Money can not only be spent on game consoles and games, but also during the game itself - for example for FIFA FUT cards.
Manufacturer EA is under pressure.
New competition variants, customization options and build-up options for the team of your choice: The new features in FIFA 22 * Ultimate Team Mode (FUT) promise a lot. FUT cards will also continue to play an important role for FIFA gamers. To get hold of these, players can spend real money. The aim is to get a particularly strong player. However, there is no certainty that such a microtransaction will actually secure a sought-after player. This is another reason why microtransactions are always the focus of discussions. These are small amounts of game or real money that can be acquired in video games, for example clothing, new weapons and even extra lives.
In the soccer simulation game I FIFA 22 by developer Electronic Arts (EA), new players can be acquired through microtransactions
.
According to the
pcgames.de
portal
, some governments see it as a kind of game of chance
- which must be regulated.
This fact becomes particularly precarious in connection with games that are mainly played by children and young people - such as FIFA 22. Manufacturer and developer EA is repeatedly pilloried for this.
Now Chris Bruzzo, EA's Chief Experience Officer, has a say in the matter.
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EA statement: "Children shouldn't spend money in FIFA, period"
In an interview with Eurogamer, Chris Bruzzo
stated
, according to
pcgames.de
, that 90 percent of FUT packs are purchased using the in-game currency FUT Coins.
78 percent of the gaming community do not spend any money on microtransactions, it said.
According to an official statement, EA wants to block children from being able to spend money: “Children shouldn't spend money in FIFA. […] If we look at the account logins, we see a very small percentage of accounts owned by people under the age of 18. But more importantly, we have blocked spending on accounts under the age of 18 by default. And we're working with Sony and Microsoft to introduce standard spending controls for children. Children shouldn't spend money in Fifa, period “, EA is
quoted
by the portal
esport-manager.com
.
However, it is criticized that the FIFA series has a USK 0 seal.
USK stands for entertainment software self-control, the body responsible for the age rating of video games.
FIFA is therefore suitable for children from 0 years of age, even in FUT mode.
Nevertheless,
according to
the portal
pcgames.de
,
the game
contains
systems that, according to the manufacturer, should not be used by children.
The introduction of an age limit would be consistent here.
But there is still no age limit for FIFA or the FUT mode in Germany, despite political considerations, as
reported by
esport-manager.com
.
(jg)
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