Revan_NL

This is a decision forced upon EA by Disney more likely than not. Still, EA did succeed it bringing the concept of lootboxes to the attention of various government gambling authorities. Like someone said earlier in this thread it has happened in Belgium as well as the Netherlands. And it could be a major threat not just for EA but for the entire industry. They are probably fine in the US since services like FanDuel and DraftKings are classified as 'games of skill' when they clearly are a form of gambling.

In the Netherlands, online gambling is illegal. There is a bill in the works to legalize and regulate it but until then, it is illegal. If the Dutch gambling authority deems that lootbox systems are in fact a form of online gambling, it could lead to games that have said systems being pulled of the shelves (including EA's major cashcow FIFA). And when the bill regarding online gambling does pass, games with such systems would have to have a PEGI 18 rating and there are of course taxes (even though these days the Netherlands are considered a tax haven, as long as you're not a Dutch citizen, you'd be amazed with all the tax evasion options major corporations have).

Dutch gambling laws aside, it also is quite possible that the European Commission could take action, which would of course have big consequences for EA and other publishers if a large part of their market has stricter rules on lootboxes.

GT: Revan KPL playing on Xbox One

GT: Revan KPL playing on Xbox One, mostly horde but I'm up for some co-op as well

I didn't much care for season 1 as much as other people did. Having said that, I'm really enjoying season 2 so far (I'm at episode 8). HOWEVER, it's still a bit odd that despite the show being called Daredevil, the titular character is the least interesting. The Punisher, Elektra and even Karen have much more interesting storylines.

Either WW2 or Cold War era like the first Black Ops. I don't like the exoskeleton stuff that they had the last two years.

@ajamafalous: You're basically describing my experience with the game. I'm a big Metal Gear fan (even bought a PS3 specifically for MGS4) and MGS5 was my most dissapointing game of 2015. Also played roughly 15 hours before I gave up.

I don't really care about VR but the absolute maximum I'd be willing to pay for an accesory to a console is €120 and I know that's not happening with Playstation VR anytime soon.

I have to try and wrestle my way through MGS5 (because there has to be something in that game that has people raving about it, haven't found it yet though), play more Dying Light, finish The Witcher 3 DLC, play more Fallout 4 and AC Syndicate. So far I haven't gotten around doing any of that because I keep playing NBA 2k16. Every time I have some time to play games I end up playing that game instead of the games I really want to finish.

@rebel_scum: Normally I'd agree but at the time the PS3 version of Skyrim was unplayable due to the memory leak issue. At the time I hoped SR3 would be GOTY. I also didn't like the fact that Brad just brushed away the issues with the PS3 version by saying 'yeah but it works on PC and 360'.

Yes, but only if it's also Konami-less, they can keep their insane micro-transaction con scheme to themselves