Michael Pachter er kendt som en kontroversiel figur i spilbranchen, og for nylig er han for alvor gået til den i en udtalelse om Loot Boxes. Aggressiv monetarisering lader dog til at være kommet for at blive, til trods for et tilsyneladende vokalt mindretal, og kommende lovgivning i flere europæiske lande. Pachter mener at Loot Boxes eksisterer fordi forbrugerne ultimativt er dumme.
For nylig afholdte Video Game Bar Association en "fireside chat" på en bar i Los Angeles, hvor Pachter mødte op og sagde følgende (transkriberet af GamesBeat)
"Why are there loot boxes? Because consumers are stupid and they'll spend thousands of dollars trying to get that hard-to-get thing. If you put it up for sale for $500 they won't buy it. I mean, I actually think the Chinese solution - posting the odds of getting each item - is the right way to do it. This thing has a 1-in-250 chance in the loot box, or you can buy it for $250. Then people realize, I have to buy 250 loot boxes for $600 to get it? Then they'll just buy it."
Men Pachter var ikke færdig, for i USA er der en række politikere der forsøger at få passeret ny lovgivning, der skal gøre Loot Boxes til hasardspil. Pachter mener at de er "morons"
"In the U.S., there's very low probability anybody passes legislation to regulate loot boxes. The guys in Hawaii are just fucking morons. They're morons. They should not only resign, but they should kill themselves. They're so idiotic. Seriously. They're such morons. One of the two idiot legislators said—I forget the studio. But they said something like, "EA shut down my favorite studio in 2005 and I've hated them ever since." He said that on the record. We're going to legislate against loot boxes? What an asshole."
"By the way, their solution was, loot boxes are gambling. Gambling is illegal under Hawaii law. Therefore you can't buy a loot box until you're 21. Does that mean you can gamble when you're 21 in Hawaii as well? There's no chance that law is upheld. They're not going to get it passed, because somebody in that legislature actually went to law school. Somebody in their staff is going to look at that Hawaii law. They're idiots. I don't think any of that stuff happens."