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Did you guys get anywhere with restricting the Dab in games? We need that D rating @ESRBRatings

Working on it.

There was not a dance. They were professionals.

So “in game purchases” will be on every game then? Since traditional dlc is treated the same as loot boxes? Uhhh...

Not really. If theyve receieved any new game that has in-game currency (Battlefrint 2, WW2, Black Ops 3, etc), theyll brand the new ESRB. Or they would go to our mobile phone stores and just brand them all "Rated: IGP"

Any game that has any kind of dlc will receive the new label. So a game like Horizon Zero Dawn that has one expansion will get the label the same as Battlefront 2. Making the label practically useless since 90% of games have some sort of dlc now.

It should be restricted to games with 1) in-game premium currency; or 2) loot-boxes. Games with dlc (expansions) shouldn't be included.

They don't want to differentiate because they don't actually care

This is like installing sprinklers when the building is already on fire.

This is a good step! But please consider including an "in-game gambling with real currency" label of some sort for games that feature gacha / loot boxes. It's very different than content DLC (i.e, outright purchasable levels / skins) as those don't carry the risk of addiction.

Or I should say, addiction and potentially limitless spending.

hey, ESRB, thanks for trying to do something about loot boxes unfortunately, deciding to apply this sticker to everything that has downloadable content makes this more or much worthless. Maybe only apply this sticker to games that actually have loot boxes.

I'm not trying to be excessively rude, but this sticker, as this statement seems to imply, would be placed on games like Star Wars Battlefront 2 as well as something like Zelda: Breath of the Wild, yes? So why are they classified as the same despite one being greedier and worse?