▲ 46 ▼ New York's case that Steam lootboxes are "gambling" is a free speech violation that "will have an impermissible chilling effect on protected videogame design", argue Valve (www.rockpapershotgun.com) submitted 3 months ago by GamingBot@lemmy.zip [M, B] to c/gaming@lemmy.zip 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 76 points 3 months ago (1 child) No one is forcing you to charge for that type of mechanic. What a stupid defense. It's gambling. It's advertised to children. It doesn't matter how much you like valve for other reasons. They are in the wrong here. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago (1 child) If we lived in a just world, all loot boxes and other pay-for-random-things would be outlawed completely. It is gambling and it is directed at kids, yet there's zero oversight or regulation the way gambling is regulated everywhere else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) I don't know aboit the new FH6, but I always really liked how Forza Horizon does it. Because it does not cost anything. You just get an endless stream of wheel spins and random drops. There isn't even a way to buy them at all. You get thst sort of, "Randomized dopamine hit" but its just part of the game. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] a_little_red_rat@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Vampire Survivors had it, kinda. It was just miniboss drops, random, like a typical hack and slash, but opening a chest looked like a silly slot machine animation jacking straight into my gambler brain (I don't actually gamble - I have many other bad habits but I realized I might be wired dangerously back when I played cards for small sums of money with my classmates as a teenager. So I actively swore off gambling and never fell for it, apart from "fake" gambling in video games, where I'm always reminded of why I shouldn't touch it in real life) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gila@hexbear.net 1 point 3 months ago Cloverpit is a roguelike where the gameplay is literally just playing a slot machine permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago (1 child) If we lived in a just world, all loot boxes and other pay-for-random-things would be outlawed completely. It is gambling and it is directed at kids, yet there's zero oversight or regulation the way gambling is regulated everywhere else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) I don't know aboit the new FH6, but I always really liked how Forza Horizon does it. Because it does not cost anything. You just get an endless stream of wheel spins and random drops. There isn't even a way to buy them at all. You get thst sort of, "Randomized dopamine hit" but its just part of the game. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] a_little_red_rat@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Vampire Survivors had it, kinda. It was just miniboss drops, random, like a typical hack and slash, but opening a chest looked like a silly slot machine animation jacking straight into my gambler brain (I don't actually gamble - I have many other bad habits but I realized I might be wired dangerously back when I played cards for small sums of money with my classmates as a teenager. So I actively swore off gambling and never fell for it, apart from "fake" gambling in video games, where I'm always reminded of why I shouldn't touch it in real life) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gila@hexbear.net 1 point 3 months ago Cloverpit is a roguelike where the gameplay is literally just playing a slot machine permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) I don't know aboit the new FH6, but I always really liked how Forza Horizon does it. Because it does not cost anything. You just get an endless stream of wheel spins and random drops. There isn't even a way to buy them at all. You get thst sort of, "Randomized dopamine hit" but its just part of the game. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] a_little_red_rat@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Vampire Survivors had it, kinda. It was just miniboss drops, random, like a typical hack and slash, but opening a chest looked like a silly slot machine animation jacking straight into my gambler brain (I don't actually gamble - I have many other bad habits but I realized I might be wired dangerously back when I played cards for small sums of money with my classmates as a teenager. So I actively swore off gambling and never fell for it, apart from "fake" gambling in video games, where I'm always reminded of why I shouldn't touch it in real life) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gila@hexbear.net 1 point 3 months ago Cloverpit is a roguelike where the gameplay is literally just playing a slot machine permalink fedilink source parent
[–] a_little_red_rat@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Vampire Survivors had it, kinda. It was just miniboss drops, random, like a typical hack and slash, but opening a chest looked like a silly slot machine animation jacking straight into my gambler brain (I don't actually gamble - I have many other bad habits but I realized I might be wired dangerously back when I played cards for small sums of money with my classmates as a teenager. So I actively swore off gambling and never fell for it, apart from "fake" gambling in video games, where I'm always reminded of why I shouldn't touch it in real life) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gila@hexbear.net 1 point 3 months ago Cloverpit is a roguelike where the gameplay is literally just playing a slot machine permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gila@hexbear.net 1 point 3 months ago Cloverpit is a roguelike where the gameplay is literally just playing a slot machine permalink fedilink source parent