China to force online games with loot boxes publicly announce item drop rate

VinyParsley2016 · December 2016

China has just passed regulations on online games, in which there are specific parts on games with loot boxes.

The regulation (in Chinese) http://www.mcprc.gov.cn/whzx/bnsjdt/...05_464422.html

Translation regarding loot boxes:

2.6 ...Online game publishers shall promptly publicly announce information about the name, property, content, quantity, and draw/forge probability of all virtual items and services that can be drawn/forge on the official website or a dedicated draw probability webpage of the game. The information on draw probability shall be true and effective.

2.7 Online game publishers shall publicly announce the random draw results by customers on notable places of official website or in game, and keep record for government inquiry. The record must be kept for more than 90 days. When publishing the random draw results, some measures should be taken place to protect user privacy.

VinyParsley2016 · December 2016

I just feel it is very interesting, so I post here. Don't lock the thread pls.

Stovahkiin · December 2016

WhiteMage · December 2016

Hey, look, it's this thread again. Didn't Cazzy or someone make one a month or two ago?

Ackwalan · December 2016

Games with loot boxes can just stop any IP from China from logging into their game. China does not dictate the rules to the world.

Karius_Imalthar · December 2016

I'm not sure about looking to a police state as an example.

lehran · December 2016

ZOS is not located in China, nor do they have a partner in China for publishing ESO. As was stated on the 10 other threads about this topic, the law simply does not apply to ESO.

Unsent.Soul · December 2016

@Cazzy didn't you make this exact same thread a couple weeks ago?

Dev · December 2016

I like the rule, at least the small part and implication from the excerpt:

Basically any game that relies on RNG and profits the longer a person plays, has to post the drop rates publicly.

I think that any legit and non-biased loot table would not have any issues. Any company that is loading the table and making it more complicated then what is fair, should be exposed. This way as a player, i can make an informed decision and take my money elsewhere.

Hopefully, this will force the game companies to stop using rng as their magic answer for everything.

Recremen · December 2016

Karius_Imalthar wrote: »

I'm not sure about looking to a police state as an example.

It's more the irony that a government like that has consumer interests more in mind than other nations.

ThePaleItalian · December 2016

Unsent.Soul wrote: »

@Cazzy didn't you make this exact same thread a couple weeks ago?

Yes, and she made a lot more interesting points and arguments for it.

Darkonflare15 · December 2016

Recremen wrote: »

Karius_Imalthar wrote: »

I'm not sure about looking to a police state as an example.

It's more the irony that a government like that has consumer interests more in mind than other nations.

Doubt it. There always some catch.

KingYogi415 · December 2016

The rate for an atro out of 15 boxes is 50%

Enjoy!

disintegr8 · December 2016

Karius_Imalthar wrote: »

I'm not sure about looking to a police state as an example.

And you are under the delusion that you live in a free state?
Pull the other one.....

jedtb16_ESO · December 2016

Recremen wrote: »

Karius_Imalthar wrote: »

I'm not sure about looking to a police state as an example.

It's more the irony that a government like that has consumer interests more in mind than other nations.

hmmm,,, no. it's more about control.

acw37162 · December 2016

One would hope similar legislation could be passed here. Since well companies won't just be honest with their customers.

ZOS_CoriJ · December 2016

We are closing this thread as a discussion of real world government/politics. If you would like to discuss this more in relationship to the subject of ESO we would suggest a topic like this one where the discussion has already been mentioned: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/306223/