{"id":9646,"date":"2019-06-26T08:29:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T08:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/?p=9646"},"modified":"2019-06-26T08:29:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T08:29:08","slug":"loot-boxes-arent-poker-but-are-they-kinder-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/loot-boxes-arent-poker-but-are-they-kinder-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Loot Boxes Aren&#8217;t Poker, But Are They Kinder Eggs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Electronic Arts is one of the companies that has the most to lose if loot boxes, an in-game purchasable good, are ever found to be a form of gambling. With the company already taking fire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/4\/25\/17280440\/belgium-video-game-loot-boxes-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">from Belgium and the Netherlands<\/a>, where these devices have been banned, EA has the important task to convince UK Members of Parliament that loot boxes are in fact fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was what <strong>Kerry\nHopkins<\/strong>, EA&#8217;s vice president of legal and government affairs, sat\ndown to talk about and discuss with the UK Parliament&#8217;s Digital\nCulture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) Committee. The Committee approached\nthe issue in a professional and analytic manner,  asking Ms. Hopkins\nwhether the company considered loot boxes to be ethical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Hopkins responded that\nthere was a &#8220;surprise mechanic&#8221; to loot boxes which made\nthem akin to children&#8217;s toys found in stores, and even a Kinder Egg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s something that&#8217;s been part of toys for years, whether it&#8217;s Kinder Eggs, or Hatchimals, or LOL Surprise. We do think the way that we have implemented these kinds of mechanics &#8230; is actually quite ethical and quite fun,&#8221;<\/em> she told the Committee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EA&#8217;s Battlefront II: Greed or More\nSurprise Mechanics? \n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>EA is one of the companies to be the\nmost vilified in the gaming industry.\nThe company has been lambasted for prioritizing profit over gamers&#8217;\npreferences on multiple occasions. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, the company released Battlefront II, a\npopular Star Wars inspired game which turned out to incur much of the\nfans&#8217; wrath, because most of the powerful characters and\nfeatures were locked behind loot boxes that cost hundreds of dollars.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loot boxes have been also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2018\/aug\/17\/video-game-loot-boxes-addictive-and-a-form-of-simulated-gambling-senate-inquiry-told\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">equated to poker<\/a>, but in the sense that they <em>&#8220;depended on chance&#8221;<\/em>. This is true, loot boxes indeed depend on chance, however poker looks into probabilities that can lead to a realistic return on investment, which is a different thing altogether.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Battlefront II, EA have been more quiet about\nloot boxes, but just as determined to push them through. The industry\nis big, not that its exact numbers have been pinpointed yet.\nMeanwhile the company is still arguing the case in\nfavor of loot boxes. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopkins was <em>all\npositive <\/em>about\nhow the company perceived and understood loot boxes: <em>&#8220;<\/em><em>We\nthink it&#8217;s like many other products that people enjoy in a healthy\nway, and [customers] like the element of surprise.&#8221; <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No, Loot Boxes Aren&#8217;t Poker \n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Put simply, loot\nboxes aren&#8217;t poker nor they can ever be. You can crunch the\nprobabilities of obtaining a specific item, but this only goes to\nshow that you have odds that are beyond the justifiable for each\npurchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, a random\nloot box purchase can be treated as a Kinder Egg. Players who are not\ntoo invested claim the occasional loot box when they level in games\nlike <strong>Heroes of the Storm (HotS)<\/strong>\nand open them up. The same applies to <strong>Hearthstone<\/strong>,\nanother Blizzard game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in the case\nof EA, loot boxes lead to one-sided gameplay. You could argue against\nHearthstone as well, but with discipline and nominal investment, you\ncan come up with a deck that still allows you to perform pretty\ndecently. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides, poker\nplayers have been known to switch to Hearthstone and vice versa\nwhereas no poker pro ever went on to compete in FIFA Ultimate Team\nprofessionally, for example.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Electronic Arts is one of the companies that has the most to lose if loot boxes, an in-game purchasable good, are ever found to be a form of gambling. 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