In the last decade, ‘free to play’ games have become one of the most popular models in the gaming market. video games. These games, which are downloaded for freepresent the option of making micropayments to get exclusive rewards, special characters either improvements within the game. Although this model seems harmless, it has generated great concern among parents and experts in the field due to its ability to encourage addiction among the youngestwho, in many cases, They are not fully aware of the value of money that are being spent. In that sense, as revealed by the ‘techspot’ portal, a family from China has seen how his life savings were disappearing when they discovered that his 13-year-old daughter had spent almost 60,000 euros in this type of games in just four months.
The case has stunned the girl’s parents, who only learned of the magnitude of the problem when They were contacted by the teacher of his daughter. The teacher, concerned about excessive time that the young woman was passing playing with his mobile phonewarned the mother that the student could be developing a video game addiction. According to the Chinese television channel ‘Elephant News’, the mother, whose surname is Wang, decided check family bank accounts to check if there were any signs of unusual expenses. It was then that he discovered that there was only 0.5 yuan left in the account, approximately six euro cents.
Surprised by the situation, the parents decided to confront the girl. At that moment, the young woman confessed that she had spent more than 15,000 euros in the purchase of video games and others 27,152 euros in micropayments within these types of applications to unlock exclusive features. Furthermore, the girl revealed that she had spent thousands of euros to buy games for at least ten of his classmateswho pressured her to finance her purchases.
“When they asked me to pay for their games, I paid them even though I was very sorry,” the girl explained. «If I didn’t send it to them, they would bother me all day. “If I told the teacher, I was afraid that the teacher would tell my parents and that my parents would get angry,” she added. This fear of social rejection and peer pressure led the young woman to spend an inordinate amount of money, without fully understanding the consequences of her actions.
How did the girl get access to the family account?
The method that the girl used to carry out these expenses was simple, found his mother’s debit card at home and linked to your mobile phone. Furthermore, since the mother had already provided the password of the card in case she needed money at any time, the young woman had full access to family funds. On the other hand, to avoid being discovered, regularly deleted payment records and transactionswhich allowed him to keep his activities hidden for quite some time.
After discovering his account practically empty, the mother tried to recover the lost money. However, although it has contacted several of the companies to request a refunduntil now has not been able to recover the entire of money.
The incident has generated intense debate on social media. While some users criticize the young womanarguing that she knew perfectly well what she was doing by deleting the transactions, others blame the parents directly for not having monitored his daughter’s activities more closely.
Finally, it should be noted that these types of situations reflect the ease with which minors can access large amountsof money through video games. micropayments, designed to be irresistible By offering exclusive rewards, they can lead young people to make impulsive and uncontrolled spendingas happened in this case.
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