In South Korea, the issue of regulating systems for random issuance of items in games, such as Gacha and Lutboxes, has become one of the central topics. This problem was previously raised by the public and individual departments, but now under the personal control of the President of the Republic of Korea Lee Jae Meon.
President Lee Jae Meun has long been criticizing the use of Gacha-Mechanics, openly stating that the market will die if you extract money from users. As the Korean Portal reports Invenfamiliar with the situation, people confirmed that he carefully monitors the game market, especially the mechanics of the loss of random objects.
However, the case did not stop at the words alone, and the first edits in the legislation of South Korea will be made in the near future. Since August of this year, the “System of Pilings for Damage” comes into force and the “Center for Assisting Players” will begin to work. These measures seriously change the approach to regulation, which used to be often considered too soft. Now gaming companies will have to accurately report the chances of falling out objects. If they violate this rule, they will have to compensate for the damage to the players, and the amount can be increased up to a triple size.
In the light of the current situation, we can expect significantly more close attention from the regulatory authorities to issues related to gacha mechanics. How it will affect future games – only time will show.
Such initiatives are accepted not only in South Korea, but also in Russia. Earlier it became known that in August, Roskanka will begin a large -scale study of computer games aimed at identifying hidden mechanisms used by developers to encourage players to additional money. First of all, adventure games will be tested, including Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail.
