Germany looking into making games with loot boxes 18+
This is according to the Bundestag, the German parliament’s lower house, which has passed the Youth Protection Act, according to Der Spiegel (via Eurogamer).
The goal behind the piece of legislation is to protect children from “gambling-like mechanisms”.
Because the body considers loot boxes as a form of gambling, games that contain loot boxes could soon be classified as an 18+ game, affecting titles and franchises such as FIFA which currently carries a PEGI-3 rating due to its “Ultimate Team” collection. This mode offers card sets for sale.
Legistatlition still needs approval by the Federal Council and could become law sometime this spring.
FIFA is just one game that has come under fire from various governments over the years for the use of loot boxes. Most recently, a class-action lawsuit against EA was filed with the US District Court of Northern California, and back in October 2019, a class-action lawsuit was filed against EA in Canada, and it was fined €10 million in The Netherlands. The publisher is challenging the penalty.
This isn’t the first time EA has been singled out. In 2017, the French government called the firm out for loot boxes in Star Wars Battlefront 2 stating they were uncomfortably close to gambling.
The following year, the firm removed paid loot boxes from the game, but this was due to pressure from players. The boxes were no longer made available for real-world currency and were instead earned by logging into the game daily completing challenges, and hitting various reaching milestones.
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Source: https://www.vg247.com/2021/03/09/games-with-loot-boxes-may-soon-carry-an-18-rating-in-germany/
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FR0NTLinealpacaPosted:
Literally means nothing, parents will still buy the game for their kids. Only way anything will change is if they follow Belgium's rulings
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