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23 hours ago, Schlock said:

That's why there is a text "This offer not available to players in Belgium and Netherlands" whenever there's a new gambling offer on AW page. Kinda hoping rest of the world will follow their example and, if not ban gambling mechanics in video games, then at least make those games 18+.

But who am I kidding, with shit like FIFA and NBA going full gambling, no one will have the balls (heh) to do that.

Game companies have made exceptions for those countries because they are a small section of their player base. If the US or other larger countries classify loot boxes as gambling, game companies would be forced to make major changes.

The age limit would have to be higher than 18 is some countries. The US has banned gambling in most states, only a few zones allow gaming of the loot box type. You would need to verify that the player is playing the game in a gambling allowed zone. Also you will need a to have a way to verify the age of the person playing, that is hard to do in some countries due to privacy requirements. Also once loot boxes are recognized as gambling. This would add a whole slew of new laws and taxes to the games, AW included. Like in a casino, when you say win a car, you have to pay the taxes on the value of that car. So in say, AW when you win a tank or camo, you would have to pay taxes on those new assets. This would also force those in charge to fix prices for all the content on the games and have them listed. This would showcase the price inflation that happens with the loot box systems. Look at the tanks in AW, all are less than $100  if you buy that tank from the market place. How many have spent more that $100 on loot boxes for some of the premium tanks. When trying the slot machines for a chance to win a hot rod sports car that is worth $50k or more. Most people can see spending a few hundred at the slots for the chance as worth it. Winning that sports car could help you get laid, showcasing that you have a T14-152 in an online multiplayer game will not. Also some governments have other rules on gambling, like slot machines in Vegas, loot boxes act like slot machines. Vegas requires slot machine to payout money back to the player 75% of the time. The problem with games is there is a fixed amount of content that could be payed back to the player for every spin of the loot boxes.

23 hours ago, Schlock said:

That's why there is a text "This offer not available to players in Belgium and Netherlands" whenever there's a new gambling offer on AW page. Kinda hoping rest of the world will follow their example and, if not ban gambling mechanics in video games, then at least make those games 18+.

But who am I kidding, with shit like FIFA and NBA going full gambling, no one will have the balls (heh) to do that.

Game companies have made exceptions for those countries because they are a small section of their player base. If the US or other larger countries classify loot boxes as gambling, game companies would be forced to make major changes.

The age limit would have to be higher than 18 is some countries. Also you will need a to have a way to verify the age of the person playing, that is hard to do in some countries due to privacy requirements. Also once loot boxes are recognized as gambling. This would add a whole slew of new laws and taxes to the games, AW included. Like in a casino, when you say win a car, you have to pay the taxes on the value of that car. So in say, AW when you win a tank or camo, you would have to pay taxes on those new assets. This would also force those in charge to fix prices for all the content on the games and have them listed. This would showcase the price inflation that happens with the loot box systems. Look at the tanks in AW, all are less than $100  if you buy that tank from the market place. How many have spent more that $100 on loot boxes for some of the premium tanks. When trying the slot machines for a chance to win a hot rod sports car that is worth $50k or more. Most people can see spending a few hundred at the slots for the chance as worth it. Winning that sports car could help you get laid, showcasing that you have a T14-152 in an online multiplayer game will not. Also some governments have other rules on gambling, like slot machines in Vegas, loot boxes act like slot machines. Vegas requires slot machine to payout money back to the player 75% of the time. The problem with games is there is a fixed amount of content that could be payed back to the player for every spin of the loot boxes.

23 hours ago, Schlock said:

That's why there is a text "This offer not available to players in Belgium and Netherlands" whenever there's a new gambling offer on AW page. Kinda hoping rest of the world will follow their example and, if not ban gambling mechanics in video games, then at least make those games 18+.

But who am I kidding, with shit like FIFA and NBA going full gambling, no one will have the balls (heh) to do that.

Game companies have made exceptions for those countries because they are a small section of their player base. If the US or other larger countries classify loot boxes as gambling game companies would be forced to major changes.

The age limit would have to be higher than 18 is some countries. Also you will need a to have a way to verify the age of the person playing, that is hard to do in some countries due to privacy requirements. Also once loot boxes are recognized as gambling. This would add a whole slew of new laws and taxes to the games, AW included. Like in a casino, when you say win a car, you have to pay the taxes on the value of that car. So in say, AW when you win a tank or camo, you would have to pay taxes on those new assets. This would also force those in charge to fix prices for all the content on the games and have them listed. This would showcase the price inflation that happens with the loot box systems. Look at the tanks in AW, all are less than $100  if you buy that tank from the market place. How many have spent more that $100 on loot boxes for some of the premium tanks. When trying the slot machines for a chance to win a hot rod sports car that is worth $50k or more. Most people can see spending a few hundred at the slots for the chance as worth it. Winning that sports car could help you get laid, showcasing that you have a T14-152 in an online multiplayer game will not. Also some governments have other rules on gambling, like slot machines in Vegas, loot boxes act like slot machines. Vegas requires slot machine to payout money back to the player 75% of the time. The problem with games is there is a fixed amount of content that could be payed back to the player for every spin of the loot boxes.

23 hours ago, Schlock said:

That's why there is a text "This offer not available to players in Belgium and Netherlands" whenever there's a new gambling offer on AW page. Kinda hoping rest of the world will follow their example and, if not ban gambling mechanics in video games, then at least make those games 18+.

But who am I kidding, with shit like FIFA and NBA going full gambling, no one will have the balls (heh) to do that.

Game companies have made exceptions for those countries because they are small section of their player base. If the US or other larger countries classify loot boxes as gambling game companies would be forced to major changes.

The age limit would have to be higher than 18 is some countries. Also you will need a to have a way to verify the age of the person playing, that is hard to do in some countries due to privacy requirements. Also once loot boxes are recognized as gambling. This would add a whole slew of new laws and taxes to the games, AW included. Like in a casino, when you say win a car, you have to pay the taxes on the value of that car. So in say, AW when you win a tank or camo, you would have to pay taxes on those new assets. This would also force those in charge to fix prices for all the content on the games and have them listed. This would showcase the price inflation that happens with the loot box systems. Look at the tanks in AW, all are less than $100  if you buy that tank from the market place. How many have spent more that $100 on loot boxes for some of the premium tanks. When trying the slot machines for a chance to win a hot rod sports car that is worth $50k or more. Most people can see spending a few hundred at the slots for the chance as worth it. Winning that sports car could help you get laid, showcasing that you have a T14-152 in an online multiplayer game will not. Also some governments have other rules on gambling, like slot machines in Vegas, loot boxes act like slot machines. Vegas requires slot machine to payout money back to the player 75% of the time. The problem with games is there is a fixed amount of content that could be payed back to the player for every spin of the loot boxes.

22 hours ago, Schlock said:

That's why there is a text "This offer not available to players in Belgium and Netherlands" whenever there's a new gambling offer on AW page. Kinda hoping rest of the world will follow their example and, if not ban gambling mechanics in video games, then at least make those games 18+.

But who am I kidding, with shit like FIFA and NBA going full gambling, no one will have the balls (heh) to do that.

The age limit would have to be higher than 18 is some countries. Also you will need a to have a way to verify the age of the person playing, that is hard to do in some countries due to privacy requirements. Also once loot boxes are recognized as gambling. This would add a whole slew of new laws and taxes to the games, AW included. Like in a casino, when you say win a car, you have to pay the taxes on the value of that car. So in say, AW when you win a tank or camo, you would have to pay taxes on those new assets. This would also force those in charge to fix prices for all the content on the games and have them listed. This would showcase the price inflation that happens with the loot box systems. Look at the tanks in AW, all are less than $100  if you buy that tank from the market place. How many have spent more that $100 on loot boxes for some of the premium tanks. When trying the slot machines for a chance to win a hot rod sports car that is worth $50k or more. Most people can see spending a few hundred at the slots for the chance as worth it. Winning that sports car could help you get laid, showcasing that you have a T14-152 in an online multiplayer game will not. Also some governments have other rules on gambling, like slot machines in Vegas, loot boxes act like slot machines. Vegas requires slot machine to payout money back to the player 75% of the time. The problem with games is there is a fixed amount of content that could be payed back to the player for every spin of the loot boxes.