Oh they won’t ban The Witcher.

When are they gonna ban The Witcher then?

CRAB BATTLE!!!

I’d argue that loot boxes ARE fun, but only when they’re awarded for gameplay (free).
If you can/must pay for them, it should be treated the same as gambling. Plain and simple.

The entire point of industry self-regulation is to, you know, regulate. The ESRB could have as much power as the industry wants it to have.

They have 6 descriptors for violence and 7 for sexual content but it’d be way too confusing and complicated to split this into a couple of informative categories?

“We don’t believe it does. We think it’s a fun way to acquire virtual items for use within the game.”

That’s the coppist cop out that ever copped an out, and it’s going to bite them in the ass.

Just get rid of the microtransactions. Sell us a game, then we pay for the game, then we play the game. That’s all you needed to do. Stop trying to find ways to “turn players into payers”. You’re supposed to turn payers into players, by way of giving us a game in exchange for money. Stop sticking stores inside our…

Just a whole bunch of lies from Bungie regarding what they didn’t know. They knew damn well how the balance of Tess/Eververse was. It was clear as day in the holiday event.

I know, it’s like more than one game having capture the flag. The idea is so broad that no single game can own it.

Battleground is just a word. I don’t know why people are trying to protect this game like this, nobody made a fuss when the first deathmatch mode was copied, and the term deathmatch too.

Does gaming always need to focus on being new and original? Not all gaming needs to be art, and in particular with online gaming it’s sometimes better to focus on refining existing gameplay concepts.

Warning shots are a movie/TV show invention. Gun owners and even the worst trained police have it hammered home that you do -not- point the gun at anything you don’t want to shoot, ever. Warning shots/aiming to disable is not smart to say the least.

Don’t know if troll or not, but it’s not gamers throwing a “temper tantrum” that caused loot boxes. It’s laughable that you would even suggest such a thing.

The difference is that we, as a society, have found it prudent to legally limit childrens’ exposure and access to tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. We have also done the same with most types of gambling. Loot boxes, however, are largely uncharged legal territory, and it’s important that they be classified as gambling so…

Except the net neutrality situation is the exact opposite. The FCC is trying to remove regulations in place to protect consumers. It is deregulation.

I could think of quite a few american industries that could use some more government oversight.

You seem confused about how the branches of the government work.

Regulations are put into place to protect consumers and the general public. This is a good thing. Regulations mean you no longer have to worry about human fingers accidentally being in one of your hotdogs.