Yang said that if loot boxes are to exist, game developers should be more transparent with the odds of getting the virtual loot. The inclusion of loot boxes in games has become one of the industry’s most controversial business practices and was adopted from mobile gaming. ADADWhile Yang aligns with China’s policy in that instance, when it comes to free speech and gaming, Yang, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, differs. “And for video games, no one ever talks about it unless it’s in the context of violence, and even then you just get some hand wringing behind it.”The deeper causes of the problems pinned on video games, Yang said, are economic and educational. “To me, games are intrinsic to the human experience, and video games are a natural evolution,” Yang said.

Source: Washington Post October 23, 2019 13:07 UTC