Monday, April 05, 2021
People have been looking at a possible link between loot boxes and gambling for years. As reported by the BBC, the latest study by UK researchers at the universities of Plymouth and Wolverhampton has “robustly verified” a link between loot boxes and those who suffer with problem gambling.
The latest research was commissioned by the GambleAware charity. The results concluded loot boxes “are structurally and psychologically akin to gambling”. They felt that many games use some form of “psychological nudge” to encourage players to buy loot boxes, whether it’s because they’re a special deal or it’s because players would otherwise miss out on limited-time items if they didn’t buy the boxes. According to the report, “many gamers do ascribe discrete financial values to loot box contents – based on purchase or resale price – suggesting that many loot boxes meet existing criteria for gambling regulation.”
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