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[–] B0NK3RS@lazysoci.al 7 points 6 hours ago

Currently the new ratings will only apply to games released after June.

"Without applying the rules to current games the policy will do little to protect the children who are already playing them," Tofield said.

Overall I think the changes are positive but I think they definitely should apply to all and not just new releases.

Games lacking any way for users to report or block players online will receive a PEGI 18 rating.

Also this is interesting. I'm not sure how common it is to have no controls for this in a game but it should certainly make devs/publishers think seriously about it.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

As long as parents don't give a fuck, this won't change much.

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Furthermore, this only theoretically protects kid, but fuck people with grambling addictions i guess...

[–] micka190@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Some things are preventative. There's plenty of studies that show that the likelihood of developing a gambling addiction is higher for kids.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz -1 points 7 hours ago

Kids won't be able to play without stealing their parents ID or pointing a camera at a low res model in a web browser

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

The UK government decided in 2022 not to amend the Gambling Act 2005 to include loot boxes, saying no evidence showed a "causative link" to harms.

Since when has that been something that stopped the UK government from trying to regulate technology and curtail its citizens' digital freedoms?

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This is nonsensical. All this is doing is taking agency away from parents.

[–] Mistic@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I don't see how that would be the case.

PEGI is used as a way of informing buyers (parents) about the contents of the game.

It doesn't prohibit them from allowing their kids to play, say, an R-18 game. The agency's still there. It's not like a mandatory age verification where your kids are disallowed from using the service completely even when you yourself allow them to.

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 hours ago

Fair enough, I may have misunderstood.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago
[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 hours ago

wasnt the idea to completely ban loot boxes and real money gambling like that?

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world -2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Does this include ever mob in an RPG that drops random loot? Like all of World of Warcraft?

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 points 2 hours ago

"Paid random items".

I've played many RPGs. I don't remember one making me pay for every random battle. No, using a random number gemerator in a game isn't the same as lootboxes.

[–] LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This won't affect Germany I think. We use the cursed USK bullshit..

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Germany has enacted similar measures before the PEGI implemented theirs.