Four out of Ten Loot Boxes Violate Dutch Gambling Law, Local Regulator Finds
Four out of ten loot boxes in video games were found to be violating the Dutch Betting and Gaming Act (Wet op de kansspelen), the local gambling authority, Kansspelautoriteit, said in a report on the matter. Of those investigated, four were found to have items which were received randomly and could be traded for an established value, a distinction that can also be found in the games and systems within the gambling world. "Players can earn money if they get a rare item".
As a result, these games violate the rules of chance per the gaming commission (thanks, Stolkie1971).
The enormous loot box controversy sparked by Star Wars: Battlefront II past year has already made ripples throughout the gaming industry. It's now giving game publishers until June 20 to comply with the law or they could face "enforcement action".
The gambling regulator pointed out that loot boxes incorporate elements of games of chance into games that are generally based on skill, which makes their nature highly controversial.
"They are designed as gambling games are designed, with the feeling that you have nearly won", Marja Appelman, director of the Dutch Gambling Authority said in a statement.
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Presentation, rather than the loot itself, is the primary driver of addictiveness: Those on the high end of the scale "have integral elements that are similar to slot machines", the report said, including unlimited access, the ability to cash out virtual goods, particular visual and sound effects, and a "near miss" effect that encourages the feeling of having almost won something. In an odd note, while the games under study were not revealed, NOS does bring up DOTA 2, Rocket League, PUBG and Federation Internationale de Football Association 18 as prime examples of loot boxes breaking the law.
A study conducted by the The Gaming Authority found loot boxes cause young players, who are particularly vulnerable, could start gambling sooner which comes with a high rick of addiction.
A recent study by market analyst Juniper Research (via NOS) said that the value of loot boxes and skin gambling could exceed $50 billion by 2022.
Microtransactions have completely reshaped the way that game developers conduct business, and with an estimated 24 billion euro generated in the last year-$4 billion United States dollars for Blizzard alone in 2017-it's hard to blame them for being interested. Their contents are usually random, which encourages players to spend more money as they pursue certain rewards.
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