000@reddthat.com to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days 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-up1468arrow-down12
arrow-up1466arrow-down1external-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 · 3 days agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squaresimple@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·edit-23 days 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-up19arrow-down1·3 days agoGenshin alone made over 700 mil last year, this is just cost of doing business for them
minus-squareRisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoKinda surprised it wasn’t a bil, it’s a big game
minus-square🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days 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)