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Epic Games settle Fortnite privacy and purchase complaints for $520 millionA drop in the ocean for a company that earns billions each year
A drop in the ocean for a company that earns billions each year
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Epic are paying another $245 million for a separate complaint made in administrative court, which alleged the company deliberately used tactics to encourage players to make unintended purchases of Fortnite’s cosmetics. FTC documents claim that Epic’s confusing and inconsistent tactics, such as button placements in the Fortnite store, resulted in them making “hundreds of millions of dollars” from unauthorised charges to players. Epic are also alleged to have locked players' accounts when they disputed the charges, and threatened life-long bans, according to the FTC. The Fortnite devs haven’t commented on the allegations made against them in either case.
“No developer creates a game with the intention of ending up here,” Epic’sstatementsaid. “The video game industry is a place of fast-moving innovation, where player expectations are high and new ideas are paramount. Statutes written decades ago don’t specify how gaming ecosystems should operate. The laws have not changed, but their application has evolved and long-standing industry practices are no longer enough.” The company said they’d settled with the FTC because they wanted to be “at the forefront of consumer protection”.
It looks like an expensive end to the year for Epic Games. You can read the FTC documents relating to the complaints made against Epichere.
