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Would the protection of children from predatory business practices in…
Would the protection of children from predatory business practices in freemium video games by more heavy regulation be worth the potential financial damage the games industry would suffer?
Monetization Methods
Loot Box Systems
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Explaining the Star Wars Battlefront 2 case example, using Roy, Nieborg, and Perks
Using Battlefront to explain the trouble with regulation but also show that significant public backlash led to change regardless. Suggest idea that potentially, news and social media coverage might be able to regulate enough on their own?
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Pay-for-Cosmetics
Games abusing the fact that they are social environments to use skins as respect metrics for how 'good' you are at the game, creating a similar environment to wanting to have good, unique, or hard-to-find clothing to be respected by peers.
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Regulation Issues
Definition of Gambling
Using Kinnard's paper to explain Prize, Consideration, and Chance, the nebulosity of it all, and why it becomes problematic when discussing games, due to virtual items and precedents with trading cards.
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