Does MTX in Roblox encourage “child gambling”?
Do you play any mobile games that are free-to-play but feel very pay-to-win? It costs nothing to download it on the app store yet there’s plenty of microtransactions with in-game virtual currency to pay for to fast-track your account to the meta. Although the government introduced classifications last year to ban lootboxes for users under 15, the random-number generator (‘RNG’) gacha reward mechanics of many games seem to bypass the law. Dr. Taylor Hardwick, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Sydney Games and Play Lab was on Tuesday Drive to explain more.
