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China announces rules to reduce spending on video games (www.reuters.com)

submitted 6 months ago by UngodlyAudrey@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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"Online games will now be banned from giving players rewards if they log in every day, if they spend on the game for the first time or if they spend several times on the game consecutively. All are common incentive mechanisms in online games."

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[–] flamingmongoose@lemmy.blahaj.zone 86 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Actually good regulations targeting the most manipulative of game designs.

[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You missed the bit that game companies have to have their servers physically located in China.

[–] Exec@pawb.social 3 points 6 months ago

Hasn't it been like that for decades now?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 9 points 6 months ago

Abso-fucking-lutely.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 7 points 6 months ago

Absolutely mental that it takes a full-on authoritarian government directive to sort out wildly exploitative practices in video games