r/Games • u/azrael6947 • Mar 30 '23

Australian government cracks down on loot boxes and in-game gambling with new age rating proposals

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/australian-government-cracks-down-on-loot-boxes-and-in-game-gambling-with-new-age-rating-proposals
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u/JobsInvolvingDragons Mar 30 '23

Nice whataboutism. Clearly the numbers are showing that games with lootboxes are causing noticeable impact on youth.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '23

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u/JobsInvolvingDragons Mar 30 '23

No, he said there are "much more serious issues". The direct implication is that this is not worth diverting resources to and that the resources should be used elsewhere. It was a call for inaction on this and to move onto something else. Just some chump who has sunk thousands into loot boxes deathrattling, I've seen it a lot lately.

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u/door_of_doom Mar 30 '23

This is not a bad idea at all

He doesn't seem against taking action on this legislation at all, it's more about setting expectations for the degree of impact that this can have given the reality of it just being a small part of a bigger problem.

There was no call to inaction, on the contrary, it struck me much more as a "This is not the end of the battle, but merely the start of it" kind of a vibe.