13 Year Old Racks Up £4000 FIFA Bill
The micro-transaction debate has been around a while now and there have been many reported cases of youngsters spending a small fortune on game credits and add-ons, but today our beloved FIFA is in the news, and a huge £4,000 bill has caught the eyes of the BBC.
Said 13 year old was playing FUT and repeatedly buying player packs and in once stint managed to spend over £1000 in just 24 hours. The mother claims it's EA's fault for not providing better safeguards, but there are of course other angles to consider.
1) The FIFA points are actually purchased as we all know from the Sony/Microsoft stores, so is it EA's job to police this?
2) High stakes gambling machines have come in for similar criticism recently and have begun rolling out new systems which will allow players/adults to set spending and time limits in a bid to control this type of activity. Could, should EA do the same?
3) Or is it in fact down to the parent who in this instance has left a 13 year old playing FIFA for long periods of time unattended with a credit card readily setup and active on the console. Emails are sent to cardholders after every transaction via Sony and Microsoft, so is this simply just a case of negligent parenting, or could the companies do more?
EA declined to comment when the BBC approached them, but we'd love to get your thoughts and opinions on this topic, which with the ever increasing popularity of FUT is surely set to hit the news on a more regular basis
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