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  • Selling Games & Making Money Without Loot Boxes

    Selling Games & Making Money Without Loot Boxes

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    Travis Hymas
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    Log onto any gaming news site or type in a specific hashtag on Twitter, and you’ll get the impression that these are the end days for gaming. While some players frequently cry wolf about the medium’s death, it would be remiss to discount the level of discussion and spite being thrown in the direction of…

  • You Won’t Like the Solution to the Loot Box Problem

    You Won’t Like the Solution to the Loot Box Problem

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    Jasmine Henry
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    There’s no such thing as a good loot box, all of them are capital ‘B’ for Bad no matter which way you slice them. We’ve established that much: so what are we going to do about it? As NPD analyst Mat Piscatella outlined to GamesIndustry.biz, for all the furore and the calls for boycotts, the…