FIFA’s player card packs, which bring in hundreds of millions of euro for EA each year. Anyone with even a passing interest in Fifa will know someone who has spent more than they wanted on those card packs. Loot boxes aren’t just a feature of FIFA, in the form of player packs, but across many of gaming’s biggest titles, like Call of Duty. The UK report acknowledges that current gambling laws do not account for loot boxes or games of chance in video games. But really, until something changes with FIFA’s player packs and the predatory games of chance they inspire, we no longer care.

Source: Irish Examiner October 01, 2019 18:00 UTC