Today the Entertainment Software rating Board (ESRB) is announced a new definition of equilibrium specifically games with loot boxes.
Currently, games that have microtransaction in it come with the ESRB definition of "Game Purchase." The ESRB will now add the definition of “Includes Random Items” if there are items that players can purchase in a game that has a manufactured item. For the most part this means that the boxes are looted, but the definition will apply to any other cracking operation where luck is involved.
Game purchases within its advertising. Games with detailed in-game purchases (including random items) may include other third party payouts. "
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The definition of "In-Game Purchases" is also a recent development. It was real added in early 2018, but only after increased pressure from politicians and society follows the debate around it Star Wars: Second World WarLoot boxes. At the same time the definition was very widespread and did not differentiate between normal and accidental microtransactions.
"I'm sure you all are asking why we don't do something so much to loot boxes," ESRB president Patricia Vance he said while addressing the media at the time. “We did a lot of research in the last few weeks and months, especially among parents. What we have learned is that most parents do not know what a box of robberies is. Even those who claim to do it, do not really understand what a box of extortion is. Therefore, it is very important for us not to go through the loot boxes for each segment, to make sure we include the loot boxes, but also for other in-game transactions. ”
The ESRB now says it will do just that. "Since we added the In-Game Purchases notice to the ratings given to real game buyers and lovers (not parents) we have come to us asking the ESRB to add more information to identify games that include random purchases," the agency wrote. The definitions would still use the phrase "boxing box," but, because, in the words of the ESRB, "most people familiar with the game don't understand it."
In the past the ESRB has been opposed to calling loot boxes in games, it says Kotaku back in 2017 that one it did not consider itself gambling. By now most of the games have already replaced their spoiler boxes with warfare and other modes of microtransaction. I'm more drunk than before, I think.
