Activision Blizzard Inc., Epic Games Inc., Roblox Corp. and around a dozen other video game developers were hit with a wide-ranging lawsuit alleging a 9-year-old became addicted to the companies’ games such as Fortnite, Call of Duty, and Grand Theft Auto.
Cold Take did a deep dive on this lawsuit too. He’s quite a lib, but presents a lot of data:
I think the headline is a bit misleading, her case hinges on intentionally making game purchases addictive. It is effectively similar to a cassino, making the experience appeal to repetitive human impulses to extract as much money as possible, but the target audience is children aged 7 and over.
I think the headline is a bit misleading, her case hinges on intentionally making game purchases addictive. It is effectively similar to a cassino, making the experience appeal to repetitive human impulses to extract as much money as possible, but the target audience is children aged 7 and over.
Still true.