Is purchasing virtual currencies like cash and giving it to your friend using in game donation feature considered trading?
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That is the point of the policy API. If your game respects the PolicyAPI then filling out the questionare will return that no restrictions need to be impossed (as those features wonât be availible in banned regions). If you donât make use of the PolicyAPI your game could be breaking the law in countries Roblox has expanded to, and thus this questionaire can be used to disable your game in regions in which those features are not allowed rather then you needing to figure out what regions have what laws and restricting access based on them (such as if they provided a checklist of regions and you could hand pick them).
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Any in-game feature which allows paid content be transfered to another user should be conisdered trading, because userâs will always be capable of using this to complete trades outside of or in conjunction with your officially implemented features to support it.
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On 24 April 2014, the constitutional court ruled that the shutdown law was constitutional.
As of August 2021 the law was abolished.
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Does a random paid item also count as a permanent item?
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Didnât the Netherlands ban lootboxes, only if they were transferable (i.e. tradable)? But as of now, if I choose âYes, but my experience does not respect the ArePaidRandomItemsRestricted policy APIâ and âNoâ for trading, Netherlands becomes restricted.
Iâm confused by this as well. I checked some of the most popular games with lootboxes and they were all purchasable in Belgium. Seeing how these big games have decided against using the PolicyService, I donât see the necessity for me to adopt it. Surely these top developers have evaluated the risks as well.
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Dutch laws are mainly in effect for items that are transferable outside the game, such as with Steam inventory items. Items that can be traded in the game they are obtained are considered fine. Roblox rules also state virtual in-experience items may not be traded outside the experience.
Belgium laws, on the other hand, outright bans the use of lootboxes in general.
EDIT: As a Dutchman myself, I noticed that I am indeed not allowed to trade paid items. This sounds like a too strict rule of Roblox to put on players in the Netherlands, given there are plenty of other games available with lootboxes where the rewards can be traded with other players. Just as long as those rewards can only be traded and used within the game, such that they do not have any real market value.
EDIT 2: Iâve looked at what the Kansspelauthoriteit said about this, and it seems to be in violation if the paid item in question is received through random chance with barely any influence by the player and the item is transferable. This does not state whether the trade is limited to in-game only, thus any transfer applies here. Transferability alone is sufficient to give items a (real) market value.
IMO IsPaidItemTradingAllowed is not sufficient to catch this in the Netherlands given this only counts if the paid item is through random chance. Trading items through direct purchase seems to be fine given Steam marketplace, and even Roblox limiteds market, remains available in the Netherlands. I think Roblox just sets this to false to play it safe.
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This is a good update, however, what about smaller experiences? Will there be anything implemented to make those smaller games/experiences compliant? If not, what steps are Roblox taking to ensure it is fairly balanced across all experiences?
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