> An addiction can't be compared to social pressure.
Some people get addicted to the adrenaline rush of opening the lootboxes. It 100% falls under addiction for people susceptible to it.
There is even term for it 'whale', person that spends on micro-transaction so much money that it hurts reading about it.
> I'm talking about the cosmetics kind to be clear.
Social pressure and FOMO tactics are still harmful and predatory, no matter how you put it and defend it.
At this stage you are splitting hair in order to defend some niche example of a lootbox in order to defend something vile in most of cases. Whats the point?
> Some people get addicted to the adrenaline rush of opening the lootboxes. It 100% falls under addiction for people susceptible to it.
You're moving the goal posts here. You were talking about kids that succumb to social pressure because of a default character and that is what I replied to.
> At this stage you are splitting hair in order to defend some niche example of a lootbox in order to defend something vile in most of cases. Whats the point?
I don't get what you mean, what am I splitting hairs about? You don't NEED to buy lootboxes, that's a fact. Lootboxes are almost always cosmetics, that's also a fact.
Do you know what is an insult for kids these days?
"Default"
Meaning you are too poor to buy skins in online games.
Your argument is poor at best,actually its broken at so many levels.
"You don't need to take heroin you can just stop."
In fifa you need to buy them to have a equal chance vs other players (pay to win)