EA reportedly under criminal investigation in Belgium due to FIFA's loot boxes

Re:EA reportedly under criminal investigation in Belgium due... by Crpt774 on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @06:19AM (#17967049)

Pretty sure Valve haven't actually removed lootboxes, they just show which common reward you will get if you are in Belgium, Rares are still random.

When you consider that the above is enough that Valve haven't been touched yet, it just feels like EA are digging their heels for the sake of it.

On the other hand, these are the same people who gave us BF2 and have been releasing a near identical game every year since the 90's so they may have just gotten lazy and not even noticed the law. Far too used to no effort money making that lot.

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Re:EA reportedly under criminal investigation in Belgium due... by dtech on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @06:34AM (#17967117)

> it just feels like EA are digging their heels for the sake of it.

That's exactly it. They are challenging this in court because they don't want to lose their loot boxes by this enforcement spreading to other countries.

They could pursue it all the way up to EU supreme court. That would set a binding legal precedent for the EU, hopefully not in favor of EA.

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