three in 10 children had opened a loot box in a video game.
Roughly 30 percent of children have been exposed to loot boxes.
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Loot boxes are an almost $30 billion industry,
Multi billion dollar industy.
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Joe Simons, said during a congressional oversight hearing on Tuesday that the regulator would look into the in-game loot boxes, a response that came after Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., sent a letter to the Entertainment and Software Ratings Board (ESRB) asking it to investigate loot box practices.
Legal action against loot boxes is being considered.
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players don’t actually know what they’ll get before they “open” the box.
Can be considered as gambling.
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not affect the gun’s in-game effectiveness — are currently up for sale for hundreds and thousands of dollars.
So far does not give player's a competitive advantage.
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Two researchers conducted a survey of more than 7,000 gamers and found "important links between loot box spending and problem gambling”
Possible link between purchasing loot boxes and gambling addiction.
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in-game items that made players stronger, sparking outrage after it created what some gamers called a “pay to win” system.
Example of competitive advantage. Resulted in negative reaction from community.
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Hawaii state representatives called the Star Wars Battlefront II loot box system a “predatory practice” and compared it to an online casino.
Politician compares loot boxes to gambling.
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Belgium and the Netherlands passed laws in April banning loot boxes entirely, labeling them as gambling
loot boxes banned in Belgium and Netherlands after being considered gambling.
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