At present, Crossfire is the only game which has released
their loot box odds but as we approach the May 1 deadline, expect more game companies who publish games in China to release their odds.
These regulations should go into effect at 00:00 CST on May 1, so expect more
loot box odds to release at 17:00 BST, 18:00 CEST, 12:00 EDT and 09:00 PDT on April 30.
Yup, the BGC wants developers to let a third party government agency have complete and total control of
their loot box odds.
Not exact matches
Apple announced a sweeping revision to the guidelines for its App Store yesterday, which now includes a provision that
loot boxes must be transparent about their
odds.
Apple itself, as we wrote a few weeks back, has quietly changed the App Store Review Guidelines to force developers to disclose the
odds of» «
loot boxes» or other mechanics that provide randomized virtual items for purchase.»
Apple now requires developers to disclose the
odds of in - app or in - game
loot boxes in order to remain on the App Store.
Last year, Apple required that all app developers disclosed the the
odds of in - app or in - game
loot boxes in order for their work to remain on the App Store.
«Apps offering «
loot boxes» or other mechanisms that provide randomized virtual items for purchase must disclose the
odds of receiving each type of item to customers prior to purchase,» a change to the App Store's review guidelines now reads.
NBA Live 18 vomits in - game currency at you as you play, so
odds are if you care, you can be in a position to constantly have chances to open
loot boxes without worrying about real money.
Apple now mandates that games with
loot boxes must disclose the
odds of receiving items to users.
The final paragraph of the announcement says
odds for further
loot boxes will be released as they come on sale in China.
In accordance with new Chinese online gaming regulations which are set to come into force on May 1, game publishers are now beginning to release the
odds of earning in - game items from
loot boxes.
Apple announced a sweeping revision to the guidelines for its App Store yesterday, which now includes a provision that
loot boxes must be transparent about their
odds.
Some users crunched the numbers and calculated the
odds on these from only a couple of months ago which is a part of what fuels the gambling industry — rarity equals value, which in place of an actual monetary value is what allows these sites, and more modern
loot box infested games, to skirt around gambling laws the world over.
The Korean FTC argued that consumers believed the
odds of obtaining each piece were the same, when in fact some of the pieces would only be present in 0.5 % of
loot boxes.
Where the
odds of a
loot box must be publicly disclosed by the publisher.
It was reported in December that starting May 2017, developers whose games contain random
loot box drops will be required to reveal the underlying
odds in compliance with new Chinese regulations.
Finally, players who want to support Vainglory by purchasing
loot boxes also have a chance of obtaining a ticket, but the
odds will remain quite low.
The developers PUBG Corps, Of Player Unknow Battlegrounds fame, have revealed the
odds of actually winning the specific items you want inside the game's Biker and Desperado
loot boxes and they're Continue Reading»
But, we can see similarities between the way
loot boxes affect players and how Fixed
Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) operate and are regulated in the UK.
Even the lord of double standards, Apple, found
loot boxes to be a big bag of trouble, prompting the company to require devs to provide
odds on winning items contained within
loot boxes.
With all the recent controversy surrounding
Loot Boxes, Craig looks into the link between loot boxes and fixed odds betting terminals, with the latter often described as the «crack cocaine» of gambl
Loot Boxes, Craig looks into the link between
loot boxes and fixed odds betting terminals, with the latter often described as the «crack cocaine» of gambl
loot boxes and fixed
odds betting terminals, with the latter often described as the «crack cocaine» of gambling.
Apple itself, as we wrote a few weeks back, has quietly changed the App Store Review Guidelines to force developers to disclose the
odds of» «
loot boxes» or other mechanics that provide randomized virtual items for purchase.»
A number of Asian countries, for instance, have taken measures against
loot boxes, with China requiring the
odds for all
loot boxes to be disclosed to purchasers.
I'm not opposed to companies revealing what the
odds are on their
loot boxes though, this is somewhat common practice for card packs that have varying degrees of rarity.
Yes, there is no chance of getting «nothing» when you purchase an Overwatch
loot box but the disappoint that comes when you open a
box that contains nothing but duplicates, sprays and the occasional voice lines became such a meme within the community that the Overwatch team found it necessary to fiddle with the
odds found within
loot boxes so that duplicates are less prevalent.
If you go to the developer review guidelines, it now lists the following: «Apps offering «
loot boxes» or other mechanisms that provide randomized virtual items for purchase must disclose the
odds of receiving each type of item to customers prior to purchase.»
Lee also wants a warning on games that have «gambling - based mechanics» and to state the
odds of winning what's in the
loot boxes.
Such scrutiny has also made its way to Hawaii, where a set of bills were tabled earlier this year that would require, among other things, that games with
loot boxes not be sold to players under 21, that they have warning labels, and that companies be required to disclose the
odds of obtaining the items from such
boxes.
Apps offering «
loot boxes» or other mechanisms that provide randomized virtual items for purchase must disclose the
odds of receiving each type of item to customers prior to purchase.
Apple's new policy forces any games with «
loot boxes» to disclose the
odds of what they offer, a huge change that impacts the biggest iOS games.
Those who need to make an in - app purchase in order to get a
loot box must have a table of
odds for receiving «each type of item» prior to purchase.
In revised guidelines for the App Store, Apple now requires iOS games to disclose the
odds of
loot boxes.
In one sentence, Apple enacted a massive change that impacts the biggest iPhone games and iPhone game makers: «Apps offering «
loot boxes» or other mechanisms that provide randomized virtual items for purchase must disclose the
odds of receiving each type of item to customers prior to purchase.»
Players hardly, if ever, know the actual
odds of obtaining an item when a system is based on a random number generator, which itself gets
loot boxes accurately compared to gambling.
In the end, developers still have control over how they apply
odds in their
loot boxes.
Now, thanks to new regulations in China, Blizzard has disclosed the exact
odds of players receiving different types of
loot box items.