Take-Two was sued due to microtransactions in NBA 2K

For Take-Two Interactive, there is no surprise that she uses too much in her games "greedy" microtransactions, but this rarely leads to any real consequences, in addition to the angry gamers who continue to buy games of publishers every year.

But from time to time, someone has bored with what happened: a collective lawsuit was filed on Take-Two in connection with the microtranshes in the NBA 2K franchise and other popular sports games of the company. The essence of the claim is that Take-Two offers "virtual currency" To buy intra -game items to NBA 2K and does not allow you to transfer this currency to new parts of this game.

The lawsuit claims that such an approach by Take-Two looks "dishonest, illegal and greedy", Especially in combination with the statement that after the release of the new parts of the game, she almost immediately turns off the servers of her old sports games. As soon as the servers of the game are disconnected, the remains of the virtual currency are already unavailable.

Take-Two is accused of unscrupulous business practice and violation of California civil law on theft, in particular, the following says:

"Having removed the VC (virtual currency) of the plaintiff and members of the group, the defendants took away and stole their personal property or fraudulently assigned property that was entrusted to the defendant".

The representative of the Take-Two publishing house refused to comment on these charges. The lawyers of the publisher did not give an answer in court.

Microtransactions in games are a profitable business for publishers and one of the main areas of Take-Two, in which part of the wage of the general director depends on how often buyers acquire microtransactions. The so -called so -called disputes cause a lot of disputes "Boxes with Luta", associated with random rewards that cause close attention from regulatory organs in different countries of the world.

Last year, in the state of Illinois, Take-Two was filed a lawsuit about "Lutboxes" In NBA 2K, another minor and his guardian. However, in October 2022. The judge decided that this issue should be resolved in an arbitration basis without making a decision to the public.