U.K. Commission Recommends Loot Box Microtransaction Regulation
It first provides a case for how ingrained online gaming is in many children’s lives, claiming it’s “an extension of their offline life.” Because online gaming has become more than just a pastime, the Commission believes the same laws regulating offline behavior should extend to online games — including laws regulating compulsive purchases based on risk, chance, and reward (read: “gambling”). Simply disclosing rates, as some developers have opted to do, won’t be enough the Commission says....