[News]China set to ban gacha games from compulsive gambling practices

[DriedMangoes]

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-issues-draft-rules-online-game-management-2023-12-22/

Online games need to set spending limits and ban daily login rewards, according to the draft rules released by the National Press and Publication Administration on Friday.

The draft rules also proposed banning large tips for rewards to player who livestream their games and prohibits online games from offering probability-based luck draw features to minors.

Online game approvals are required to be processed by regulators within 60 days, according to the draft, adding that game publishers are required to store servers within China.

 

[DriedMangoes]

https://www.reddit.com/r/gachagaming/s/qUfhap5mXO

 

[karmakid]

Mihoyo games are in danger now?

 

[DriedMangoes]

Mihoyo games are in danger now?

Also battlepass games

 

[karmakid]

 

[menace-uk-]

I think this is a good thing.

 

[Kerosene31]

When people ask why I don't see something like MS buying Acti/Blizz as awful, this is why. I'd much rather Sony/MS buy these companies up than Tencent or other companies that are forced to listen to Chinese influence.

 

[lowdru2k]

Some publishers/developers and their games are pretty greedy on their practices. Surprised they get away with it in the US.

 

[karmakid]

Some publishers/developers and their games are pretty greedy on their practices. Surprised they get away with it in the US.

EA, surprised the EU or the CMA hasn’t done anything about it either

 

[lowdru2k]

EA, surprised the EU or the CMA hasn’t done anything about it either

2K games do it too.