Video Game “Loot Boxes” Could Face Regulation By the Korean Government
I don’t play these games, but based off of what I am reading this does appear to be a form of gambling. Does anyone that plays these games want to comment on this proposed legislation?
![A truck is stationed in front of Korean game publisher Gravity’s headquarters in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Feb. 2, with angry messages from users of the company’s mobile game Rognarok Origin. [NEWS1]](https://i0.wp.com/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2021/02/28/cb896dc7-0236-4661-b478-2940e1c56a08.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
A loot box is a common feature in both PC and mobile games. Users pay to draw game items like weapons or armor from a loot box. The prize may be worth several times what they paid for the draw — or worth close to nothing at all.
Joong Ang Ilbo
The problem occurs when players start drawing multiple times to get their hands on items they want, which some say becomes a form of gambling. Although game publishers officially ban the practice, rare items are often traded online in exchange for cash.
You can read more at the link.
Nanny state nonsense. It is like people are to stupid to think for themselves.
All they need to do is drop the “slot machine” model. Allow outright purchase of items for an online store, allow purchases through vetted third parties (Like Amazon) for a fee & all the “gambling is evil and a sign of moral decay” can go back to beating up on my D&D game, which I’ve ignored since the 1970s…
Played a video game once … called “Tank” in a recruiter’s office, 1979.
Ah,games… nothing like a source of untaxed revenue for a leftist government to pounce on like a Pokemon hunter, eh?
The humorless hectoring (in this case Hangook) harpies are helpless to halt their habitual heists… it’s like they are all herpetological Hegelian hatchliings of hate…
*whew*
The trying taxation troubling terrified teens’ treasure trunks totally transgresses the trust they tirelessly transfer to these terrible tyrants.
Much better!