I would've expected to see something like thus out of the EU rather than China, but at least somebody's making the first move against the predatory monetisation of apps

It's so destructive that even China doesn't like it

Very rare China W.

Didn't China also recently introduce a limit of hours adolescents can game?

The world would be a better place without those transactions in my opinion. It might sound extreme but in my view this is the first step towards gambling addiction.

We as humanity are becoming really obsessed with everything digital instead of spending more time physically interacting with our peers. And unfortunately I am no exception.

If there's a behavior psychologist/researcher involved in the creation of a product, it's evil, simple as. Those gacha games absolutely use them.

God, I hope they do that here. Would clear the appstores and other stores of 90% of shovelware overnight.

Limiting micro transactions and banning predatory reward schemes in video games is genuinely a good thing. We need this to spread around the world.

The S$20000 ($15000) Genshin Impact buying spree incident in Singapore had indirectly contributed to proposed legislation.

There's so much addiction and gambling engineered into micro transactions, it's crazy. I'm glad China is regulating it.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Assuming it's a clock that's capable of being right twice a day, which isn't every clock.

Well done, I hope other countries will follow.

Good. These kinds of transactions are exploitative and prey in the weaknesses of people with addictive personalities

Do you all expect localization is tied to laws for china? I realy don't think so. Most games are split into global and asia/chinese versions anyway. Why should they remove these mechanics when it isn't necessary for the market they operate in?

This will also make for better and more enjoyable games. I wonder if players will want to spend more times with those games then.

I haven't had a look at the original text from China, but wondering how much they accounted for. Any of these rules could be easily circumvented if they didn't account for multiple scenarios.

Rewards for spending money within a game for the first time

"We don't have a reward for spending money for the first time, but everyone does have a digital coupon for $5 off of their first $10 purchase when they make an account."

Rewards for buying consecutive microtransactions

"The players don't get any extras when they buy more of our digital currency, but every gacha pull does make the next 5 pulls a bit cheaper."

Rewards for daily log-ins.

"No, we're not giving rewards for daily log-ins, but players can buy this bonus that adds a gift-giving NPC to the main town for 30 days, who will trade a small parcel of premium currency for a single gold coin once per day."