These are some of the questions that have been gripping the video game industry in a controversy leading up to the Friday release of Star Wars: Battlefront II, this year’s marquee Star Wars title timed to Disney’s highly anticipated The Last Jedi film next month. But with Star Wars, creating a random loot economy raised flags because some consider the practice akin to gambling, and the brand is marketed heavily toward children. But EA asserts that the loot box mechanic (called “crates” in the Star Wars game) is not gambling. Players can also earn crates through playing the game and not spending any money at all,” said the EA spokesperson. “Star Wars has always been about the fans — and whether it’s Battlefront or any other Star Wars experience, they come first,” the Lucasfilm spokesperson told The Post on Friday.

Source: thestar November 19, 2017 20:26 UTC