As explained in the notice, "In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items) will be assigned to all games that include purchases with any randomized elements, including loot boxes, gacha games, item or card packs, prize wheels, treasure chests, and more. So which games fall under this category, exactly? Well, it's pretty cut and dry, luckily. The notice from the ESRB reads, "This new Interactive Element, In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items), will be assigned to any game that contains in-game offers to purchase digital goods or premiums with real world currency (or with virtual coins or other forms of in-game currency that can be purchased with real world currency) for which the player doesn't know prior to purchase the specific digital goods or premiums they will be receiving (e.g., loot boxes, item packs, mystery awards)."
Back in 2018, the ESRB began listing games with the Interactive Element "In-Game Purchases," which lets consumers know that "a game offers the ability to purchase additional items without leaving the game." In other words, this covers anything that can be bought in the game, rather than purchased as a separate DLC or add-on.Īs the name for the new Interactive Element would suggest, the ESRB will now be letting gamers know which games feature purchasable Interactive Elements that are randomly generated. As explained in a post to the ESRB's official blog, this is not an entirely new concept.
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