Twitch Streamer Asmongold Criticizes Loot Boxes

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Asmongold, a Twitch streamer who initially found fame through World of Warcraft, has rarely been apologetic about his stances on video games, as well as the industry at large. While his views and opinions may have changed over the years – perhaps most notably Asmongold's take on Final Fantasy 14 – there has been one constant, immutable stance throughout it all: disdain for loot boxes and microtransactions.

Loot boxes have long been a major point of contention in the gaming community. The idea of spending real money for a chance to obtain the item players want has often been compared to gambling – and perhaps rightly so. Needless to say, Asmongold fully shares this view, and no matter which MMO he has played over the course of his Twitch career, the popular streamer always decried the practice.

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With the recent announcement of Lost Ark launching for western audiences with a microtransaction model that featured loot boxes, Asmongold weighed in that he would never support microtransactions that dealt with chance, and that he strongly believed any premium cosmetics should be purchasable directly from the store.

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The popular Twitch streamer went on to say that they take advantage of people who have gambling disorders and gambling tendencies, as well as shape a mentality of gambling by serving as a gateway drug for the young audience who plays these games. Perhaps the most egregious example of loot boxes in recent video game titles can be found in Madden's Ultimate Team, whose publisher Electronic Arts had a class-action lawsuit filed against the company in 2020.

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