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[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I want all of them to be punished. Every loot box mechanic game on mobile too. Every EA/Activision/Ubisoft game.

Any game where you can buy a mystery box (or in TF2 terms, a key to open crates) directly with cash is part of the problem.

[–] cybernihongo@reddthat.com 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If this succeeds, loot boxes would vanish almost overnights, right? Bring it on.

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mean, tbh Valve is the only company even doing them now

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

gestures furiously at the mountain of gacha games built around this exact mechanic on mobile

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah those won't be affected by this in the slightest, the lawsuit here is reliant upon these lootbox items having real money value from people trading skins and hats for Valve's games. Gacha games are irrelevant here.

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Ubisoft is doing it too, Ghost Recon Wildlands still offers them.