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The Protecting Children from Abusive Games Act

vocmcpvocmcp Member Posts: 1,134 Arc User
Looks like there is some movement concerning lootboxes and Pay2Win. A US senator is planning to legally ban them.

https://kotaku.com/u-s-senator-says-his-anti-loot-box-bill-has-the-video-1834905639
https://www.hawley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2019-05/Loot-Box-Bill-Text.pdf

Albeit the law is far from being put into place and it is targeted at games for minors OR if the publisher knows that the game is played by minors, I still hope on some progress for the entire industry. We may finally get to pay for proper content instead of our time again.

Some interesting definitions in this bill:

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘pay-to-win
8 microtransaction’’ means an add-on transaction
9 to a interactive digital entertainment product
10 that—
(I) eases a user’s progression
20 through content otherwise available
21 within the game without the purchase
22 of such transaction;

(8) LOOT BOX.—The term ‘‘loot box’’ means an
2 add-on transaction to an interactive digital enter3 tainment product that—
4 (A) in a randomized or partially random5 ized fashion—
6 (i) unlocks a feature of the product;
7 or
8 (ii) adds to or enhances the entertain9 ment value of the product; or

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