Prof. Garcia | ENG 1121 - HD40 | Spring 2022

Brainstorming Discourse Communities and Research

Fifa discourse community

People who have played this game realize that a major part of the game is pay to win, if you pay to try to get good things you may be better than others because they’re gambling. Many countries have attempted to stop this company EA from earning money from kids gamblings for example the country Belgium have already banned the use of FIFA points which is the currency in the game in order to buy these loot boxes and have a chance to earn something good in the game. Other countries such as the Netherlands government have also taken action and have called games of chance to be illegal in those countries unless these features are removed from the game. The company EA were finned up to 10 million euros.

I would say everyone in the gaming community should know about these gambling problems in games like these because at any age someone can gamble in them without restrictions. Many can lose a lot of money for a chance of not getting anything good in-game, people have wasted hundreds of dollars and not get anything good in return in the game just because they gamble to see if they do. This company is taking advantage of a very popular sport that has a huge following and it’s taking advantage of its fans.

1 Comment

  1. Ruth Garcia

    This sounds good. You have a clear problem–the game allow and encourages gambling and you as a player see this as a problem. Correct?

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