In a popular game for smartphones, when a campaign to win 10 characters and items was carried out, the Consumer Affairs Agency said that it was a violation of the prize display law to advertise as if all were randomly hit, and the Consumer Affairs Agency said We issued a measure order to the two companies to prevent recurrence.
The orders were received by the major game companies "Square Enix" and "gumi" in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
According to the Consumer Affairs Agency, these two companies are offering a popular game for smartphones called "WAR OF THE VISIONS Final Fantasy Brave Exvias Phantom War" in cooperation with each other. When conducting a campaign to obtain items etc., it was advertised as if each of the 10 lottery was randomly done, such as "I will draw a lot for each time".
However, in reality, it was a mechanism to be selected from a specific combination decided in advance, so the Consumer Affairs Agency said that such an act was a "good misunderstanding" of violation of the prize labeling law and gave it to two companies. In response, we issued a measure order to prevent recurrence.
This game has been downloaded more than 15 million times in Japan so far, and the campaign in question required a charge of 4000 yen each time.
Regarding receiving the order, "SQUARE ENIX" and "gumi" each posted their websites "We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. We will take it seriously and strive to prevent recurrence." We have posted comments such as.