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Money in the hands of a Sonic-loving child can only meet one fate: it s going to go fast. That s the unfortunate lesson learned by a Connecticut mum whose 6-year-old son racked up US$16,000 (NZ$22,000) in in-app purchases on the mobile game
Sonic Forces. In spite of the fact that Jessica Johnson s son George bought an entry-level car s worth of virtual baubles without her permission, Apple is reportedly not budging on giving her her money back.
Sonic Forces on his mother s iPad while she worked from home. In July, George found his way to the game s performance-boosting purchases. The possible items range from US$1.99 for the game s lowest-level rings to US$99.99 to the top-tier gold rings. When George realised he could buy his way into a more fun game, it was off the races. On just a single day, George managed to buy US$2500 worth of add-ons, charging them to Johnson s credit card.
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By Sean Farlow
A six year old went on a spending spree while he was playing the game Sonic Forces on an iPad. The child, who spent more than $16,000 on in app-purchases, repeatedly acquired in-game currency for the game.
The discovery was made by his mother Jessica Johnson, who found a number of withdrawals from her credit card. The purchases were made over a series of months. The child spent a total of $16,293.10, with the purchases starting in July. Reports say the child started making in-game purchases of $1.99 a pack to $99.99 bundles. In early July, 25 charges were made to her account from the game. The charges were more than $2,500 but the child continued making more after.
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George Johnson, the six-year-old son of real estate broker Jessica Johnson, spent over $16,000 on in-app purchases for the Sonic Forces iPhone game, according to the New York Post.
George reportedly began buying add-on boosters in July, spending $1.99 for red rings and eventually $99.99 for gold rings, which offered his character new abilities and higher speeds.
A six-year-old spent more than Rs 11 lakh on his mother’s credit card to make in-game purchases on #SonicForces on #iPad.https://t.co/wsZ4mZNrSd
“It’s like my 6-year-old was doing lines of cocaine and doing bigger and bigger hits,” George’s mother Jessica told the Post. “The way the charges get bundled made it almost impossible [to figure out that] they were from a game.”
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