>Over the course of the last several months, the subject of in-game purchases has been a hot topic of conversation within the gaming industry. With that in mind, after months of silence, the Entertainment Software Rating Board has responded on how they will approach in-game purchases going forward.
>This news comes from the official ESRB Twitter account, which has stated that all physically packaged games that feature in-game purchases will include a label disclosing consumers of that fact “in the near future.” According to the board, the new program expands on a similar concept, which is found on digital store pages.
>The statement also revealed that the “in-game purchases” label would be visible on the right side corner by the game’s letter rating. However, it will be separated from existing content factors like “Blood and Gore” and “Strong Language;” the label will be equally distributed to all games that include any additional content to be purchased, including in-game currency, subscriptions, season passes and loot boxes.
>Additionally, the ESRB has launched an awareness campaign to provide parents helpful tools that will help them manage the amount of money and time kids are spending on games including in-game purchases under a new website called ParentalTools.
Hack job. There is no difference between in game purchases such as proper expansions and casino shit like lootboxes.
ESRB is a joke.
John Murphy
About fucking time This is all those cunts had to do to not get the government involved
Christian Torres
"everything is black and white" autists utterly blown the fuck out
Jayden Gray
What a joke lol, just another thing that shows how paid off they are
Aiden Lee
i guess we'll be relying on the EU for any actual change
Logan Collins
Stop pretending you care about all the idiots and children getting addicted to gambling, it's a bullshit argument that detracts from the real problem. Namely: LOOTBOXES ARE FUCKING ANNOYING GET THAT SHIT OUT
Jackson Howard
This doesn’t change anything. It’s barely a slap on the wrist. Every single game nowadays has some long-term based payment plan where the user is expected to dump more money into the game over its lifetime.
The end result is every single game has this ‘scarlet letter’ on it; in which case, the message loses its potency entirely.
Jeremiah Russell
Absolutely not enough, they are forgetting that if they don't actually do something people will be pissed enough to get the government to do it. Their incompetence isn't really surprising though considering EA has strong ties to it.
Robert Watson
I hope that Hawaii senator do something about it
Dylan Bennett
From what i hear he proposed having to tell people what the chances are of winning certain items, restricting the sale to minors (auto M rating) and I believe the label on the box as well.
Oliver Long
Too little too late unless you're going to up lootbox based systems to AO nobody is gonna defend you. You got the democrats after you for one reason and the republicans for another. Y'all fucked.
Christopher Reyes
>yfw games with microtransactions start getting an auto M rating >yfw trump institutes a 20% tax on M rated games because of the lefty anti-gun faggots and that spic bitch with the skinhead >yfw the same people who railed against lootboxes actually end up killing the games industry >yfw you're sad because no vidya but happy because millennial leftists and leddit gaymers start tearing each other apart from the inside So many feels, so little time
Colton Ramirez
Yup
Connor Gray
>Sup Forums supports and believes in a free market >Lootboxes need to be banned! Sup Forums everyone
Ayden Jenkins
>post 1929 >believing in pure capitalism Hello Grand-grandpa.
Thats the only way to appeal to the normalfags to support the cause of getting rid of these stupid things. How many times in history has anyone said "think of the children" and actually meant it? Id say probably close to none.
Anthony Miller
Gambling is illegal for kids, which is what the entire controversy is about. Also laws need to be applied equally, casinos are heavily regulated already so it makes sense that gambling in games would be regulated as well.
