245 Million Dollars Penalty to Epic Games

Epic Games, the developer of productions such as Fall Guys and Fornite and the owner of one of the largest game platforms in the world, has been on the agenda for a long time with the “commission” case with Apple last year. Now Epic Games, US Federal Trade Commission He was fined quite a lot by the (FTC).

The reason for the penalty is Epic Games’ ‘fooling’ unconscious young players into in-game purchases. Moreover, the FTC has tangible evidence of this.

“Even if you press random keys, you buy V-Bucks”

In the statement made by the FTC, it was stated that Epic Games, the owner of Fortnite, made money by deceiving unconscious users in a questionable legality. “Due to Fortnite’s complex key combinations, some users can purchase hundreds of dollars of V-Bucks by pressing the wrong key. FTC officials claim that Epic did this on purpose and did not accept returns and lay on the money with the common term.

FTC about Fornite complaints, comments on the internet and Twitter and Epic Games customer representatives’ messages stating that they cannot “return” as concrete evidence.

Although Epic Games does not accept the accusations against him, he was charged by the FTC. Obligated to pay $245 million fine. Additionally, the FTC has asked for this payment system to be fixed.

Fortnite is very dangerous for kids

In addition to this penalty, the FTC stated that both Fortnite’s interface and in-game systems are not safe for children. Epic Games account security for kids The authorities, who found the feature insufficient, argued that parental controls should be added to the game. Epic Games, on the other hand, declined to comment on this issue.

Epic Games with this penalty One of the companies most penalized by the FTC it has happened.