In such games, this bill would prohibit several forms of manipulative design:
Loot Boxes
- Microtransactions offering randomized or partially randomized rewards to players
Pay-to-Win
- Manipulation of a game’s progression system – typically by building artificial difficulty or other barriers into game progression – to induce players to spend money on microtransactions to advance through content supposedly available to them at no additional cost
- Pay-to-win - Manipulation of the competitive balance between players of multiplayer games by allowing players who purchase microtransactions competitive advantages over other players
Enforcement
- These rules would be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, which would treat the distribution of such games by publishers and online distributors as an unfair trade practice.
- State attorneys general would also be empowered to file suit to defend the residents of their states.
jdreyer wrote on May 8, 2019, 20:23:
Introduced by a Republican? Wha...?
* Googles rep *
Ah, young naive guy still full of optimism and logic. His elders will soon disabuse him of these notions, and explain how such laws restrict corporate "freedom" and profits. This bill will soon be withdrawn.