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This is why my parents never put their credit card on my console or tablet. If I wanted anything, I had to get my piggy-bank and buy some gift cards at the store. Helped to teach me the real value of money.
@@unlimited8410 some parents will put their cards on a console so that they can buy a game digital and leave it on there for future purchases not considering the possible consequences.
@@nekonomicon2983 the concept is still the same as lootboxes. A game designed to be hard so it gets you to keep using small denomination currency to not make you notice how much you've spent.
@@lasarousi At least the amount of money spent to 'win' is determined by skill instead of blatant luck. Also at least its coins at a time, and not ridiculous prices for a virtual object ranging up to the double digits.
@Jack and Bt Sandwich Which is why you need regulations that allow companies to be profitable while forcing them to be responsible. All a deregulated market leads to is a race to the bottom.
@Jack and Bt Sandwich That's not true. If your company is that big, you could really live without it. If I was the boss at EA, all lootboxes would go away, because I can still buy almost everything because the boss still would get a lot of money without mtx in games. Also I would want to be able to sleep without knowing that you make others lives miserable. Not only for addicts, but for everyone who doesn't want games where you need to grind or spend money to get satisfaction.
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 I wouldn't blame the company for making the addiction, The addiction is already there. The companies are just exploiting the weakness of human behavior. Companies know exactly what they are doing. I made a point about this in the beginning of micro transactions.
Facts, I knew from a very early age that I have impulses to gamble and throw money away, thats why I dont like Loot Boxes or Season Passes as COD or Apex and that type of things, I have control over myself but because I know I can have a problem, so just imagine a kid underage.... damm these companies man.
@@nekonomicon2983 doesn’t mean nothing should be done games are getting worse in their enjoyment because everyone is seeing how easy it is to make money this way
@@nekonomicon2983 the game mechanics are literally designed to prey on people susceptible to addictive behaviors. You absolutely can blame it on the people pushing those mechanics
It's called addiction, look at what Activision and EA are implementing in their games to get to people to spend. Dynamic difficulty Ads, ads ads, There is bare stuff on going to make people spend.
Imagine a serial killer being caught on the act of killing someone, with their hands bloody, with witnesses and incriminating proof all over the place, and their only defense is to say "I don't agree with that!"...
and now imagine an extremely rich and influential serial killer, all covered in someone's guts and blood, saying "wasn' me" and walking out scot free. Modern day America.
@@silentwarrior43 oh i hate that argument they spout or what ever you want to call it with a passion, same level as "We feel it is not that way", frick your feels, facts are facts.
They probably have planned something else already, knowing lootboxes are kindofa ticking time bomb atm. Whatever the next scamfest will be, lets hope it wont be worse than this. P.S: Now i wanna see mobile "games" getting government attention as well. Afaik they are the second worse offender when it comes to gambling, if not, at several cases, being worse than AAA scam
Looks like gambling, smells like gambling, has the effects of gambling and is sometimes even portrayed as gambling. I dunno man looks pretty gambling to me
It's worse than gambling. Atleast when you occasionally win at the casino the winnings have a real value. Not to mention the regulations all the big places need to follow.
There's a reason children aren't allowed in gambling quarters of Casinos, there's a reason children shouldn't be allowed to gamble in video games... how many more piles of evidence of child gambling addiction do these regulators need before they start intervening and making laws. At the very least they could put a age restriction on loot boxes and gacha mechanics.
There is a reason why politicians are slow with things, there is a reason why the older generation is retarded with technology, there is a reason why companies make "donations" to politicians to slow things down. I could go on and on...
You underestimate our political class. Most likely they'll levy a hefty license fee in order to slap a warning label and them use the money to give to their pals in order to promote an 'awareness program' to 'inform parents' and then get paid stupidly inflated salaries.
It's absolutely disgusting & disgraceful by gaming companies, turning people into gambling addicts, I used to think over priced low content DLC was the scourge of the games industry but oh how wrong I was, I have boycotted companies who have loot boxes.
Lol really hate overpriced dlc too especially in single player games imagin spending 2 hour dlc story that is almost the same price as the base game which is 35 to 50 hours on a triple a single player game man i hate gaming now
No way, kids have no financial wisdom in a gambling “mechanic” that uses real money?, well i’ll be damned In other news water is wet and breathing is vital to live
yea many in comments seem to conflate that the article is talking about kids and not adults. at first i fell into the trap too. it's funny how some parents dont check their bank statements. then again, £20 max (according to the article) a week isn't that much really.
Well I agree with the adult rating. Such things are stated in the ERSB rating system. Now you have to draw the line and define what exactly constitutes as gambling to give it that Adult rating. Keep in mind this wouldn't get rid of the other microtransactions that fall out of the gambling category that could be bought so another problem might persist.
What we need to do is to just straight up ban this shit and implement hefty fines if they don't comply. The more countries do this the more they'll get the message that inserting manipulative and exploitative monetisation schemes into people's entertainment is unacceptable greed.
I can believe it I struggled with micro transactions a lot kept getting fomo when there was a special item in the shop I just avoid games that push that now and my financial situation has improved massively
Same here but not just financially though, my mental health also improved. Some of these games just force you to play for the free paid-currency in hopes of spending lesser. The exploit of our fomo mentality actually puts us in a constant state of stress. Now, I am phobic to games like these. After all, I play games to relief stress.
GTA SA is safer than FIFA UT. And a FAR better game overall! At least GTA SA has no predatory microtransactions, no real paid gambling and you actually pay for a full and very well made game instead of a copy and paste game with just a different number
As someone who play 3 gacha games, oh sorry 'Surpise mechenics' game, and understand the dangers of gambling addiction, this hurts to hear that children are getting into this addiction. I can't wait to see EA and 2K burn under the grave they made.
Scientists : "We did a non-biased study into the effects of lootboxes on young people and the link it could have to gambling problems. We conclude that there is a link between the availability of lootboxes and gambling problems in the young and old. EA: I wholeheartedly disagree. Scientists and everyone else: What's your evidence? EA: It isn't gambling because we said so.
@@madiqismal4186 That's how bad gambling addiction can be. Not just in kids but adults too. That's why it's absolutely disgusting that EA is intentionally doing this, knowing how dangerous it is.
@@justawarlord Eternal rest to all who stand against the Freedom for the Working Class. The Working Class can never be freed under "Dictatorship of proletariat". Tankies are scum
What happened to earning the loot you get through challenges and new game plus? Beating certain bosses or under certain criteria like beat the game in under this amount of time, beat the game without saving, beat the game on this difficulty, do this difficult task and get rewarded for your efforts. Not a glorified slot machine for a chance to get a thing you will forget about tmmr. Comparatively, the latter half has no story for your efforts. You spin the wheel until you get a thing you may or may not want, and sometimes pay money for the chance. When the prior gives you a grueling challenge to overcome that’ll have it’s hardships that remain in the player’s head and give a good personal experience to tell others. That item becomes infinitely better as it becomes a memento of that challenge you strategized and went through to overcome. The worth to me isn’t the cost in real money, but the effort taken to overcome a challenge or mission to gain that item. Sure that short high is rewarding but fleeting. Do yourself a favor and choose games more worth your time and money.
@Strawberry Kiys I disagree all the triple A+ titles these days practice these predatory practices, to the degree of EA? Def not, but lets not forget them offering ore-order exclusives, multiple versions of the game at different price points, DLC, and all have a cash store where at MININUM they sell skins/tokens/energy and usually in a lootbox.
It still is, but mostly got single-player games which are in my opinion always better then online because with online the player base ALWAYS play the meta and almost nothing else. Unlike the MW3 days and before that.
I still don't understand why parents cannot put a cap on their children's spending. When i was a boy mum and dad gave me pocket money, i also used to deliver newspapers to top up my income. That was my limit, there was no way my parents would just had me a credit card and say of you go do what you want. It also taught me the value of money. Today for some reason that has been lost, parenting has changed and not for the better.
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@@MiGujack3 don't know if I would be if 2021 has events planned anything like 2020 had xD The Moon could fall out of the sky & it'd seem like a normal day
Being mad at loot boxes for making you broke is like getting mad at mcdonalds for being fat after going there every day. You know what they say about a fool and their money.
Samuel it’s already happening no new next gen titles have Loot Crates in them of any kind. I have a feeling that we won’t see these kinds of practices anymore outside of sport games because those idiots keep buying them.
Before there were arcade machines, there was Nintendo, Sega and NeoGeo. And no, there were no loot boxes then. Gaming was just so pure, beautiful and fun back then. Now, every game needs to be researched before I get into it. Releases like Marvel Avengers, Cyberpunk 2077 and the less known ARPG, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, showed that other than loot boxes, delivering quality products is becoming another major issue.
@@madiqismal4186 Maybe that's why part of his name translates roughly as dragon? It's also rumoured that he's the original inspiration for a certain manufacturer of fantasy sex toys that are renowned for their size, they're modelled after creatures due to not having the rights to model them after their true inspiration. There's a reason we only see him from the waist up, and that's cause he doesn't want to be the leading cause of divorce. :D
Hope kids in the future realise how much of a waste spending shit tons/ any money on loot boxes. Youd get more satisfaction opening boxes of yugioh cards.
The worst and scariest part of all this is that these practices are in a sense telling children that whoever spends more should win. It's disgusting when a kid freaks out when he looses and starts screaming because "I should of won, I spent more than you!!"
@@ember-evergarden dam you're right in most regards but in a game of skill or chance spending money shouldn't have an effect at all. If we are playing madden or fifa the winner should be based on skill, not on who spent more on card packs.
Being in debt has nothing to do with the industry, it's called financial prudence. I was in debt after I came out of my LEGO dark ages. Was basically surviving on cup noodles while having a $50k LEGO collection.
You know what else is taking a back seat? The still-ongoing fact of Steam being a known health hazard for coming up to 14 months now, with close to 7 months of that time having been spent with the problem being actively made worse by the company having taken steps to prevent the use of the only safe workaround that was available. Still waiting on coverage of that one, btw.
the easiest way to track spending is to see the tactic for what it is and not spend. like the old saying "the house always wins" (casinos). well you can win, by not walking into one.
if its free to walk in paying nothing for freebies... how can they stay in business? because the odds favor the house in such a dramatic effect they can afford to. no, u get those after spent x amount of money and they want to keep u right where u are. the $ paying for freebies was fleeced from the flock.
@@tonyb7615 i guess it depends on the casino you go to. Of course you'd have to spend a bit before your eligible for those kind of rewards. As long as you don't over spend then it should be fine when if you lose because you could eat least get something to eat and drink
Never forget years 2012-2018 when loot boxes were completely out of control. They seem to be mostly on their way out now (at least in forms that can be purchased for real money) and I could not be happier.
This issue is quite simple: "Do not spend your money on something that you can't afford AND make sure to buy things which only costs a mere fraction of what you earn or save money for it." It applies to all and not just with gaming.
A person should know something is very wrong when they start telling huge lies to their friends to obtain money under false pretenses. I read a fiction story once where a man told his friend that he needed 15,000 to prevent his house from going into foreclosure. The truth was he was facing threats of bodily harm from the collections department of the local casino.
In Big W Stores in Australia, there are My Ultimate Team pockets hanging from every game shelf with $15 Playstation and Xbox top up cards. The stores can not remove them cause they are paid to advertise them.
There's literally a culture here of putting money on fifa that starts from an early age. Sadly is prompted by how the game mechanics work and you're kinda "forced" to in order to stay competitive online. I've seen people mentally conditioned to spend, not even being fully aware of what they're doing
I'm surprised people even spend, considering how boring the game is. Do the people who play this game are aware of how bad the reviews are for this game? I don't even understand why they buy it in the first place. Seriously, who advertises this shit to them?
@@unlimited8410 From what I've seen, children/teens actually like those sports games (NBA 2K, FIFA, NHL, etc). Also, they buy the games because they sometimes are invested in the actual sports and want to have the newest team or player switch or whatever. On top of that, some adults buy those games because they simply aren't informed about such issues or don't actually have intent on buying loot boxes or whatever. That's from my observation though.
I don't say this often, but myself I'm an addict at spending money on games with loot boxes, microtransaction or 'Grind-Fest' games. I decided to pull out the amount I have spent in War Thunder. War Thunder is a war game about tanks, aircraft and Ships from 1914 to 2020 with thousands of vehicles. Premiums or unlockables from playing. Every updates, which are about 2 months away from each others, bringing top tier vehicles that are more and more powerful, So every update you got to rush to unlock these new vehicles to have a fighting chance. *Or buy research points* . They sometime release incredibly overpowerful machine and sometime can take 3 updates (or more in certain case) to finally be fixed Or powercreeped by more powerful machine. Alot of players like myself who Loves historical vehicles will sometime be hyped on getting new vehicles they have known for years, And these can lead to impulsive buying. I have played this game since 2012, So I have bought many, many vehicles and premium times to keep myself on the top of the scoreboard. Mind you this number is from the official website, They have a purchase history and I checked, did the math. The game is on steam too and you can purchase stuff on there too and I did, But I can't be bothered to check on steam how much I have spent there, Don't need to since it's already a freaking huge number. *4685.90 USD* Jesus Christ. Games shouldn't be allowed to have microtransaction at all, Especially games that you purchase at full price, It's really dangerous. P.S, Before anyone ask, No, I'm not in any financial problems. I have a house that I can afford, Food (Too much actually) and afford to help others in need with my current work. I just wanted to say that because modern video games are dangerous when the CEOs of games company finds ways to exploit players.
My personal experience working at a casino tells me they are spending more than they think. I would talk with guests at the front desk ( I was an agent ) and they would tell me what they think they spent, after they left the casino hosts would often chime in explaining to me and other employees at the desk when no guests were around, anywhere from 2x to 5x more were spent than what the guest thought.
"This is a welcome step towards the right direction..." I disagree. The Fifa playtime feature is at best a glance towards the right direction. And that's all EA will do until the law otherwise compels them
As much as I want this shit to be more regulated, having a mature rating, adult rating, or "loot box" disclaimer isn't gonna do shit to sales. It could be mitigated a bit by store workers, but I'm sure places like Gamestop will send out notices discouraging employees from mentioning it because it'll hurt sales. Kids still get GTA, kids still get CoD, etc.
I was always aware of lootboxes and a lot of companies crappy business practices, but it still surprised the hell out of me when my friend told me how he spent 1k dollars on a mobile game when we were talking on my podcast. It's insane how something could take control over your mind and your wallet
I consider myself lucky that my 12-year-old nephew realizes what a scam MTX are, even in games that have MTX but no loot boxes like Fortnite. Meanwhile, my 12-year-old kid cousin agrees that _loot boxes_ are a scam (he recognizes that paying for a random _chance_ of getting what you want is a ripoff), but he keeps asking family members for MTX for games. (He's not allowed to spend his own money on MTX, so thank goodness his parents recognize that threat.)
One person went into debt another went into crime. So in other words loot boxes are literally as addicting as narcotics to some people, which means they need to be treated as such, or in other words either regulated or made illegal.
These are tactics actually taught in marketing courses of the top business schools. Goes way beyond loot boxes in video games. Companies strive to get people ("consumers") heavily addicted to their products and spending more and more than base price by default.
Gamers and game developers have a common enemy in this case, it's the management and higher ups that try to squeeze everything from us with as minimal effort as possible.
Comparing Hades or similar indie titles to AAA titles released every year, dropped by biggest devs in game industry (EA, Ubi, Activision...) doesn't make much sense. It's like comparing Grand Theft Auto to Retro City Rampage 486 etc...
@@override7486 So Yongyea's argument is these publishers insist on clinging to loot boxes to continue making money. Despite all of the backlash, the actual court activity they are facing, they refuse to have their loot boxes classified as gambling. And my point is copies sold can be enough. Or maybe no more duplicates. Something to change up what they currently have. Whatever money they are getting from this revenue is being undermined by the lawsuits.
I had this problem, simple fix: Write a note in your phone. Every time you get a paycheck, determine how much you’re going to spend and save and in the top box, put that number in a table. Two columns: label row 1: “Wallet” and in the second column write the amount of money you have to spend that isn’t in cash. Label row 2: “Weekly Starting” and after you add your new paycheck, to the wallet section, copy wallet to this row’s empty column. This way you know how much you’ve used this pay cycle. I also add an “amount added” row so I can further track how much I’m spending.
it's good I only played the old school games like ds and gba back when games were more creative and full experiences. if I can get a cheaper console game or what have you for 20$ I will always choose that over a virtual item that won't be worth it. 4:21 that's impossible that's what half these games are about
The game companies probably won't regulate themselves, I think one venue of onvestigation would be to call on the licensees: the NBA, FIFA, NFL etc, and to pester them with loot box questions in interviews, including the players, managers, club execs.
There's also the issue now that some games are released without microtransactions only for them to be added later as a way of artifically boosting critic scores, just look at the XP boost packs in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. So buying physical copy of a game for a child because it says on the case there are no lootboxes becomes meaningless if they're free to just put them in later.
As a parent and a gamer this trend of microtransactions is more than disturbing. I really think that the government needs to step in and regulate these predatory companies. They prey on the weak and underaged for their profits. Why cannot games just go back to the old model of £40-60 and that's it. A good game in the box and no added extras.
It technically will be a loot box, you stick your hand in and pull out whatever crusty mess is in there. Is it 3 week old chicken breast? Is it a fresh hot wing? Or is it scalding hot oil and chicken juice coating your fingers? Pay just 4.99 to find out.
My nephew stole money from family members in his home for gaming, even stole from his younger sister. Had his xbox taken away from him and took sometime before he got it back, even gaming on his phone is restricted.
Hate to be that guy, but unless they controlled for outside factors, it's far more likely that that's due to student debt than anything else. On that note, education could use some socialization. (And that being said, Lootboxing is still some BS, but let's not throw statistics out the window just to prove that.) EDIT: Also 611 is WAY too small a sample size to externally apply conclusions in this case.
I play FUT 21 myself and honestly the worst part (and the most retarded part) is that the shit you can buy with money (packs) have a fucking high chance to not even net you ONE good card. You can literally spend up to 30,- an even 60,- or more on invisible shit and nothing nice gets pulled. No high stat player or in form player. Nothing. You're literally throwing away money. This is something that has boggled my mind so long regarding FUT. There are literally tons of great players in the game and even more if you count inform cards. EA is so terrified you might get even ONE good card from spending all that cash that they made their premium card packs hold
it's what Jim Sterling and other's said for years now... most AAA-Games ( for a while now ) are not designed for the current and last generation of gamers but to growth the next gen into addicted spender.
Hate or love him What he say is still true "most AAA-Games ( for a while now ) are not designed for the current and last generation of gamers but to growth the next gen into addicted spender."
My son took my switch,but before I gave it to him I made sure I completely removed all my credit info from it. And all I hear now is daddy I need this minecraft pack. Imagine how much he would have bought if he had access to it.
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EA and 2K: “That sucks, luckily we’re only doing surprise mechanics”
2k basketball is finally allowing us to create decent NMS teams tbh
Government: Here is the evidence of your bad practices, what are you going to do to fix this?"
EA & 2K "We don't agree."
Crane games at least has discretion...
"In fact, it is quite ethical" - EA lady
more like "That sucks...for them, we dont give a shit"
This is why my parents never put their credit card on my console or tablet. If I wanted anything, I had to get my piggy-bank and buy some gift cards at the store. Helped to teach me the real value of money.
Smart move on their part.
Have you seen how many parents have been dragged into debt for their out of control children spend?
Some kids stole their parents credit cards to fund their habit unfortunately.
What?! Why would they put credit cards in their kid's consoles anyways? That seems extremely stupid.
@@unlimited8410 some parents will put their cards on a console so that they can buy a game digital and leave it on there for future purchases not considering the possible consequences.
Bu that still don't stop corrupt gaming companies that want to take advantage of the other millions that are so easily suckered???
I'm old enough to remember when games didn't have loot boxes.
But not old enough to remember that gaming started with greedy arcades literally making you pay for a single attempt.
@@lasarousi i miss arcades honestly
At least those only took like 1 quarter or a token which was usually a quarter anyway.
Remember when people used to say "I remember when games didn't have microtransactions."
@@nekonomicon2983 the concept is still the same as lootboxes.
A game designed to be hard so it gets you to keep using small denomination currency to not make you notice how much you've spent.
@@lasarousi At least the amount of money spent to 'win' is determined by skill instead of blatant luck. Also at least its coins at a time, and not ridiculous prices for a virtual object ranging up to the double digits.
Andrew Wilson: U hear that guys, 9 out of 10 of our customers are concurrent spenders, let's milk them more
@Jack and Bt Sandwich Which is why you need regulations that allow companies to be profitable while forcing them to be responsible. All a deregulated market leads to is a race to the bottom.
@Jack and Bt Sandwich
Wat
People act like they are different because we are not billionaires
We do not know how billionaires are like
@Jack and Bt Sandwich Regulations aren't set by those billionaires, they're set by governments.
@Jack and Bt Sandwich That's not true. If your company is that big, you could really live without it. If I was the boss at EA, all lootboxes would go away, because I can still buy almost everything because the boss still would get a lot of money without mtx in games. Also I would want to be able to sleep without knowing that you make others lives miserable. Not only for addicts, but for everyone who doesn't want games where you need to grind or spend money to get satisfaction.
Bernie Sanders was always criticizing millionaires and billionaires.
He became a millionaire and started criticizing billionaires.
As a psychiatrist in training, and a gamer, this shit breaks my heart man.. It’s worse irl, genuinely.
And many will blame the player for being "weak";and not the company for deliberately making it an addiction...
I can see some of your future patients being victims of this outright greed.
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 I wouldn't blame the company for making the addiction, The addiction is already there. The companies are just exploiting the weakness of human behavior. Companies know exactly what they are doing. I made a point about this in the beginning of micro transactions.
Facts, I knew from a very early age that I have impulses to gamble and throw money away, thats why I dont like Loot Boxes or Season Passes as COD or Apex and that type of things, I have control over myself but because I know I can have a problem, so just imagine a kid underage.... damm these companies man.
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228Genshin IMPACT F 2Players and Dolphins: hold my waifu and husnandos. In a nutshell Paimon.
Imagine being in debt because of Fifa. Say that out loud in court.
Kinda dumb but hey it's their money. Can't really blame anyone but them for their poor spending decisions
@@nekonomicon2983 doesn’t mean nothing should be done games are getting worse in their enjoyment because everyone is seeing how easy it is to make money this way
Imagine the faces of the judges, lawyer, witnesses, and everyone else made.
@@nekonomicon2983 the game mechanics are literally designed to prey on people susceptible to addictive behaviors. You absolutely can blame it on the people pushing those mechanics
It's called addiction, look at what Activision and EA are implementing in their games to get to people to spend.
Dynamic difficulty
Ads, ads ads,
There is bare stuff on going to make people spend.
Imagine a serial killer being caught on the act of killing someone, with their hands bloody, with witnesses and incriminating proof all over the place, and their only defense is to say "I don't agree with that!"...
“No, they weren’t murders. They were Surprise Deaths.”
@@ultimatehope8069 damn that’s funny
And their defence will be: you are sus.
@@jeffthegamerboy3476 vote red to be hanged?
and now imagine an extremely rich and influential serial killer, all covered in someone's guts and blood, saying "wasn' me" and walking out scot free. Modern day America.
EA will see all of this research and simply *disagree with it*
There’s no facts here, nothing but a bunch of percentage numbers based off of what people claim
@@huntertomblin1946 ok
@@huntertomblin1946 And the inevitable corporate shill arrives crying "Fake News"
@@huntertomblin1946 Thats almost literally what statistics about people are.
@@huntertomblin1946 found the ea employee
I assuming EA isn't going to like this discovery? I for one am always glad I'm never into sports games.
Knowing them they'll probably just say "We disagree with what the report says"
Am dtheyll say that it’s just “surprise mechanics” (surprise mechanics MY SODDING ASS👿)
@@silentwarrior43 oh i hate that argument they spout or what ever you want to call it with a passion, same level as "We feel it is not that way", frick your feels, facts are facts.
It'll move to freaking pokemon in the next 4 years.
@@csmead209 and I’ll stick to monster hunter thank you
Huge shoutout to EA and Battlefront 2 for championing the fall of loot boxes.
One of the only good achievements they made
‘Loot boxes considered gambling”
I’d like to thank my friends EA and Take2
Haha we gave them an inch and they took the whole arm. This is what they get for only seeing us as dollar signs. They can keep burning.
One of the better moments from their executive decisions.
They probably have planned something else already, knowing lootboxes are kindofa ticking time bomb atm. Whatever the next scamfest will be, lets hope it wont be worse than this.
P.S: Now i wanna see mobile "games" getting government attention as well. Afaik they are the second worse offender when it comes to gambling, if not, at several cases, being worse than AAA scam
Looks like gambling, smells like gambling, has the effects of gambling and is sometimes even portrayed as gambling.
I dunno man looks pretty gambling to me
Well can't deny the gambling simulation seems like general audiences are pretty numb to it though.
It's worse than gambling. Atleast when you occasionally win at the casino the winnings have a real value. Not to mention the regulations all the big places need to follow.
@@Dylski. Exactly. Casinos are more regulated than videogame monetization.
it’s Gambling. I don’t saying it but it’s true.
If parental controls need to be put in children's games *THEY'RE NOT FOR CHILDREN*
There's a reason children aren't allowed in gambling quarters of Casinos, there's a reason children shouldn't be allowed to gamble in video games... how many more piles of evidence of child gambling addiction do these regulators need before they start intervening and making laws.
At the very least they could put a age restriction on loot boxes and gacha mechanics.
No. Ban them.
There is a reason why politicians are slow with things, there is a reason why the older generation is retarded with technology, there is a reason why companies make "donations" to politicians to slow things down. I could go on and on...
BAN. THEM.
@@MiGujack3 can you list more ? (for writing idea about politic)
@@royaldarkness8453 google bad bureaucracy
Just ban them UK. Please. Make this Christmas one to truly remember.
End 2020 with a ban & not a bang XD
You underestimate our political class. Most likely they'll levy a hefty license fee in order to slap a warning label and them use the money to give to their pals in order to promote an 'awareness program' to 'inform parents' and then get paid stupidly inflated salaries.
You wish under the current UK political climate. You have a better chance of seeing current us congress work together than current uk parliament
@@D00000T Not sure about that since those companies will pay them insane amounts for their stupid political campaigns, land of fee after all...
If you ban lootboxes British teenagers will just move their spending Habits onto Fate Grand order and Genshin IMPACT.
"31% Struggle To Track Spending"
While the other 69% had nothing left to spent...
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It's absolutely disgusting & disgraceful by gaming companies, turning people into gambling addicts, I used to think over priced low content DLC was the scourge of the games industry but oh how wrong I was, I have boycotted companies who have loot boxes.
Well, I don't think you were wrong. Those things just don't have the spotlight right now.
Lol really hate overpriced dlc too especially in single player games imagin spending 2 hour dlc story that is almost the same price as the base game which is 35 to 50 hours on a triple a single player game man i hate gaming now
You know what? Maybe video games are starting to become bad after all
@@CBRN-115 They've gotten really bad of late, but there are still plenty of good, honest ones.
@@CBRN-115 no they are still good, just some are been used to manipulate us by greedy companies.
No way, kids have no financial wisdom in a gambling “mechanic” that uses real money?, well i’ll be damned
In other news water is wet and breathing is vital to live
yea many in comments seem to conflate that the article is talking about kids and not adults. at first i fell into the trap too.
it's funny how some parents dont check their bank statements. then again, £20 max (according to the article) a week isn't that much really.
Most people don't really understand gambling - if they did, there would be very little gambling at all.
UK should just drop the gloves and sue EA with a hefty fine.
@@ManuelKoegler how does one go about making this illegal? What would be the specific restrictions?
@@nekonomicon2983 needs an adult only rating at least
@@nekonomicon2983 probably make it illegal for games to have loot boxes that are purchasable with real money.
Well I agree with the adult rating. Such things are stated in the ERSB rating system.
Now you have to draw the line and define what exactly constitutes as gambling to give it that Adult rating.
Keep in mind this wouldn't get rid of the other microtransactions that fall out of the gambling category that could be bought so another problem might persist.
What we need to do is to just straight up ban this shit and implement hefty fines if they don't comply. The more countries do this the more they'll get the message that inserting manipulative and exploitative monetisation schemes into people's entertainment is unacceptable greed.
I can believe it I struggled with micro transactions a lot kept getting fomo when there was a special item in the shop I just avoid games that push that now and my financial situation has improved massively
Same here but not just financially though, my mental health also improved. Some of these games just force you to play for the free paid-currency in hopes of spending lesser. The exploit of our fomo mentality actually puts us in a constant state of stress. Now, I am phobic to games like these. After all, I play games to relief stress.
Me: catches my son playing fifa “this game is not age appropriate! Take this old copy of San Andreas”
1,000% much better game than FIFA will ever be (and yeah, I played GTA back when I was in Primary school still lol - which is nearly 20 year ago now)
@@nekotranslates I played GTA when I was 7 LMAO, with my dad too 🤣
GTA SA is safer than FIFA UT. And a FAR better game overall! At least GTA SA has no predatory microtransactions, no real paid gambling and you actually pay for a full and very well made game instead of a copy and paste game with just a different number
What do you get when you cross ninjas with a passion for fixing cars?
Surprise mechanics!
It’s just like kinder eggs!!!!!
N-Nin-ninja Turtles named Donatello?
Nice
Good one! :D
As someone who play 3 gacha games, oh sorry 'Surpise mechenics' game, and understand the dangers of gambling addiction, this hurts to hear that children are getting into this addiction. I can't wait to see EA and 2K burn under the grave they made.
Those waifus are just non-tangible pics and datas
Scientists : "We did a non-biased study into the effects of lootboxes on young people and the link it could have to gambling problems. We conclude that there is a link between the availability of lootboxes and gambling problems in the young and old.
EA: I wholeheartedly disagree.
Scientists and everyone else: What's your evidence?
EA: It isn't gambling because we said so.
Just waiting for the inevitable "We disagree with their interpretation of this research".
My wife alone threw away over a grand on these types of things in about a month. She's not allowed to have my card information anymore.
Jesus that is just sad
@@madiqismal4186 That's how bad gambling addiction can be. Not just in kids but adults too. That's why it's absolutely disgusting that EA is intentionally doing this, knowing how dangerous it is.
The most disgusting thing about this is that all the purchases made by players are gone as soon as the 60$ patch hits 1 year later
"The free market will regulate itself" and other hilarious jokes you can tell yourself.
As an independent, consumers are idiots. The market will never rergualte it self. Look at the rivers and pollution before epa
Seize the mean of production Comrade. We have nothing to lose but our Microtransaction
@@renlevy411 and freedom and money and your life
@@justawarlord Eternal rest to all who stand against the Freedom for the Working Class. The Working Class can never be freed under "Dictatorship of proletariat". Tankies are scum
@@justawarlord I will sacrifice my life for Anarchism.
UK: Turns out that water is indeed wet.
EA: We don't agree with the evidence.
Err... Bad example.
@@FRAAANKYSUUUPER Water is wet tho
@@ashyslashy3636 water isn't wet.
@@FRAAANKYSUUUPER water is wet
@@ashyslashy3636 water itself is not wet. It does make things wet however.
What happened to earning the loot you get through challenges and new game plus? Beating certain bosses or under certain criteria like beat the game in under this amount of time, beat the game without saving, beat the game on this difficulty, do this difficult task and get rewarded for your efforts. Not a glorified slot machine for a chance to get a thing you will forget about tmmr.
Comparatively, the latter half has no story for your efforts. You spin the wheel until you get a thing you may or may not want, and sometimes pay money for the chance. When the prior gives you a grueling challenge to overcome that’ll have it’s hardships that remain in the player’s head and give a good personal experience to tell others. That item becomes infinitely better as it becomes a memento of that challenge you strategized and went through to overcome.
The worth to me isn’t the cost in real money, but the effort taken to overcome a challenge or mission to gain that item. Sure that short high is rewarding but fleeting. Do yourself a favor and choose games more worth your time and money.
Microtransactions are rapidly replacing “the talk” as my main source of impending horror regarding raising any kids I have in the future.
If I have any kids and they become gamers, I would only alow them to play games with no micros
remember when the gaming industry wasnt a giant casino? fun times.
@Strawberry Kiys I disagree all the triple A+ titles these days practice these predatory practices, to the degree of EA? Def not, but lets not forget them offering ore-order exclusives, multiple versions of the game at different price points, DLC, and all have a cash store where at MININUM they sell skins/tokens/energy and usually in a lootbox.
It still is, but mostly got single-player games which are in my opinion always better then online because with online the player base ALWAYS play the meta and almost nothing else. Unlike the MW3 days and before that.
Imagine being an adult, knowing this and doubling down on it. There are loansharks with better morals
A grown up person enters a casino, loses big time, someone else sympathetic ask him whats the story
"I'm gambling veteran since i was 13"
I still don't understand why parents cannot put a cap on their children's spending. When i was a boy mum and dad gave me pocket money, i also used to deliver newspapers to top up my income. That was my limit, there was no way my parents would just had me a credit card and say of you go do what you want. It also taught me the value of money. Today for some reason that has been lost, parenting has changed and not for the better.
yong ur a fucking legend i pray everyone going through depression and anxiety gets the help the help they need xxx
praise yong and i wish everyone a great tomorrow xx
You’re the man Nathan 👊
Imagine EA making their own Casino at the end of all this
Imagine enough people still being alive by the end of 2021 to even go to a casino
They have. It's called Fifa.
@@Cap_The_Captain you'd be surprised
@@MiGujack3 don't know if I would be if 2021 has events planned anything like 2020 had xD The Moon could fall out of the sky & it'd seem like a normal day
@@Cap_The_Captain 2025, humanity might really end
EA don't give a damn.
*EA never gives a damn.*
If it says EA, stay the hell away.
It just don't play ultimate team
No just not ea sports
Sadly it's going to have to get bad before the kind of shady business things companies do see any significant backlash
Being mad at loot boxes for making you broke is like getting mad at mcdonalds for being fat after going there every day. You know what they say about a fool and their money.
Imagine the game world without loot boxes... Just imagine.
Videogames as an industry was born out of that under a different name: arcade machines...
Samuel it’s already happening no new next gen titles have Loot Crates in them of any kind. I have a feeling that we won’t see these kinds of practices anymore outside of sport games because those idiots keep buying them.
Before there were arcade machines, there was Nintendo, Sega and NeoGeo. And no, there were no loot boxes then. Gaming was just so pure, beautiful and fun back then. Now, every game needs to be researched before I get into it. Releases like Marvel Avengers, Cyberpunk 2077 and the less known ARPG, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, showed that other than loot boxes, delivering quality products is becoming another major issue.
@Nargacuga Wyvern chill tf out
I remember when they did not.
7 words I never thought I'd say: Time for the government to get involved.
@Wreckage Brother You're the one licking boots. Corporate boots
Where are the Yong Out condoms? They were a sure fire hit with the fans!
@@madiqismal4186 Maybe that's why part of his name translates roughly as dragon? It's also rumoured that he's the original inspiration for a certain manufacturer of fantasy sex toys that are renowned for their size, they're modelled after creatures due to not having the rights to model them after their true inspiration.
There's a reason we only see him from the waist up, and that's cause he doesn't want to be the leading cause of divorce. :D
Hope kids in the future realise how much of a waste spending shit tons/ any money on loot boxes. Youd get more satisfaction opening boxes of yugioh cards.
EA puts kids in dept and they have the balls to call it unfair when we call them out
Thank you for covering this.
*Laughs in i still have my money because i dont play these lootbox games*
This guy gets it
@@spooderman9720 Exactly.
In fact im saving up for something.
A gaming laptop
(I dont have room for a desktop)
Even if I play a loot box game, I would never buy any box anyway.
Truly, you're better off just staying away from these types of games entirely than to start down that road and risk getting addicted.
@@addanametocontinue Mmhm.
Long live single player games!
The worst and scariest part of all this is that these practices are in a sense telling children that whoever spends more should win. It's disgusting when a kid freaks out when he looses and starts screaming because "I should of won, I spent more than you!!"
@@ember-evergarden dam you're right in most regards but in a game of skill or chance spending money shouldn't have an effect at all. If we are playing madden or fifa the winner should be based on skill, not on who spent more on card packs.
EA : We disagree with the evidence
Being in debt has nothing to do with the industry, it's called financial prudence. I was in debt after I came out of my LEGO dark ages. Was basically surviving on cup noodles while having a $50k LEGO collection.
Remortgage your house, because of loot boxes. Think about that. Insane, loot boxes, and micro transactions should be illegal period.
You know what else is taking a back seat? The still-ongoing fact of Steam being a known health hazard for coming up to 14 months now, with close to 7 months of that time having been spent with the problem being actively made worse by the company having taken steps to prevent the use of the only safe workaround that was available. Still waiting on coverage of that one, btw.
the easiest way to track spending is to see the tactic for what it is and not spend. like the old saying "the house always wins" (casinos). well you can win, by not walking into one.
You're better off going into a real casino.
At least you get an added buffet and free drinks
if its free to walk in paying nothing for freebies... how can they stay in business? because the odds favor the house in such a dramatic effect they can afford to. no, u get those after spent x amount of money and they want to keep u right where u are. the $ paying for freebies was fleeced from the flock.
Not walking in is only breaking even at best
@@tonyb7615 i guess it depends on the casino you go to. Of course you'd have to spend a bit before your eligible for those kind of rewards. As long as you don't over spend then it should be fine when if you lose because you could eat least get something to eat and drink
Never forget years 2012-2018 when loot boxes were completely out of control. They seem to be mostly on their way out now (at least in forms that can be purchased for real money) and I could not be happier.
kids feel in "console" of their spending? Wow, loot boxes are so prevalent nowadays that console is becoming a word synonymous with spending!
What do you know it's even worse than traditional gambling, in that its way more accessible and you never 'win'.
UK is in deep. The entire country is in lockdown, and now this
Like it's only in UK?? And lootboxes popped up just now? Tobe fair UK is doing A LOT about this, compared to some other countries...
This issue is quite simple:
"Do not spend your money on something that you can't afford AND make sure to buy things which only costs a mere fraction of what you earn or save money for it."
It applies to all and not just with gaming.
This is gambling, not gaming.
Study: "Drugs are dangerous, here's proof"
Pushers: "We disagree"
Considering their targets are actually the 1/100 people who are whales this is significantly worse then previously thought.
Never clicked so fast from the hub!
Hmmmm interesting
Sadly the hub no longer has my favourite vids
@@benis4958 same
The hub sucks now. So many videos were removed. Now most of what's left is corporate trash with paid actors
Repent from this sin the Lord Jesus will forgive you and will save you
A person should know something is very wrong when they start telling huge lies to their friends to obtain money under false pretenses. I read a fiction story once where a man told his friend that he needed 15,000 to prevent his house from going into foreclosure. The truth was he was facing threats of bodily harm from the collections department of the local casino.
It's straight up underage gambling.
In Big W Stores in Australia, there are My Ultimate Team pockets hanging from every game shelf with $15 Playstation and Xbox top up cards.
The stores can not remove them cause they are paid to advertise them.
There's literally a culture here of putting money on fifa that starts from an early age. Sadly is prompted by how the game mechanics work and you're kinda "forced" to in order to stay competitive online. I've seen people mentally conditioned to spend, not even being fully aware of what they're doing
I'm surprised people even spend, considering how boring the game is. Do the people who play this game are aware of how bad the reviews are for this game? I don't even understand why they buy it in the first place. Seriously, who advertises this shit to them?
@@unlimited8410 From what I've seen, children/teens actually like those sports games (NBA 2K, FIFA, NHL, etc). Also, they buy the games because they sometimes are invested in the actual sports and want to have the newest team or player switch or whatever.
On top of that, some adults buy those games because they simply aren't informed about such issues or don't actually have intent on buying loot boxes or whatever.
That's from my observation though.
@What's the point. explained it perfectly, that’s literally what happens.
A recent survey shows that 100% of all YongYea viewers enjoy 100% of all this informative text and descriptions.
This...this is just so upsetting. I can't believe that people are still spending money on these stupid MTX.
I don't say this often, but myself I'm an addict at spending money on games with loot boxes, microtransaction or 'Grind-Fest' games.
I decided to pull out the amount I have spent in War Thunder.
War Thunder is a war game about tanks, aircraft and Ships from 1914 to 2020 with thousands of vehicles. Premiums or unlockables from playing.
Every updates, which are about 2 months away from each others, bringing top tier vehicles that are more and more powerful, So every update you got to rush to unlock these new vehicles to have a fighting chance. *Or buy research points* .
They sometime release incredibly overpowerful machine and sometime can take 3 updates (or more in certain case) to finally be fixed Or powercreeped by more powerful machine.
Alot of players like myself who Loves historical vehicles will sometime be hyped on getting new vehicles they have known for years, And these can lead to impulsive buying.
I have played this game since 2012, So I have bought many, many vehicles and premium times to keep myself on the top of the scoreboard.
Mind you this number is from the official website, They have a purchase history and I checked, did the math.
The game is on steam too and you can purchase stuff on there too and I did, But I can't be bothered to check on steam how much I have spent there, Don't need to since it's already a freaking huge number.
*4685.90 USD*
Jesus Christ.
Games shouldn't be allowed to have microtransaction at all, Especially games that you purchase at full price, It's really dangerous.
P.S, Before anyone ask, No, I'm not in any financial problems. I have a house that I can afford, Food (Too much actually) and afford to help others in need with my current work.
I just wanted to say that because modern video games are dangerous when the CEOs of games company finds ways to exploit players.
Yes man.
You deserve more likes.
Watches a video about gambling being bad. All the youtube ads are encouraging gambling. Cheers algorithm!
Great information man. Preying on children. These are predators. This needs to be taken seriously.
How is it that an American knows about our gaming laws in the UK and a British citizen like myself, does not know this? 😂
I know right. Although I suppose I probably wouldn't know cuz I'm not one to gamble, personally
Because Brits aren't the brightest and care more about what color panties the queen is wearing...
@@joshp2542 bruh I'm a republican I couldn't give a shit about our queen
@@joshp2542 you say that yet America is the joke of the world
@@joshp2542 you guys paid on average of $300+ on Genshin Impact.
My personal experience working at a casino tells me they are spending more than they think. I would talk with guests at the front desk ( I was an agent ) and they would tell me what they think they spent, after they left the casino hosts would often chime in explaining to me and other employees at the desk when no guests were around, anywhere from 2x to 5x more were spent than what the guest thought.
"This is a welcome step towards the right direction..." I disagree. The Fifa playtime feature is at best a glance towards the right direction. And that's all EA will do until the law otherwise compels them
As much as I want this shit to be more regulated, having a mature rating, adult rating, or "loot box" disclaimer isn't gonna do shit to sales. It could be mitigated a bit by store workers, but I'm sure places like Gamestop will send out notices discouraging employees from mentioning it because it'll hurt sales.
Kids still get GTA, kids still get CoD, etc.
Yooo the people that had to remortgage their homes are fucking crazy.
Yong please DONT stop talking about Loot boxes. This is very important!
With or without lootboxes, Im still indebt...
auhauahuahauhauahuah me too... and I don't blame it on videogames.
I was always aware of lootboxes and a lot of companies crappy business practices, but it still surprised the hell out of me when my friend told me how he spent 1k dollars on a mobile game when we were talking on my podcast. It's insane how something could take control over your mind and your wallet
I consider myself lucky that my 12-year-old nephew realizes what a scam MTX are, even in games that have MTX but no loot boxes like Fortnite. Meanwhile, my 12-year-old kid cousin agrees that _loot boxes_ are a scam (he recognizes that paying for a random _chance_ of getting what you want is a ripoff), but he keeps asking family members for MTX for games. (He's not allowed to spend his own money on MTX, so thank goodness his parents recognize that threat.)
@What's the point. He plays Fortnite and Apex Legends.
My take on this is that why spend money on something you’re not guaranteed to get? I’d rather spend money knowing I’ll get what I pay for
As a purple robotic dinosaur once said: “Yeeesssssss~”
I get that reference, see profile pic
One person went into debt another went into crime. So in other words loot boxes are literally as addicting as narcotics to some people, which means they need to be treated as such, or in other words either regulated or made illegal.
This seems the worst year for UK. Or even the worst MONTH for UK.
Why?
@@brendan2415 They are getting raped by the pandemic.
@@31ll087 not really, same as anywhere else. Seems alright to me
@@brendan2415 Oh and they also got the whole Brexit fiasco to deal with.
These are tactics actually taught in marketing courses of the top business schools. Goes way beyond loot boxes in video games. Companies strive to get people ("consumers") heavily addicted to their products and spending more and more than base price by default.
EA: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that.
Gamers and game developers have a common enemy in this case, it's the management and higher ups that try to squeeze everything from us with as minimal effort as possible.
Precisely! Lets start with EA and MiHoyo. Boycott their games!!!
While Hades continues to be fun without any of this.
Comparing Hades or similar indie titles to AAA titles released every year, dropped by biggest devs in game industry (EA, Ubi, Activision...) doesn't make much sense. It's like comparing Grand Theft Auto to Retro City Rampage 486 etc...
I think the point Frenzy makes is valid, Hades is an awesome game without the need of microtransactions. At least I understood that from the comment.
@@override7486 So Yongyea's argument is these publishers insist on clinging to loot boxes to continue making money. Despite all of the backlash, the actual court activity they are facing, they refuse to have their loot boxes classified as gambling.
And my point is copies sold can be enough. Or maybe no more duplicates. Something to change up what they currently have. Whatever money they are getting from this revenue is being undermined by the lawsuits.
@@deetsitmeisterjd I don't know if Hades did that badly with critics but I heard they praised TLOU 2... this isn't the future we wanted or promised.
I had this problem, simple fix:
Write a note in your phone.
Every time you get a paycheck, determine how much you’re going to spend and save and in the top box, put that number in a table. Two columns: label row 1: “Wallet” and in the second column write the amount of money you have to spend that isn’t in cash. Label row 2: “Weekly Starting” and after you add your new paycheck, to the wallet section, copy wallet to this row’s empty column. This way you know how much you’ve used this pay cycle.
I also add an “amount added” row so I can further track how much I’m spending.
Or just do monthly cards that's what I do.
it's good I only played the old school games like ds and gba back when games were more creative and full experiences. if I can get a cheaper console game or what have you for 20$ I will always choose that over a virtual item that won't be worth it.
4:21 that's impossible that's what half these games are about
The game companies probably won't regulate themselves, I think one venue of onvestigation would be to call on the licensees: the NBA, FIFA, NFL etc, and to pester them with loot box questions in interviews, including the players, managers, club execs.
There's also the issue now that some games are released without microtransactions only for them to be added later as a way of artifically boosting critic scores, just look at the XP boost packs in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. So buying physical copy of a game for a child because it says on the case there are no lootboxes becomes meaningless if they're free to just put them in later.
As a parent and a gamer this trend of microtransactions is more than disturbing. I really think that the government needs to step in and regulate these predatory companies. They prey on the weak and underaged for their profits.
Why cannot games just go back to the old model of £40-60 and that's it. A good game in the box and no added extras.
Next thing we know the kfconsole will be a loot box
If the lootboxes can contain actual chicken then ill buy them
@@Grooby__ throw in some hotwings and I might consider it
It technically will be a loot box, you stick your hand in and pull out whatever crusty mess is in there.
Is it 3 week old chicken breast? Is it a fresh hot wing? Or is it scalding hot oil and chicken juice coating your fingers? Pay just 4.99 to find out.
My nephew stole money from family members in his home for gaming, even stole from his younger sister. Had his xbox taken away from him and took sometime before he got it back, even gaming on his phone is restricted.
Hate to be that guy, but unless they controlled for outside factors, it's far more likely that that's due to student debt than anything else. On that note, education could use some socialization. (And that being said, Lootboxing is still some BS, but let's not throw statistics out the window just to prove that.)
EDIT: Also 611 is WAY too small a sample size to externally apply conclusions in this case.
I play FUT 21 myself and honestly the worst part (and the most retarded part) is that the shit you can buy with money (packs) have a fucking high chance to not even net you ONE good card. You can literally spend up to 30,- an even 60,- or more on invisible shit and nothing nice gets pulled. No high stat player or in form player. Nothing. You're literally throwing away money. This is something that has boggled my mind so long regarding FUT.
There are literally tons of great players in the game and even more if you count inform cards. EA is so terrified you might get even ONE good card from spending all that cash that they made their premium card packs hold
So Glad I dont play ANY EA GAMES and Will never!!
it's what Jim Sterling and other's said for years now... most AAA-Games ( for a while now ) are not designed for the current and last generation of gamers but to growth the next gen into addicted spender.
Hate or love him
What he say is still true
"most AAA-Games ( for a while now ) are not designed for the current and last generation of gamers but to growth the next gen into addicted spender."
No new way to trash CDPR today I see.
Didn't they put loot boxes in Cyberpunk 2077?
@@lnsflare1 no
@@lnsflare1 what? Where the hell did you get that from?
My son took my switch,but before I gave it to him I made sure I completely removed all my credit info from it. And all I hear now is daddy I need this minecraft pack.
Imagine how much he would have bought if he had access to it.