Overwatch’s lootboxes don’t deserve to be part of the controversy, according to Mike Morhaime. Blizzard’s co-founder and CEO believes there’s “nothing wrong” with Overwatch’s system.

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In an interview with GameInformer at BlizzCon, Morhaime says “I think there’s absolutely nothing wrong with crates that give you randomised items. I think that whatever the controversy is, I don’t think Overwatch belongs in that controversy.”

The problems, according to Morhaime, seem to arise from two specific areas. The first of those, as prompted by the interviewer, is a “pay-for-power” system, which Morhaime says is “definitely something we’ve avoided”. The second issue, however, stems from whether or not you can convert the items you get from lootboxes “back into real-world value,” an element which “does not exist in Overwatch loot crates.”

Whether or not you deem Overwatch’s lootboxes acceptable, it can’t be denied they’ve had a significant impact on the industry. Everything from Middle-earth: Shadow of War to Call of Duty: WW2 has come under fire in recent months for the inclusion of microtransactions, and some PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds cosmetics were reportedly selling for hundreds of dollars.