14 Ways E3 2018 Will Impact The Future Of Gaming

7. Loot Boxes

OVERWATCH LOOT BOX
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Notice the lack of loot boxes in presentations this year? In fact, the only mention they got was when EA said that there would be none in their upcoming games. Whilst EA has plenty of time to go back on their decision, this is great news.

Either gaming has learnt its lesson or developers are retracting their push for their new favourite cash cow in light of the recent international controversy. When you piss of Denmark, you have to realise you've done something wrong.

So, we could have just seen the end of loot boxes, with developers realising how scummy they were. Or companies are just trying to save face and realise that justify loot boxes is a near impossible task.

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