Spain continues to push for a law that allows you to regulate the use of loot boxes (or reward boxes) found in a wide variety of video games. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs published the first draft of the bill with some basic measures and prohibitions to guarantee the health of the most vulnerable players. Between them use of these items by minors under the age of 18as well as the prohibition of advertising except for the time interval.
The regulation in particular applies exclusively to those Random Reward Arrangements (MAR) or “loot boxes” that work by exchanging random items for money – either through official currencies or through digital assets such as cryptocurrencies or even NFTs – and which are present in third-party video games, websites or platforms. It stands out, we repeat, with a ban for persons under 18 years of age, since for the acquisition they will have to prove their age in different wayssuch as identification through an ID or some kind of biometric recognition system.
Parallel adults who wish can limit acquisition costs loot boxes setting, for example, the time of use or the maximum amount they want to spend on these mechanisms. Therefore, video game companies should offer a choice of these characteristics in their names.
Spain will also ban advertising related to loot boxes
Video game companies also They will not be able to advertise these elements in different situations.yes Among them, when it is physically or face to face, such as billboards, written press, etc. They will also not be able to promote loot boxes on those websites or social networks that are not related to video games. They may do so in audiovisual media such as radio or television, but only in the time interval from 01:00 to 05:00 in the morning.
Finally, companies must also be transparent about the level of probability receive random items on calls loot boxes. In any case, those who fail to comply with these obligations will be punished up to 25,000 euros if it is a minor violation, from 25,000 to 2,000,000 euros if it is serious, and from 2,000,000 to 3 million euros for especially serious crimes. I’m even going to close the services that allow you to use drawer buttons.
At the moment, the bill is at the stage of public hearings, where new proposals can be submitted until July 23. Later, the text will pass through the Council of Ministers, where the measure will be approved so that it can begin, as a bill, its processing in the Cortes.
Source: Hiper Textual
