achpatentdocumentwasreadandallreferences to ‘spend∗‘, ‘money’, ‘purchas∗‘, ‘microtransaction’, and‘currency’wereidentified
video game patents use the words "microtransaction" and "currency"
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therehas been limited industry acknowledgement of its responsibilitiesconcerning harms associated with gaming products
video game companies don't speak on the danger of their business models
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oungpeopleaged8–17yearshadmadein-gamepurchases in the previous 12-month period
Young children and teenagers are common spenders on video game microtransactions
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Valvewasorderedtopay$3millioninpenalties.
$3 million dollars is not much of a loss for a big game company
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he Chinese government passedlegislationin2016thatrequiredgamedeveloperstodisclosetheoddsofreceivingcertainitemsfromlootboxestoassistplayerstomakemoreinformed decisions
China is more strict on game companies then America
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searchingthecompany'splayermetricstoidentifyhighlyactiveplayersandthendevelopingmonetizedin-gamecontenttailoredandofferedtotheseplayers.
game companies gather information on players and tailor sales towards them
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In legal proceedings in the United States where claimantshave argued that they experienced harms resulting from ‘financiallosses’ due to microtransactions, the assumption that the gaming ac-tivity involved ‘gambling’ has consistently been rejected, notwith-standing a recent Washington case involving the social casino gameseriesBigFishCasino
The U.S has not associated video game micro transactions with gambling
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designed to encourage users to make ‘in-game pur-chases’or‘microtransactions’,whichinvolvesspendingmoney,usuallyin small amounts (e.g., between $1 and $5), to access (or have thepossibilityofaccessing)virtualitemsorcurrencywithinthegame
games promote the incremental spending of money for virtual items or the possibility of having said items
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