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    PEGI gibt britischen Spielen mit Lootboxen eine Altersfreigabe von 16 Jahren


    PEGI gibt britischen Spielen mit Lootboxen eine Altersfreigabe von 16 Jahren

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cge84xqjg5lo

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    1. Swimming_Register_32 on

      This a good step forward. I remember when they introduced the age ratings to GTA and call of duty and it stopped them from playing.

    2. PearlsSwine on

      That’s lovely, but PEGI ratings don’t stop Gavin from letting his 11 year old play GTA, so I doubt this will do much.

    3. Deliriousious on

      Should be 18.

      It’s gambling, plain and simple. And if you can’t gamble until you’re 18, then so should loot boxes.

      Though when has age ratings ever stopped literally anyone from playing them though. Especially since the digital age has made it laughably easy.

    4. Upstairs-Arachnid-92 on

      Just ban them all together gaming was so much better without them it’s just a form of gambling it’s ruined gaming never used to be a thing when I was younger

    5. frappefanatic on

      I think loot boxes should just be banned altogether. Like, who the fuck asked for them?

    6. spaceninjaking on

      Don’t imagine it’ll do a ton, in reality what I see happening is publishers pushing the gambling stuff more and just going free to play. Have a starter edition that’s physical plus some DLC for optics, but have it be anyone can just go download it and that won’t need kids to have ID.

    7. CheesyBakedLobster on

      Age rating is pointless if there is no way to stop underage players from purchasing (for offline) or registering (for online) to these games.

    8. Ghalldachd on

      I don’t play many video games anymore but I still hop on Overwatch occasionally and they brought back loot boxes but only as something you can obtain for completing in game challenges. You can’t spend real money on them. Personally, I like this model.

    9. Greymon-Katratzi on

      Does anyone take notice of the PEGI rating? No one bothers when GTA gets a BBFC 18 rating and they still buy it for their 12 year old.

    10. WTB7297 on

      Good. Hopefully that makes sports games rethink their entire model because I doubt EA would want their biggest franchises in games like FC (FIFA) to have their market diluted by being age restricted.

    11. Cumulus-Crafts on

      Honestly, I support it. It is gamified gambling, there’s no reason for kids to have access to it.

      Will this stop parents letting their underage kids play these games? No.

    12. metrize on

      good remove loot boxes, hope the new york vs valve case has a decisive victory for the state of new york too

    13. G_Morgan on

      Should we regulate part of the market that literally serves no purpose and has like 1 customer who wants it? No lets just slap a sticker on it instead.

    14. HardcoreShadow on

      So from within the games industry, this is a big deal for console, PC & mobile developers. Especially games which currently target under 16 year olds.

      It means they will now have to make a decision to update their game to remove loot boxes (which can take time to redesign monetisation features) so they can keep the under 16 age rating

      OR

      Keep loot boxes in their games; but will need to then bump up their age rating for the game. Which will therefore have an impact on their existing target audience going forward

    15. Veinmire on

      PEGI 16 is interesting. Don’t know how it is these days, but it used to be that it was kind of a joke age rating, given to pretty tame games like Battlefield and essentially anything in a grey area.

      I even remember game stores not taking it that seriously. 18 however was deadly serious.

    17. Captain_Leemu on

      PEGI doesn’t matter anymore when parents can just complain to the government to put ID checks on everything instead of restricting adult content themselves.

    18. SmashedWorm64 on

      Tbh I was always allowed to play 16s whenever. My parents drew the line at 18.

      18 always meant that there was extreme violence or it showed half a tit at some point.

    19. LongCharacter9532 on

      I’d almost say real gambling is better than this as there’s at least a chance of getting your money back. With these games it’s one way transactions which inevitably end up being a cash sink for mum & dad, not the kid responsible.

    20. ThrowawayGreekGod on

      The rating isn’t to stop children from playing it.

      The rating is a warning to parents, and to stop children obtaining it for themselves (when it comes to store bought games).

    21. Astriania on

      A good move. An outright ban is perhaps a future step (I believe Belgium has done it, so it can be done) but this is a reasonable balance imo.

      A lot of you are saying „but age ratings mean nothing“, but I don’t think you’re right about that. Sure, *some* parents will ignore them and buy 16-rated games for 12 year old Timmy, but a lot won’t, it’s a pretty easy box of „responsible parenting“ to tick. So this will apply significant pressure to game devs to not include these features in games they want to sell to younger kids.

    22. Amazing_Strike_5312 on

      what is it going to achieve, nothing but looks good on paper.

      parents will just do what they do and buy them what they want for an easy life regardless of age and saftey.

      Hell they a driving up and down pavements and roads on moterbikes with they’re masks on still in nappies so video games are nothing.

    24. SinisterPixel on

      Honestly I’m surprised this doesn’t fall under the simulated gambling guideline revision that PEGI made in 2020

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