loot box
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loot box (plural loot boxes)
- (video games) A consumable virtual item, often in the shape of a box or another container, that gives a player a random selection of in-game items.
- 2021, Stéphane Le Lay, Emmanuelle Savignac, Jean Frances, Pierre Lénel, editors, The Gamification of Society, volume 2, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 107:
- Admittedly, the loot boxes first of all monetize video games, by reinforcing the pay-to-win logic, but they also contribute to their gamblification (Johnson 2018), into the game characteristics that are specific to games of chance and money” (Kairouz and Savard 2018, author's translations), such as the principle of random draws or monetary stakes.">…]
- A subscription box, particularly one that provides a random assortment of apparel and merchandise.
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a consumable virtual item that gives a player a random selection of in-game items
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