EU consumer groups slam 'manipulative' video game spending tactics
www.euractiv.com
European consumer groups on Thursday (12 September) accused the world's biggest video game companies of "purposefully tricking" consumers, including children, to push them to spend more.
  • Suzune@ani.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Children in Europe spend on average 39 euros a month on in-game purchases

    Really?

    • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Stupid parents give their kids unlimited access to mobile payments.

      It’s like basic parental controls are a black art only few master

      • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        To be fair, basic skills for being a human seem to have become a black art that only few can master. So expecting them to be responsible parents is actually probably a bit too high of an expectation. This isn’t an excuse to be a bad parent, of course.

    • Railcar8095@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I can’t believe that.

      Is that the average for every underage on Europe? Specific range of ages? Filtering out those who don’t spend/play at all? It’s a crazy number to throw with no extra context.

      • Suzune@ani.socialEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I seriously thought that it’s a myth that someone buys these premium currencies on free to play games. Like someone who buys this WinRAR license.

        I’d assume that on average a kid buys 6 AAA games a year. That would be more probable for ~39€ a month. In this case they’d have mixed up many different things here.

  • tartan@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    So manipulative is in quotes but slam isn’t. Quality writing there.