A new report commissioned by the Norwegian Consumer Council has concluded that loot boxes in games are “exploitative and predatory.”
Consumer protection agencies in 18 European countries have backed the report and called for better regulation of video games.
The report uses both FIFA 22 and Raid: Shadow Legends as case studies to demonstrate the “wide arsenal of tricks to push consumers into spending as much time and money as possible exploiting consumers hope to receive the reward despite a miniscule chance and likelihood to do so”.
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