Loot box odds disclosure may soon become standard behavior for the videogame industry: The Entertainment Software Association announced today that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo will lay out new policies requiring that all games with paid loot boxes on their platforms disclose the odds of items dropping from them.
Numerous other game publishers have also agreed to implement full disclosure of drop rates in their games, including Ubisoft, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, and Wizards of the Coast.
"Many other ESA are considering a disclosure. The disclosure will apply to all new games and updates to games that add such in-game purchases and will be presented in a manner that is understandable and easily accessed," the ESA said in a statement. "Taken together, these disclosures will help reach consumers playing across a variety of games, including PC games and other games delivered outside of the platforms."
The International Game Developers Association bipartisan .
As noted by Rocket League by the end of this year.
A specific date for the implementation of loot box odds disclosure hasn't been locked down, but the ESA said it expects all parties to have it place by the end of 2020.
Thanks, GamesIndustry.
