loot box
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Noun
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), […]
- 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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