Loot Boxes er hurtigt gået hen og er blevet spilbranchens største fyfy-ord, og det med god grund, siden denne praksis symboliserer de forbrugerfjendtlige monetariseringspraksisser, som spiludviklere er begyndt at bruge for at trække flere penge ud af hver spiller. Men, Borderlands-instruktøren Randy Pitchford synes at vi bør adskille de nuværende skandaler fra selve begrebet "Loot Box", for ideen om at en spiller kan få tilfældigt indhold ud af en spændende kiste fungerer i virkeligheden rigtig godt - så længe penge ikke er involveret.
For nylig deltog Pitchford i et interview med GamesIndustry, og her pointerede han, at kister med tilfældigt fungerer godt i blandt andet Borderlands.
"As an artist and creator who very much loves the nature of the 'loot box' as it appears in our Borderlands games, I'm concerned that the words 'loot box' are being used as short hand for a practice I am not in favor of. Can we find another term for what we object to?"
"They're not bad design, they mesh well with certain progression systems, they're highly lucrative and effective if implemented well, and they've been part of gaming since forever - even if you think of them as card game booster cards. The whole notion that they're always a top-down affair forced by the publisher is preposterous, even though that makes for a nice story in the head of internet 'experts'."
Er du enig med Pitchford? Kan du i virkeligheden også godt lide Loot Boxes, hvis ikke penge var involveret?