A European consumer advocacy group have published an open letter to the European Union Commission expressing their concerns about video games that make use of premium in-game currencies – aka, make-believe money you can buy with real money, such as Minecoins in Minecraft’s Bedrock Edition.
The group in question are the Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs, or BEUC, who represent 44 non-governmental consumer organisations from 31 countries, and have been around since 1962. They’re accusing the publishers of Fortnite, EA Sports FC 24, Minecraft, Clash of Clans and others of misleading people – specifically children – with their in-game premium currencies, and breaching European Union consumer protection laws. On a press site that summarises the results of various longer studies, they offer the below broad complaints about the practice.
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A European consumer advocacy group have published an open letter to the European Union Commission expressing their concerns about video games that make use of premium in-game currencies – aka, make-believe money you can buy with real money, such as Minecoins in Minecraft’s Bedrock Edition.
The group in question are the Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs, or BEUC, who represent 44 non-governmental consumer organisations from 31 countries, and have been around since 1962. They’re accusing the publishers of Fortnite, EA Sports FC 24, Minecraft, Clash of Clans and others of misleading people – specifically children – with their in-game premium currencies, and breaching European Union consumer protection laws. On a press site that summarises the results of various longer studies, they offer the below broad complaints about the practice.
