A United States Senator is calling on the Entertainment Software Ratings Board to review the ratings process as it relates to loot boxes, examine the marketing of loot boxes to children and develop best practices for developers around the toxic form of microtransactions. The Senator also asked the board to conduct a study that further delves into the reach and impact of loot boxes in games.
The letter from Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to ESRB president Patricia Vance comes the same day that Senator Hassan brought up the issues of video game addiction and loot boxes during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing. The committee has oversight of the Federal Trade Commission.
She's also asked if four FTC nominees would look into the issue. They all said they would.
Source (I wrote this, but I don't see it anywhere else yet.)
The letter from Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) to ESRB president Patricia Vance comes the same day that Senator Hassan brought up the issues of video game addiction and loot boxes during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing. The committee has oversight of the Federal Trade Commission.
She's also asked if four FTC nominees would look into the issue. They all said they would.
Source (I wrote this, but I don't see it anywhere else yet.)
