Brazil Justice Launches Inquiry & Opens Process To Ban & Illegalize Loot Boxes 

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back in the days: "I have finally unlocked all the Characters, Weapons, Tracks, Levels, Items, Secrets, etc..." now a days: "I have finally paid for all the Characters, Weapons, Tracks, Levels, Items, Secrets, etc..."

In countries where lootboxes are banned in TF2 you can still get crates but you cannot open them in the country.

Dude I support this but how is Brazil gonna focus on games when they're doing worse with the pandemic, amazon is dying, and bolsonaro practically did a soft coup.

About riot games, I don't really feel like I'm pressured on spending on gambling cosmetics on their games since it's much more worth buying them directly. Garena on the other hand though, they handle LoL on SEA countries and they have event tie-ins that do include predatory gambling.

Just for reference a launching game cost here in Brasil is literally 1 third of the minimal wage given the high rate of taxes for everything you buy, but for games is specifically and absurdly high, so we definitely do not need spend more money with loot boxes, even so a lot of people go off their way to buy games that are already very expensive by themselves, for it is a very appreciated entertainment here.

When it comes to money, the brazilian government doesn't joke around, just the alleyway of the Workplace Safety, there's a norm specifically for fines, and it can snowball really fast

Good Job Brazil.

The thing is that the game companies will just make a even worse system after they can’t do loot boxes anymore!

The best kind of prize is a surprise, right EA?

Based Brazil

The only good news coming out of brazil these days

even one of the most corrupted justices in the world have a limit....

The best way to make 90% of the world make loot boxes illegal is to make the US declare them as totally legitimate and fair, then they'll know that they are dangerous and harmful, lol!

Notice how Blizzard wasn't in that list, I think its because they do it best with overwatch, get one free every level or for doing event/quest stuff and if u want u can spend money but it's 100% cosmetics, nothing u need so just play, have fun, get free stuff and if u really wanna spend money then do it Even for events like Halloween when u level up u get a Halloween box and not a normal one like most games would do and make u pay for these cosmetics where Blizzard let's u try and get them for free Other companies need to take notes

This sounds like a pre-alert for corruption procedures, tbh. "We're gonna do this so if you're interested..."

So, if all 13 of those companies continued to sell loot boxes, that's a collective total of over 63 MILLION USD made PER WEEK! You think they'll use any of that to help the poor?

I was gonna say that this won't matter to EA because their GDP is higher than all of Brazil, then I decided to fact check that. Boy, was I wrong!

Despite the world being in a bad situation people dieing people losing their jobs the $500 console price tag despite games being $70 They are still doing whatever they want Which Proves they don't care about nothing but the money in people's wallets

now we´re really going to brazil

Thou shall not trust Zillie’s “Justice” System.

Belgium despite being a small market have a bigger influence in the EU tahn you think being one of the founders and some other reasones involving the UK, Germany and France; it's just a matter of time before lootboxes are banned in the EU; and fines wont be as small either if you remember the plus 700 million dollar fine that microsoft had to pay for not letting you pich another browser

FIplacers are obsessed with loot boxes

how ironic is the country which ban and illegalize loot boxes is the one with good soccer's reputation.

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Dunno if YoungYea will read this but this writing is interesting in terms of these kinds of subject, look up "Loot Boxes in Japan: Legal Analysis and Kompu Gacha Explained".

"Brazil is a small market" HAHAHAHA

700k is pointless they make billions a year the fine is less than they make. It should be jail time and like 5 million a day. Which would truly dissuade them. Right now this is just the equivalent of a fly landing on yer cheeseburger lmao.

Jokey Smurf was the inventor of the original loot box. Surprise!

This guy is a super joy...

Time to go to brazil

Seriously, worldwide, this should already be implemented and not "talked about". These "surprise mechanics" are akin of slot machines no "ifs or buts", only one seeing these aren't are the ones exploiting these/letting these happen.

$700k a day is roughly $21.7m a month. $130m over 6 months

Hell yeah, hope this doesn't just stop at the big companies. This kinda shit absolutely saturates the mobile market where they charge you upto 5$ for a roll/pull with the stupid pay 45$ for 10 rolls!(1 SSS guaranteed!) bs. This needs to be nipped before it becomes anymore cancerous to the industry.

Looks like lootboxes have gone to Brazil...

Se é bom para o povo provavelmente não vai acontecer. Aqui, sabemos disso.

Brasil “small market” lol Sorry, but that’s wrong.

Knowing Brazil as I do, this is either: Not go any forward than this or they will tax the amount payed in 50% or more so they can profit from it. It has a small chance of happening, though.

It's not a ban it's a surprise prohibition

The U.S. justice sucks.

Brazil has a big gaming market

one can not talk about fun when fighting gambling in video games, but this news does bring a smile on my face

Genshin Impact: *haha money goes keqiiing*

Finally the house of lords does something good

Well done Brazil. Much respect.

Anyone else see that this loot box ban in brazil is just going to make it to where companies are just going to pull out of brazil when it comes to marketing maybe even fully. Idk I just feel like this is salving nothing.

They should also ban DRM

Happy about the regulation, but thumbs down because I just can't stand you

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck... Game companies: it's a fun surprise! No. A Kinder Egg is a fun surprise. Finding $20 in your jacket pocket is a fun surprise. Grinding you have to pay for is not a fun surprise.

It's not regulation. It's Surprise keeping-gambling-out-of-the-hands-of-kids.

i imagine FIFA lootboxes stings extra hard for Brazilians because football is life over there. i know i would be extra pissed off if my main game contained such insane gambling mechanics. but i'm not attacked to any gaming franchise at that level.

If only china would do the same. The problem would have solved itself.

The only way I will see loot boxes as gambling is if there are weapons and characters locked behind them, similarly to old Battlefront 2 and Call of Duty. Cosmetic only loot boxes aren't as harmful, especially like Overwatch.

They are only surprise mechanics. SUPRISE your addicted!

Riot as lootboxes??

Brazil is a HUGE market (top 10 worldwide). Sadly, dont count on us to win this battle, justice in Brazil is slower than the continental drift.

When is a big country gonna finally regulate loot boxes? The UK seemed promising, but we haven't heard anything from them since the fall of last year. If Brazil does something, EA will just stop selling FIFA Points there just like Belgium and The Netherlands and say it's non-material to their financial performance

Goverments will used this not to end loot boxes but to end games especially more violent games.

I feel as though brazil has bigger issues

i dont see the us regulating lootr boxes anytime soon sadly as much as i would love to see that

EA you're going to Brazil. Activision, you too. Ubisoft and Bethesda, you guys are THIS close to joining them

Months ago the Brazillian Justice prohibited Sony from Banning Players. Simple as that. If they lose this one, it will be shameful.

They should change the 72% tax on videogames.. It is obscenely expensive here.

HAHA! Good!

Feel like if things proceed and Loot Boxes are proven to be gambling, the companies should have to refund the $ earned by there shady practices! That might affect some change and make companies think more before they raw dog there customers again!

Good

Yeah! Now ea is getting sent to brazil. If you know the meme...

The government just want's there kickback they don't care

So dope this will destroy monetizing incomplete games … and make multiplayer fair and even

Outlawing loot boxes is a vital step to getting corporations back in line and make it clear they are not above the law.

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Ah yes. Our people is dying and we desperately need vaccines while the government doesn't care about the pandemic and families are starving because this situation never seems to end. But banning loot boxes is nice too.

Normaly i dont agree with boomers about anything gaming related but i agree with them about this

Garena is from Singapore

All the companies will refuse to pay the fines, and the Brazilian authorities will not enforce it. They will most likely be bribed to look the other way. Brazil is high on piracy anyway because videogames are so unaffordable there, so all the companies will laugh it off and refuse to acknowledge this law since they are not a big gaming market (legal gaming I mean).

Aye shit it's not every day you can say something positive about Brazil. Bom trabalho, porra

restricting them is ok, but not outright ban them.

The way things are going it, they may forbid Kinder Eggs too lol

I am just waiting when and if countries like China and Russia ban them..... THAT will have effect. To be honest I really do not expect them to get banned in America anytime soon.

It took so long. Gambling is not just illegal here. It's a felony.

Yeeeeaa. Progress. One step at a time, we are getting there. Maybe devs will start making more good games now.

I hope the next target is gacha

I didn't even know of this lol

God, I hate Brazil so much

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Europe is definitely a bigger market than america.

So does gacha games count such as Dokkan and 7ds

Ea: "But the surprise mechanics!!!”

High five Brazil. Hit em' where it hurts.

of all countries, Brazil did it first?

I am surprised that Brazil out of all of Latinamerica started this

Unfortunately, it is way too easy for corporations to grease some palms and sway the leaders of a fascist government. We’ll see what happens with this legislation.

The current warning on video games are akin to putting 'May give you a slight cough" on a packet of smokes

FINALLY! A step in the right direction.

Wow I am impressed about my country

HUEzilians assembling to dislike lootboxes, o like it.

What are publishers who have forgotten how to make real games going to do now? Go out of business I hope.

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"Loot Boxes" have been around since 93! The US said that playing for Ante is the only thing that was gambling, not the "loot boxes"! Playing for Ante could be prosecuted under the RICO act, not the "loot boxes"!

By ANCED's own blog post the companies have the choice of keeping the loot boxes IF they admit in a disclaimer in game it's gambling.