which game that boomed in popularity and had lootbox from start then ?
and it is relevant, because loot box system exist since ages in phone games, yet they were ignored since those games were very minor, not respected by gaming community, so it was hard to get addict to in first place because how sh8t they are
now enter the greediest company on earth (activision, not EA btw), then epic games, then EA, and then it became problem, activision turned it from some sh8t system that was mainly phone based for free games to mainstream 60$ games still milking ppl
It shows how influential are games now, i know that system exist since age because i used to play a small fun card game on phone, half ppl didn't even know about the loot box idea
my point is : there are lot of bad shady stuff happens, it only became problem when AAA games adopted it, made mainstream gamers more aproned to gambling, and while i expect the ban hammer very soon on all loot boxing systems, it still need to fix the problem at root : like it or not AAA publishers now have massive influence on society and MUST be controlled to not repeat gambling addiction again
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government hate video games and in general will move against stuff like that, the infamous sub-zero finish was shown in congress and they forced esrb rating, parents are ignorant is not their fault and they did the right thing
gambling is a real addiction and a very destructive one, if usa moved against violence and they are infamous for allowing blood and limbs on tv but never a nipple, why would they be merciful against gambling ?