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If you don't know what Free to Play means... It's basically a game which advertises itself as free, but it pulls you in a trap. You have micro transactions and benefits if you pay... One 15 year old teenager fell into the trap, and Kotaku writes about it...

 

 

Horror stories about how much money people have spent on stuff you can buy in games have been around as long as there has been microtransactions and in-app purchases. But one teenager in Belgium went absolutely crazy with the amount of money he poured into online strategy game Game of War: Fire Age.

According to Belgian news outlet Nieuwsblad, the unnamed kid was reportedly buying in-game gold via his grandfather's credit card. The credit card info was given to him by his mother, who had requested her son's help to buy and download eBooks onto her tablet. After linking the credit card to his own iTunes account, he spent thousands of euros on gold in Game of War: Fire Age over the course of a couple of months. The boy's mother says that he claims not to have known that he was spending real money.

 

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There's been recent concern about the messaging around in-app purchases in similar free-to-play games, which has led the European Commission to strongly recommend that apps built on the business model no longer call themselves 'free'. Google's App Store has changed its policies to fall in line with the new rules. While Apple hasn't followed suit, the company behind the iPhone and iPad has intervened in the past when kids have unwittingly made large in-app purchases. We've reached out to representatives for Machine Zone, the company that makes Game of War: Fire Age and will update this post if we hear back.

 

We should rename the "Free to Play" term to "Pay to Win" because if you have a credit card, you surely are the winner... This describes the current state of the Industry, if they actually wanted to make a Free game, would they be able to? They wouldn't be a real company if they aren't making any income... But todays kids are stupid also for actually spending that much money on a "free game". I've seen lots of people do this, and if you want to know how much this kid actually spent, well, you don't... Or atleast shouldn't, let's just say that he spent more than a yearly income...

 

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37,000 Euros

And let's just remember that this happened because of his stupid mom who almost "let" him rob his GRANDFATHER'S CREDIT CARD

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It's not a trap if you're not stupid.

 

Come on dude, you can't be forced to enter your credit card details...

Well, some people just can't help to...

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free to play is pay to win now

but i feel like that's how it's been for a while

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It's not a trap if you're not stupid.

 

Come on dude, you can't be forced to enter your credit card details...

True, it was dumb to spend all that money on it. But a point is made: free to play games are usually pay to win (there are exceptions of course)

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If you don't know what Free to Play means... It's basically a game which advertises itself as free, but it pulls you in a trap. You have micro transactions and benefits if you pay

 

Not true of all Free to Play games.

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Perfect example, my friend got 750 dollars from his grandma and spent it on RP in LoL... He has lots of skins.

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Some games are pay to win in the free to play model but not all of them. There are very good Free to Play games out there that's model allows purchase of in game ascetics and easy of life perks but no game changing items. as for this idiot 15 year old. I call BS and if not then "Stupid is as stupid does."

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 F2p MMOS= Pay to Win

 

F2p MOBAS (Dota2, Smite) = Pay to look cool

 

Paying anything for a f2p game= dumb

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Probably the only F2P game that isn't P2W is TF2.

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F2P? I can't even afford a game if I can't win. Especially steam. Every game on there is paid. not fair.

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