Hvis man er en kende kritisk, så er det let at kigge på spilbranchen over det seneste årti og blive lidt deprimeret. Naturligvis fortsætter det med at fosse ind med gode spiloplevelser på alle tænkelige platforme, men med initiativer der udelukkende har til formål at presse flere penge ud af forbrugeren såsom Online Passes, forudbestillingsbonusser, specialudgaver, mikrotransaktioner, Loot Boxes, in-game reklamer og meget mere, så kunne noget tyde på, at det hele er ved at gå over gevind.
Om man så synes det eller ej, så lader det til at branchen snart vil blive kigget mere efter i sømmene end tidligere. Oven på afsløringen om at Sony, Microsoft og Nintendo vil sætte krav til udgivere om at vise odds på Loot Boxes, så har den amerikanske handelskomission, FTC, afsløret at de vil kigge "ordentligt" på spilbranchen.
I en live-udsendelse ved navn "Inside the Game" har FTC (Federal Trade Commission) slået fast at de vil gå branchen efter i sømmene. Mary Engle fra FTC har sagt følgende:
"I think the biggest part in sort of removing this frustration that the gaming community has with sort of government and regulation is really changing the tone. our leaders are often very critical as recently as the last few days about video games, you know, blaming them for all sorts of social ills. that, you know, studies show are just not the case. the other part of this that i think is really concerning is, you know, was just touched on by renee that if we regulate this too severely, so much of the game industry's profit is coming from this area, that regulations here could have a real impact on people's lives, on people's jobs. it could cause some of these companies, pretty serious amount of damage. it needs to be taken very carefully. it is not a game. these are people's lives. Dialogue is needed because we need to change the tone of this, when you have the president of the united states saying that games create monsters, at the same time that our clients and people in the game industry are raising millions of dollars to cure cancer, it just strikes sort of a deaf ear and makes people not feel very collaborative about this. and because of that stuff, i think things like this loot box workshop, these kinds of discussions and dialogue are really positive and really give us a great opportunity to start looking at the game industry properly. so, thank you guys for your time."
Der er dog ingen indikationer om at Loot Boxes direkte bandlyses, men at visse praksisser kunne blive genstand for yderligere regulering på vegne af forbrugeren i fremtiden.