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Change my view: loot boxes aren't as bad as people claim they are. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Shere_Khan@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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Inb4 "sense of accomplishment" I'm not taking about obviously predatory practices here, more of the basic stuff.

So from what I understand, people are against loot boxes, because they are like gambling for children. I argue that gambling isint inheritly bad, and therefore loot boxes aren't either. The vast majority of people are able to go to a Casio and have a fun night. The vast majority of children can go to chuck E cheese and not become degenerates. Yes some people go overboard with it, but that's the same with alhocol, weed, food, etc.

I think a teenager pulling a double shift and spending some money on a virtual slot machine to win a virtual knife skin or some shit is perfectly fine. Yes, some will go overboard, but I think most people are okay.

Change my view

Edit: down voting because you disagree with me is going to lead to the same echo chamber we had on reddit. I'm actually trying to have a discussion on this

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your welcome to think that way. It's definitional gambling, some people don't like to enable kids to gamble.

[–] Shere_Khan@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do those people ban thier kids from arcades? Playing claw machines and stuff? I'm genuinely asking

[–] zeusbottom@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ban from an arcade? No. But claw machines have a near zero chance of getting anything. They are definitely rigged. I used to toss a coin or two into one on the way out of the arcade, never got anything. I would let them experience the disappointment a few times, then suggest that maybe spending that money elsewhere will make them feel better.

[–] Shere_Khan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, that's how most people react to those things. You knew, even then, that you were unlikely to win. But that's the thrill, beating the odds. I

[–] zeusbottom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you saying you actually got something out of those? Never once got anything and never did I know anyone who did. The odds of winning were 0 as far as I was concerned. I wasn’t unlikely to win, I was not ever going to win. Lol

[–] maxprime@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Playing games with an element of chance is not the same as gambling.