Numerous Online Games Employ Strategic Design Tactics to Captivate Players
A recent international survey involving 439 mobile and online games, spearheaded by national consumer agencies such as Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), has unveiled concerning design techniques that may manipulate players, including those as young as three years old, into making decisions or purchases they might otherwise avoid.
This initiative, organized by the International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network (ICPEN), aimed to uncover potential harm to consumers arising from mobile and…