Apple has now become a precedent for lawmakers and government agencies to force major gaming corporations to declare drop rates and even classify such activity as gambling if such agencies wish. Apple’s decision to require developers to declare odds advances an already heated discussion on loot crate and gambling. Apple’s latest update is forcing all applications that have loot boxes to disclose the exact drop rate odds for each item. In anticipation of external agencies forcing Apple to change their regulations surrounding loot boxes in the apps in their online store, Apple has updated the App Store Review Guidelines. Since the official release and implementation of a Chinese law that forced game developers to reveal the drop rates of items in loot boxes, industry leaders from the across the globe have been forced to examine these loot boxes from a legal standpoint.Īuthorities in the United States, Belgium and the UK have all begun their own investigations in whether or not loot boxes constitute gambling – and if they aren’t, whether (and how) a game should disclose the statistical probabilities of loot box items. Author: WMMN Category: Articles, News, Date: 12th January, 2018 Loot Box drop rates have become one of the most controversial topics in the gaming community.
