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Balatro dev: Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ rating (x.com)

submitted 3 days ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Did he try getting a friendly industry insider appointed to the regulatory body to "facilitate" ?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Have you tried partnering with Disney and incorporating some Marvel/Star Wars IP into the Balatro Cinematic Universe? Perhaps selling your company to Ubisoft or Sony and letting their massive legal/lobbyist team take a swing at this? Perhaps you could just take a total end-run around the problem and release an edition that uses the Minor Arcana instead of standard poker cards?

[+] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works -20 points 2 days ago (14 children)

This post is clearly full of people WHO CLEARLY HAVE NO GAMBLING PROBLEM.

The arguments are even more ridiculous if you substitute an addictive drug for gambling.

"But vicodin and oxy are legal, how's that fair!" "Plenty of kids are prescribed painkillers in other countries and they are fine!" "The regulatory agency is just trying to punish heroin for being way better than the rest!" "I think all drugs should be legal, anyone should be allowed to make whatever mistakes they want with no oversight!"

[–] Acters@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I have seen people burn money in games just as much as some who has gambling problems. Just one has the person expectations being hoping if earning more to continue to gamble with, while gamers who spend cash are looking for more extrinsic values that are still just as useless or not worth it. I do say these game devs are more deserving of the cash but loot boxes exist and others forms of gambling that gets a blind eye. Balatro isn't even real cash. It's not the same.

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