Apple is Forcing Game Apps to Reveal Loot Box Odds
129Are loot boxes fair? Soon, we’ll know for sure because Apple is making gaming apps that have loot boxes reveal what the odds of them dropping a prize are. Kim breaks it down.
"“Apps offering ‘loot boxes’ or other mechanisms that provide randomized virtual items for purchase must disclose the odds of receiving each type of item to customers prior to purchase,” reads the new rule, which will affect the most popular games on iOS, including Hearthstone, The Simpsons Tapped Out, and Clash Royale.”*
*You can read more here: https://kotaku.com/apple-says-itunes-apps-must-now-disclose-odds-for-loot-1821497923
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