Forza Motorsport 7 Will Feature Loot Boxes

[GumShoe]

My major concern is it's just not gaming. It's not rewarding gameplay or game design related to the actual game. It's cheap casino tricks to trigger our dopamine and keep playing and it's disgusting.

Sure it's fine for adults that can reasonably avoid the 'trap' but probably not the kids.

Even worse that it starts 'free' to get the kids/players engaged and may (not confirmed yet) switch to paid after. Much harder to resist after already getting hooked.

This is devious behaviour and should not be in video games full stop

 

[FordGTGuy]

My major concern is it's just not gaming. It's not rewarding gameplay or game design related to the actual game. It's cheap casino tricks to trigger our dopamine and keep playing and it's disgusting.

Sure it's fine for adults that can reasonably avoid the 'trap' but probably not the kids.

Even worse that it starts 'free' to get the kids/players engaged and may (not confirmed yet) switch to paid after. Much harder to resist after already getting hooked.

This is devious behaviour and should not be in video games full stop

There are these things called parents... video game companies aren't those things.

If you can't keep your kid from using your credit card on a console with an insane amount of parental controls... you're not parenting right.

 

[UKMikey]

I wonder what'd be more likely - T10 introducing Loot Boxes as a way to monetize the game and make it "pay to win" or Loot Boxes being an in game reward designed to incentivise the game structure and make it more rewarding to play.

As always people will believe the worst option but unless they've had a major change in direction with Bill Giese's appointment I think I'll wait and see.

 

[Minty]

I wonder what'd be more likely - T10 introducing Loot Boxes as a way to monetize the game and make it "pay to win" or Loot Boxes being an in game reward designed to incentivise the game structure and make it more rewarding to play.

As always people will believe the worst option but unless they've had a major change in direction with Bill Giese's appointment I think I'll wait and see.

I can't actually think of a game where crates offer anything more than cosmetic items outside of Free-to-play games.

As long as no significant advantage is awarded by crates I'm fine with them being a monetized thing. Especially if they're monetized while still being somewhat attainable in-game.

 

[Dopplegagger]

I wonder what'd be more likely - T10 introducing Loot Boxes as a way to monetize the game and make it "pay to win" or Loot Boxes being an in game reward designed to incentivise the game structure and make it more rewarding to play.

As always people will believe the worst option but unless they've had a major change in direction with Bill Giese's appointment I think I'll wait and see.

I haven't been following Turn 10 and Forza 7. I kind of lost faith in T10 because of FM6. But Bill Giese has been promoted? To what position? And how long has he been there? The only thing I know about him is, he's one of the hand full of people who been with Turn 10 before they were Turn 10. Thinking about that, I wonder if he's capable of bringing some worthwile or meaningful changes?

 

[PJTierney]

I haven't been following Turn 10 and Forza 7. I kind of lost faith in T10 because of FM6. But Bill Giese has been promoted? To what position? And how long has he been there? The only thing I know about him is, he's one of the hand full of people who been with Turn 10 before they were Turn 10. Thinking about that, I wonder if he's capable of bringing some worthwile or meaningful changes?

Bill's the Creative Director for Forza Motorsport now, has been since the start of Forza Motorsport 7's development. Bill worked at Nintendo a long time ago, before Turn 10 became a thing.

Dan Greenawalt has moved up the totem pole to Forza franchise director, which means he takes care of both Motorsport and Horizon's overall vision for the future.

 

[Ak1504]

Bill Giese did a great job advertising the game but it was a bit weird not seeing Dan Greenawalt...

I hope they do a relaease stream again. Was great to get so much behind the scenes infos.