ESRB Will Add 'In-Game Purchases' Label To Games (Destiny)

by Claude Errera , Tuesday, February 27, 2018, 10:36 (2538 days ago) @ Avateur

https://kotaku.com/after-months-of-controversy-esrb-will-add-in-game-purc-1823356171

No idea if this move will put a stop to the push for legislation. I’m not even sure if this is really enough of a move at all. I wish the companies would announce their odds for getting certain items from loot boxes.

It really doesn't sound like this will add any useful info for the consumer; 'in-game purchases' applied to Halo games, fergoshsakes. (Pre-req pack, I mean.) There's no differentiation between loot boxes and an expansion pack. :(

(As for odds... heh. It's sort of like the lottery, where ads announce "chance of winning 1 in 7", but 98% of all winners get $2. They're never gonna break out odds for the good stuff, because when you tell people "odds for getting horse armor roughly equivalent to being hit by lightning", folks stop buying. :) )