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Guru3D.com » News » Games with micro transactions will get a label in North America

Games with micro transactions will get a label in North America

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/28/2018 08:47 AM | source: | 40 comment(s)
Games with micro transactions will get a label in North America

The American Entertainment Software Rating Board will stamp a logo onto games with microtransactions and/ or other in-game purchases. The In-Game Purchases logo is placed on physical packaging and at download stores.

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is an American self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings to consumer video games. The new label is a direct reaction towards the outcry over loot crate systems in games like Star Wars: Battlefront II, Need for Speed: Payback and Destiny 2and have signaled a willingness to legislate them, reports polygon.

The labeling will “be applied to games with in-game offers to purchase digital goods or premiums with real-world currency,” the ESRB said in a news release this morning, “including but not limited to bonus levels, skins, surprise items (such as item packs, loot boxes, mystery awards), music, virtual coins and other forms of in-game currency, subscriptions, season passes and upgrades (e.g., to disable ads).”

 

 

The label will appear separate from the familiar ESRB rating label (T-for-Teen, M-for-Mature, etc.) and not inside it. Additionally, the ESRB has begun an awareness campaign meant to highlight the controls available to parents whose households have a video game console. The label is not designed to warn adult gamers that a game might contain microtransactions; it’s designed for concerned parents buying games for their kids. “Parents need simple information,” Vance said. “We can’t overwhelm them with a lot of detail... We have not found that parents are differentiating between these different mechanics.”

 



Games with micro transactions will get a label in North America




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fantaskarsef
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#5523898 Posted on: 02/28/2018 08:52 AM
So I guess 90% of the games sold will now get that sticker. :D

moeppel
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#5523899 Posted on: 02/28/2018 08:54 AM
Far too lightweight in my opinion.

I'd have loved an 'odds-disclosure' at the very least if not outright making all titles containing microtransaction 'M for Mature' or 18(+) by default.

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#5523913 Posted on: 02/28/2018 09:43 AM
What's the main demographic of 'whales' anyway? 40-something gamers? Those guys will be glad the ESRB has their best interests at heart...once they've decided on the actual logo...

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#5523936 Posted on: 02/28/2018 11:11 AM
And this covers games with gambling?

sverek
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#5523939 Posted on: 02/28/2018 11:33 AM
And this covers games with gambling?

You have to buy item to do gambling, so gambling that involves money, should be covered.

Gambling within game is fine and shouldnt be regulated. (change 4 rare items to legendary, etc)

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