To answer your last question, it's simple really. Decreased sales. That is the only reason.
Only when people understand how to read percentages and understand odds - sadly many people don't.
Lack of education is the underlying cause of so many problems
Sometimes it takes a thing a person cares about to get somebody to learn about something new. If people are obsessed with games and random loot, and they don't know probability, surely their obsession with the games will motivate them to learn about odds, because that feeds into the obsession.
It's kind of like how many computer coders learned about computers. They could care less about code, but the sure loved their games, and so their obsession with games led them to learn the principles of software engineering in order to mod them.
It's not likely to work that way. Tons of people keep playing the lottery precisely because they don't understand probability.
Hey, I play weekly, I know if I don't play I'll have zero chance to win and if I toss in for some tickets, I'll have next to zero chances to win.
Definitely not something I'm banking my retirement on.
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The issue isnt whether lootboxes are gambling or not. The issue is how the law defines gambling, and then whether lootboxes fall under that definition. It is fine to say 'I think that X is gambling, and that it should be regulated as such', but that is a terrible basis for any legal action. Are we really saying that someone should be able to enforce legal action based on how they feel about something? Do we really think that this is not going to be abused?
The issue is whether it's gambling or not when we're talking about legislative bodies. It's their job to decide questions like that, and then make legislation as per their decision.
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Definitely not something I'm banking my retirement on.
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