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Topic	How are lootboxes any different from those overpriced TCG booster packs of yore?
DrPrimemaster 08/20/19 8:08:48 AM #17:	Sahuagin posted... LeetCheet posted... People and especially children can develop gambling-like addictive behaviours from them though. well, I just mean that if loot boxes are bad, then so are trading card packs. or, at least I'd like to hear a solid argument as to why they're not the same thing. They are bad as well but they were not as accessible as in-game lootboxes which is why they haven't recieved the same attention lootboxes recieve today. At least for me, buying a pack of pokemon cards meant getting someone to take me to the store to buy them and them actually having to acknowledge how many they are buying for me. But with online lootboxes there are no such limitations. --- Metroids Suck <cite>DrPrimemaster posted [p:926302541] in How are lo... [t:77950857]...</cite> <quote>Sahuagin posted...</cite> <quote>LeetCheet posted... </cite> <quote>People and especially children can develop gambling-like addictive behaviours from them though.</quote>well, I just mean that if loot boxes are bad, then so are trading card packs. or, at least I'd like to hear a solid argument as to why they're not the same thing. </quote> They are bad as well but they were not as accessible as in-game lootboxes which is why they haven't recieved the same attention lootboxes recieve today. At least for me, buying a pack of pokemon cards meant getting someone to take me to the store to buy them and them actually having to acknowledge how many they are buying for me. But with online lootboxes there are no such limitations. --- Metroids Suck</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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