Re: RESEARCH INTO NEW 'STAR WARS' GAME' (NEWS)

The only reason games companies favor loot boxes over normal get what you pay for microtransactions is because they can give less and take more money. Otherwise you'd just give people what they pay for, right? This is a blatent attempt to rip off thier own loyal customers.

Loot boxes are gambling. They will never come under online gambling regulation due to the fact that kids are involved and kids can not be involved in gambling under any government. Hence it is only a matter of time before this activity as a whole is banned. Government just need to become aware of it and that is now starting to happen.

Why dont EA do the moral thing and stop selling loot boxes now? The only reason I can think of is because they are trying to make as much money from it as possible before it is banned. A bit like the way some shops and online stores sell new designer drugs before they get covered by governmental laws that ban them.