Valve has moved to dismiss the New York Attorney General’s lawsuit against the company, which claims loot boxes in its games such as Counter-Strike 2 promote illegal gambling and threaten to addict children.
  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12 minutes

    This is one of the few times I’d agree that Valve is the bad guy. I think other companies are also wrong for this. I think they all should be part of this lawsuit and I think legislation needs to have more repercussions for loot box BS.

  • ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4 hours

    The fact that California decided to sue Valve for Counterstrike and not sue EA for FIFA is just blatant targeted harassment. Valve’s right for pointing out that any precedent set here would make Pokemon cards and Baseball cards illegal, both of which are actually advertised directly to kids.

    • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.orgEnglish
      3 hours

      valve has a way to transfer money in your steam wallet into something with real world value: hardware.

      you can not trade pokemon cards with nintendo for game cartridges or money, that is the whole distinction, no secondary market required.

    • iamthetot@piefed.caEnglish
      3 hours

      But then Gabe could only afford 3 mega yachts instead of 6.

  • dan69@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 hours

    It’d be nice to have all those boxes I picked up to be free.

  • Zedstrian@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    12 hours

    People get addicted to drugs, alcohol, and gambling too; that doesn’t make it good for them.

  • Scio@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6 hours

    I sure love me a surprise loot box when someone I know thoughtfully purchases what’s inside and gifts it to me.

  • rafoix@lemmy.zipEnglish
    9 hours

    Every degenerate gambler I know tells me that it’s fun. Every single one tells me that the reason I don’t like Vegas is because I don’t like having fun.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 hours

      There’s so many flashing lights and feedback systems to slot machines now, it’s kind of believable.

      Like, you put $15 into Slay the Spire, and you KNOW you’re getting nothing back. But you get a bunch of flashy effects in the playing of it.

      With gambling, you throw in $15, you get the flashy effects, AND you might get $30 back. When you look at it that way, it can become more understandable how people fall for it and feel happy to.

      • rafoix@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1 hour

        The people telling me how fun it is don’t spend $15. They spend 4,000 in one night. They always have stories about all the money they won but they always seem to work the same job as me instead of being professional gamblers.

  • psx_crab@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11 hours

    I enjoy it when the bank send me a letter saying i may or may not have missed a payment on some loan. Fun surprise!