Commission and national authorities take action to protect children from harmful practices in video games
ec.europa.eu
Coordinated by the European Commission, the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network (CPC) has launched an enforcement action against Star Stable Entertainment AB to ensure a safer, more transparent experience for players of the Star Stable Online game.
  • @Oka@sopuli.xyz
    0•17 days ago

    Or, just stop games from selling in-game content?

    Every skin is a texture or model swap, every “exclusive” always exists in the files, every in-game currency is fabricated.

    Games try really really hard to make you pay for something that is copy and pasted

    • @gamer@lemm.ee
      1•16 days ago

      This is one of those radical ideas that people are terrified of, because it would kill the business models of a lot of massive corporations. It’s easy to spin that as the death of the game industry, rather than what it is: the death of a business practice.

      Like the laws against underage smoking probably wiped out billions in shareholder value, but that was objectively a good thing. Banning (or heavily regulating) in-game purchases would also be a good thing, no matter how much it affects existing players. If it leads to the death of name brands like EA, Ubisoft, etc. then who cares? The market will readjust and new players who were able to adapt to the changed environment will take their place.