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Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by gentleman11 on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @12:33AM (#27757392)
The backdrop to this is how unbelievably predatory f2p East Asian games are when it comes to slot machine mechanics and whale hunting. Most adults in Japan, I read, think of video games as if they are the same as casino games. It wasn’t until 10 years ago that the west really got on that bandwagon, but now I think we’re leaders in this. Eg, blizzard switching f2p games with loot boxes so heavily, and aiming to make a new Diablo as a mobile game
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Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by nchie on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @03:04AM (#27758229)
From what I've read, we're still very much beginners when it comes to this in the west.
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Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by firestarter223 on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:06AM (#27758983)
Nintendo is Japanese, and I don't think they heavily rely on such mechanics. They may have such aspects in their games for mobile phones, though.
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Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by kevingadd on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @08:27AM (#27760309)
Sadly their phone games imitate the worst things their competitors in both Japan and China are doing in terms of gambling, predatory pricing, etc. The revenue's certainly good.
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Re:Tencent deploys facial recognition to detect minors gamin... by firestarter223 on Thursday July 08, 2021 @05:12AM (#27769730)
True, as I said, nevertheless they seem to have a huge tradition and catalogue of non-predatory games.
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