ESRB, the organization that rates the content of video games, announces a new label for games that offer in-game purchases of loot boxes or other similar items
It's an additional descriptor to the ‘In-Game Purchases’ label introduced in 2018 — The Entertainment Software Rating Board …
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Discussion
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@lam_barrett
Lindsey Barrett
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a euphemistic label disclosure will do nothing to mitigate the unfairness of tricking kids into spending real money in games through intentionally manipulative tactics, but sure, why not https://twitter.com/...
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@jaypeters
Jay Peters
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This is a good, if small, step forward. https://twitter.com/...
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@ben_orlebeke
Ben Orlebeke
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1) lol, 2) lootboxes that offer any non-cosmetic items should be outlawed, 3) cosmetic lootboxes should clearly display item rarity odds and never give duplicates, 4) limit daily/weekly/monthly purchases https://twitter.com/...
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@maxwinebach
Max Weinbach
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I'm pretty sure no sane human has ever read the ESRB label https://twitter.com/...