Hele problematikken og debatten omkring Loot Boxes eksisterer fortsat i spilbranchen, og selvom andre problemer tager størstedelen af spaltepladsen, så er det stadig nok forbrugere, presse og naturligvis udgiverne selv snakker om.
Netop derfor er det ret overraskende at Capcom, uden at blive direkte opfordret, dedikerede et afsnit af deres seneste investormøde til netop Loot Boxes, og at de ret kategorisk tager afstand til det.
"In the Japanese game market, discussions have been taking place for several years on the problem of gacha, or lottery-style game mechanics, primarily in mobile games. Overseas, gacha-like "loot boxes" have been banned in some countries.
As a creator of entertainment culture, Capcom believes that games should be enjoyed for the entertainment value they provide with gameplay, not for thrills associated with winning a lottery. We do not want to see games that are supposed to make people happy having the opposite effect as a result of excessive charges. For that reason, we are working to ensure that all users can enjoy our games fairly and safely.
In principle, we minimize gacha elements in the mobile games we develop; in our home video games, we provide any content required to enjoy the full game free of charge, while offering some additional content at low cost."
Det er en ret ambitiøs og direkte udtalelse, det må man sige.