They happened because the industry was trying to AVOID a law being passed. The gov't has ZERO control over game ratings. They cannot pass a law that states that all games with loot boxes must be rated AO
Thats what I said and referred too. The same way that they were pressured to make this rating system is the same way they can be pressured into enacting something like this.
Transition? Ok, now we're talking. I could see that working over a 5 year period. That's more than enough time for any game currently in dev to figure itself out or cut bait before wasting too much money.
I dont think anyone thinks basically instantly either Ruining the usefulness of the rating system and how many retailers use it or taking about 50% of all the big games now off the shelves with no real transition is reasonable.
Because that's exactly what could happen if the law was implemented poorly, which we have every reason to believe is exactly what would happen. DOJ would take the case to a grand jury, get a warrant, seize the servers until the trial and possibly seize billions from Actiblizzard, making the company vulnerable to hostile takeover by another company sniffing around at major 3rd party publishers (vivendi) or at best simply reducing the amount of funds they have to make games. Your solution is "fuck it, let's burn this bitch to the ground and see what survives".
With as much lobbying as big corporations do, Id be surprised if any implementation even looked sternly at their profits.
The problem is that it's unilateral and relies on elected officials to understand how video games work, regulate them by surgically removing one component without affecting any others, and NOT abuse that power to push their own agenda. Which has never happened in the history of modern politics. Gov'ts given the power to moderate content abuse it. ALWAYS.
The thing is, is this really content or is this a specific type of sale outside the gameplay of that particular game. I mean, you dont see them banning certain types of music from casinos, they just ban minors from going there.
Half of the people who would be voting on this don't understand how transistors work.
Does anyone know how they work?! I strictly choose to believe they are pure magic. None of this NPN PNP bullshit fuckery. How can any single electronic component have 3 pins?! 3 pins?! not 2 or 4. It just dont make sense.
You expect them to be able to make a law that doesn't make random rewards in general illegal? Or what about gambling mini-games inside of another game? What about free random DLC packs awarded in place of financial restitution for a gap in service (server down, here's some free shit)? Laws are written by humans.