Mobile gaming isn't gaming. Most of the games are just thinly veiled gambling machines, with few outliers.
Even people playing board games are still gamers. People playing sports are gamers. They just play different game genres than you.
A game is a game.
> Playing a game is gaming.
> A game is a game.
And,yes I am pro regulating video game, especially lootboxes.
I also am for regulating loot boxes, I still do not see how that changes the fact a game is a game.
Because gamblers aren't (video) gamers. They are more people addicted to a mechanic and less about enjoying the medium.
Just my opinion and all. Everyone thinks differently. :)
It doesn't. That's the issue. See Skinner's box. Random variable rewards cause addictive behavior, because of evolutive pressures our ancestors exprienced.
Couple that with a money extraction system and you get a way to easily extract money from people unaware of this 'exploit'.