Such a mixed topic. lol

 

That feeling you get in Fire Emblem Heroes after wasting all 130 orbs and getting mostly dupe heroes at 4 star rarity (Why does 4 star rarity have HIGHER rates than 3 star rarity!? That makes no sense!)… That is a true feeling of despair… I do like the game, but the gatcha system ends up making me feel bad for wasting the time I spent gathering those spheres of misery…

Even if you were to purchase orbs, that doesn’t give you any benefits for doing it in the first place! You use those purchased orbs to summon only to get yet again the most common heroes that you have gotten 15 times already! You just effectively wasted actual money for nothing! You still get a consolation for it, but that does not justify the fact that you wasted your money!

Those who invest money into a "slowly acquired currency" that you can already get for free just by waiting or playing should at the very least get a benefit over those getting it for free, such as guaranteeing a top tier item or character on your next roll! I almost never spend money on in game currency used primarily for gatcha unless it raises the chances of getting rare content CONSIDERABLY! Otherwise it is just a waste of money.

Sorry if I rambled on too long, but that is how I feel about gatcha, and needless to say, I agree with Belgium disallowing the use of micro-transactions in gatcha based video games, but I think that instead of banning the games altogether, the option to purchase the currency should just be removed completely and let players continue playing the games and acquiring currency for free the same way it has been!

 

You know... Because sideloading games via Cydia and .apk files isn't a thing, right?

 

That's good. Those should be free. I don't support games on Mobile. The games are mean to be for Consoles to purchase. I don't like playing games on Mobile like Super Mario Run. I wish Super Mario Run run on Switch. It would be neat. Just sayin.

 

Next game to close: Pokemon GO

Buy incubators: put egg in, you don't know what pokémon you get = Gamble
Buy incense: You don't know what pokémons you get from it = Gamble
Buy Lure modules and use them on Pokestops: You don't know what pokémons you het = Gamble

If you say, you don't buy a lootbox and open it so it isn't gambling, cause you know what you buy above (incense/lure/incubator)?
- Buy a scratch lotto biljet, you don't gamble, but the momment you scratch the silver layer away, you gamble
- The moment you put an egg in the incubator you bought, you gamble, cause you don't know what you get from the egg

So Pokémon GO should be affected aswell (as future Niantic Games like Harry Potter i guess)

[EDIT]
I know you don't have to buy and can use the free coins you can earn, but the same goes for Fire Emblem Heroes and Animall Crossing Mobile
(I collected over 1000 Orbs in Fire Emblem Heroes (not payed 1 cent), now i'm forced to use them all before the game stops working, just because to know what i get from every day collecting my free orbs )