Submitted on Tuesday 24th October 2017
Rejected on Tuesday 31st October 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Regulation of Microtransactions in the Video Game industry in the UK.
Within recent years Microtransactions have become an increasingly popular thing in video games, although this started off small it is quickly becoming an issue and creating such addictions Akin to gambling, and have been using this to target children and the vulnerable with incredible ease.
There is a lot of background information available to anyone who wants to further look into this issue
Evidence and references that Microtransactions need regulation
A patent to encourage the purchase of microtransactions-http://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/how-activision-uses-matchmaking-tricks-to-sell-in-game-items-w509288
Evidence of just how much people can spend on one game-
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/someone-spent-15000-on-mass-effect-multiplayer-car/1100-6454294/
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you're concerned about transactions in video games, but we're not sure exactly what action you'd like to see.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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