The big picture: Microtransactions and gambling addiction are two of the most controversial topics in the industry, especially when they reach younger players. In China, the parent company of League of Legends, dev Riot Games, introduces restrictions to try to solve these problems.
As a result of the World Health Organization's decision to officially categorize gambling disorder as a mental disorder, gambling addiction has once again declined. In China, which has the largest number of Internet users in the world, companies are doing everything they can to control the time children spend playing online and how much money their parents spend with them. give.
Tencent, the largest social media and gaming company in China, said that it would notify bill payers whenever a minor QQ account holder will spend more than $ 75 cumulatively on a 30 days period.
QQ is a courier service developed by the Chinese firm. It has over 800 million users and account holders can access the company's lineup of titles, including League of Legends and China's most popular game, Honor of Kings (King of Glory), which has more than 163 million players per month.
As noted by the South China Morning Post, Tencent recently announced that it would alert account holders paying bills, that is to say. parents - whenever a child has spent more than $ 75 in a single day. He has now decided that this limit is too high and will instead send alerts once the expenses in the game spend $ 75 on 30 days rather than just 24 hours.
Last year, Tencent introduced time restrictions for young Kings Honor players, due to concerns about their health and education. Users under the age of 12 can only play one hour a day and can not log in after 9pm, while those between 12pm and 6pm will only be able to play for 2 hours a day.