I wanted to share an exceptional video I watched last night discussing the origin of the 'Lootbox'. In particular EA's implementation of them & the man pulling the strings behind the scene. It was written, edited & produced by Youtuber 'Skill Up'. The recent controversy surrounding loot boxes has been brewing for years. It only took the perhaps the biggest intellectual property to bring exposure to it. I'm of course talking about Star Wars Battlefront 2. We have a big gaming community here on ozbargain. I urge you to take 20 minutes or so to sit back & watch this.
How do you feel about Lootboxes? Is it okay if they are just cosmetic? What about those with children who play video games, is this a concern? I'm so passionate & curious about this.
Rough summary of my views:
Cosmetic is fine.
Game-play affecting is not fine.
Actual game features in a paid-for game is absolutely not fine.
If it's free-to-play, eh - go nuts.
As a slight not-quite tangent: I don't agree with the fuss over gambling, whether pokies or lootboxes or otherwise. You want to combat that, the govt should create more PSAs and encourage greater financial literacy. No one is being forced at the end of a gun to gamble - either people are individuals who can make their own decisions or they can't. And if they can't the concept of democracy dies. You can't have it both ways.