The Problem With Loot Boxes: How It All Started - Part 1 - BSG Discussion
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Every gamer has had the unfortunate pleasure of playing a game that begs you to buy loot boxes. Have you ever wondered how gaming even got to this point? Why are loot boxes a thing? Why do they feel mandatory now in free-to-play titles? Chase and Quinn have done the research and in this three-episode series, they’ll explain how loot boxes got to this point, why they are so controversial, and what the future of microtransactions in games look like.
In this episode we specifically cover the history of loot boxes from gachapon games all the way until Battlefront 2 made EA the most hated company in the world. Like seriously, f*ck EA.
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