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Games featuring paid loot boxes will soon receive a mandatory 'M' rating in Australia (www.gamedeveloper.com)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What does that even do? There are little children play call of duty

[–] [email protected] 37 points 22 hours ago

This will put pressure on studios that make E and T rated games with loot boxes (for example: Fifa). Now they have to decide between letting the game get bumped up to a M rating, losing initial sales of the game, or removing loot boxes and other gambling features.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Many places won't sell M rated games to minors without a guardian present. It also allows guardians to make better informed decisions about what they're about to buy for their children. It may not be a silver bullet, but it might start to put some pressure on studios to think twice about putting gambling in games targeted towards children.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I can't think of many minors who would be able to afford a game, so it'll be the parents buying it anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

I wonder if they care about not selling M rated Fifa to minors though

[–] [email protected] 11 points 18 hours ago

Yeah, sometimes it's not about finding the "perfect" solution, but taking 100 small steps that each move things in the right direction.