000@reddthat.com to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoGenshin Impact Game Developer Will be Banned from Selling Lootboxes to Teens Under 16 without Parental Consent, Pay a $20 Million Fine to Settle FTC Charges.www.ftc.govexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1417cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1417external-linkGenshin Impact Game Developer Will be Banned from Selling Lootboxes to Teens Under 16 without Parental Consent, Pay a $20 Million Fine to Settle FTC Charges.www.ftc.gov000@reddthat.com to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square49fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squaresimple@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·edit-221 hours ago20 mil isn’t that much, but this is good news. Hopefully this sets a precedent for other manipulative gacha games.
minus-squareWade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·19 hours agoGenshin alone made over 700 mil last year, this is just cost of doing business for them
minus-squareRisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoKinda surprised it wasn’t a bil, it’s a big game
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 minutes agoGenshin is in year 5, so it’s still an impressive number. Plus they have 3 other live service games running concurrently (one released this past July)
20 mil isn’t that much, but this is good news. Hopefully this sets a precedent for other manipulative gacha games.
Genshin alone made over 700 mil last year, this is just cost of doing business for them
Kinda surprised it wasn’t a bil, it’s a big game
Genshin is in year 5, so it’s still an impressive number. Plus they have 3 other live service games running concurrently (one released this past July)