Submitted on Tuesday 16th July 2019
Rejected on Monday 29th July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Protect the young and vulnerable from Video Game's 'In-Game' purchases.
The current trend of video games incorporating 'In-game purchases' on an already purchased game needs proper regulation.
These predatory mechanics manipulate the young and vulnerable and either should be clearly advertised as such, or renounce their claim to be fit for 3+
A parent already must consider the content and genre of a video game, It should not be their responsibility to know which games have employed these methods of obtaining further money for a game the parent has already bought.
It is the responsibility of the game developers (publishers...) or the ESRB or PEGI rating system to either pressure devs to remove these mechanics or have the video games labeled appropriately. If this isn't stopped now... it never will.
https://twitter.com/tom_watson/status/1148568619011530752
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48908766
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48925623
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVJKKQSE3Eg
This old petition needs to be revived:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/201300
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
If you'd like in-game purchases in games to be banned, you could sign this petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266805
Otherwise, you could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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