676 - 09/15/19 Bobby Blackwolf Show - Ring Fit Adventure, UK House of Commons Looting Lootboxes
- At Tokyo Game Show, Square Enix showed that Final Fantasy VII Remake will have a "Classic Mode" that makes the game totally turn based once again, giving an option to those who don't necessarily want the new action elements to the combat.
- Death Stranding was also shown, and it is a showcase of what Hideo Kojima will do when there's nobody to tell him "no."
- Nintendo's new experience is Ring Fit Adventure, a game where Wii Fit meets Final Fantasy - a fitness game with a story.
- The Discord Nitro subscription service is removing their game rental service because nobody actually used it.
- A UK House of Commons committee has recommended banning video game lootboxes because they are gambling - and not everyone in our chat room agrees.
- Then we take calls about if the industry needs to regulate lootboxes before the government does.
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9/24/2019 3:32 PM
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In-game cosmetics (with no stats attributes attach to it) have real world value especially for kids. My nephew has this problem with FOMO (fear of missing out) and have behavioral problems when not getting things his friends are getting. Especially when putting money down for a game of chance; making a $60 or free-to-play game $100+
Raffle tickets not equate to gambling for most people because they are not associated with real world currency. Like how chuck e cheese tickets, amusement parks,ticket splitter games, etc has this workaround. 1000 tickets = $5 stuffed animal, but it cost $0.25 cents to play for a chance at getting tickets and you can't purchase the stuffed animal outright. Guess that's why game companies are getting away with it now
ESRB is not going to rate gambling as M for mature because 2K, Activision, EA is probably slipping money under the table. Have you seen the latest NBA 2K trailer, whole whole thing was about lootboxes, slot machines and pochinko, and it's rated E for everyone. Sad to say this, but if ESRB can't get their head straight, i want to the government to get involved.
Side note: have you watched the Sony's 'State of Play' event stream. Delivery not as good as Nintendo Direct (probably because Nintendo has done so many), but the content was good. Hope they continue this in the future and Microsoft to follow suit.