steven36 Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Dragon Ball is one of the most profitable franchises in the anime and manga industry, and much of it is due to the popular mobile games with in-app purchases. This has unfortunately caused some to cheat, however. The Asahi Shimbun newspaper in Japan reported (via Anime News Network) the arrest of seven individuals who were involved with a cheating app for the Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle mobile game. Police in the Gifu prefecture arrested seven people connected with the sale of an unauthorized cheating app proxy service for the game. The app can allegedly be used to purchase its in-app goods for free. Ages of the individuals ranged from a high school student to 44 years old, and each one is charged with something different. One was arrested for selling the app, one for buying, one for selling information as to where interested parties can find the app, and two individuals who paid for that information. Another was arrested for providing a proxy service for the purchases, and another was arrested for using that service. In-app purchases are mostly geared toward getting new characters to use in-game. And interested person playing Dokkan Battle can pay real world money in exchange for virtual currency such as Dragon Stones. These Dragon Stones are then used toward many of the character blind packs, which work as a "loot box" system in which interested parties can pay the virtual currency for a chance to get the characters they want. This indirect form of purchasing characters has even been deemed as gambling by the Belgian Gaming Commission, and Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle has since ceased in-app purchases in Brazil to comply with its gambling laws. Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle is currently available for purchase on iOS and Android in the United States and other territories, and has in-app purchases. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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