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Re:Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal by recursive on Thursday April 26, 2018 @01:43PM (#16933958)
Game A costs, but the loot is free. Game B is free, but the loot boxes cost. Game C is half-price, and has half-price loot boxes.

Why is C a problem? It's a mid-point between A and B.

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Re:Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal by robotresearcher on Friday April 27, 2018 @12:52PM (#16942256)
Parent didn't say it was a problem, just stated a preference. I agree with them. I've been buying games for 30 years (good grief) and suddenly they want me to pay inside the game. Just feels bad.

I don't mind paying for good content, but pay to win is a deal breaker.

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Re:Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal by teddyh on Thursday April 26, 2018 @02:14PM (#16934194)
Since the odds can be manipulated from moment to moment, there is no way to know if game C really has half-price loot boxes. The only way to be sure that you’re not paying full price anyway (via manipulated statistics and game mechanics) is for there not to be any loot boxes at all.
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Re:Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal by recursive on Thursday April 26, 2018 @08:00PM (#16937203)
That sounds like a problem with paid loot-boxes, not "double-dipping". Loot boxes might be double-priced even if the game is free by your same logic. There would be no way to know.
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