Micro-transactions are aimed towards those likely to give up money, and children rank #1. How many of that ~21% of gamers are buying micro-transactions?As far as being aimed at children that's a load of crap also. MTX are aimed at gamers, not 1 specific demographic of gamers. A quick google search will show that only ~21% of gamers are under the age of 18.
You've heard of whales right? That's what they're doing.So does that mean that they gaming industry is only marketing MTX to them and ignoring the other 79%?
That's how democracy works. We vote for what we want and the government does what we say. You don't like it then you can move to China. I hear the smog there is great this time of the year.It is not the governments job to dictate how and when people spend their money.
That post gave me cancer, just like micro-transactions and loot boxes. The reason we stop people using drugs because it's self inflicting damage unto themselves. Micro-transactions and loot boxes are basically causing self inflicting financial damage. There's no reason for these things to exist other than to make wealthy people even wealthier.Nice hyperbole with the drugs and cigarettes analogy. There is a huge difference in a Philip Morris claiming that cigarettes do not harm to you, when they in fact cause cancer, and gaming companies putting players and skins in loot boxes.
So what technology are you referring to? Or is that your battle cry? Science is here to stay! Now use your reading comprehension to figure that one out. I put as much thought into that statement as you did into "Technology is here to stay".Your reading comprehension seems to be lacking also. I didn't say or even imply that MTX are technology.
I who can build computers and rebuild routers have trouble with credit cards and payments. That's why I remove payment information because companies will throw fees and changes that shouldn't be there. If I don't believe there's any fuckery going on with my credit card, then what reason do I have to check on it? But there is, and nearly every company abuses it. But if I was a parent working a full time job and had children, then stored payment information is a blessing because that's one less thing I gotta worry about.Many people in this thread have tried to bypass parental supervision by making the excuse that parents don't know their credit card data is/was saved on a device or site because they didn't grow up with the tech. It's a lame ass excuse either way you look at it but it does make a point that people who are unfamiliar with the tech their kids are using need to learn about it and what it's capable of before giving it to their kids.
If companies weren't abusive then Wells Fargo would have a CEO by now, but they don't. So certain laws are needed to protect people for unlawful enrichment. That's what micro-transactions and loot boxes are, unlawful enrichment. Someone is getting free money for doing nothing, and abusing modern payment systems to give you something that isn't real. Better yet, they're giving you a chance to get something random that isn't real. Game companies needed to be taken to court a long time ago.