Official statement from Valve.

We shared with the NYAG that these types of boxes in our games are widely used, not just in video games but in the tangible world as well, where generations have grown up opening baseball card packs and blind boxes and bags, and then trading and selling the items they receive.

You're right! We should stop that too!

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[–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

I mean, currently Counter Strike already has (had?) an ESRB M rating, as did TF2. Dota isn't rated, but would clearly also be M, given abilites like Rupture. Do you think we just need to reduce the normalization of it?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    But how many children are playing those games and buying lootboxes without their parents' knowledge?

    I am absolutely in favour of less lootboxes in games though. They are an unfortunate natural progression of microtransactions, and the fact that they make so much money means they're unlikely to go anywhere without any systemic measures being put in place.

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