Rejected petition Increase the PEGI rating of any game with In-Game Purchases

There have been a growing number of stories regarding children inadvertently spending large amounts of their parents money on in game purchases.

Many of these games are advertised as being suitable for children as young as 3 years old, yet they strongly push buying items with real world money.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48908766

This story explains how FIFA, a PEGI 3 rated game, allowed children to spend £550 on in game purchases. While parents have a responsibility to ensure children play suitable games, they will often use the PEGI system to judge the suitability and level of supervision needed when kids play.

However games like FIFA, constantly bombard players with requests to spend money to improve the experience. Young children should not be exposed to this.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This would be a decision for PEGI, and not the UK Government or Parliament.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 1 August 2019
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