Candy Crush Saga

Aimed at children

Uses these techniques in a game made for kids.

Evidence: PEGI 3 y monetización agresiva

Pay to win

Whoever pays wins more easily. If you do not pay, you lose to those who do.

Evidence: 11 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «Only Enjoyed it for 1 day. This is another pay to win game where they force you to buy power ups and gold bars. You cannot progress far into the game unless you have money to spend»

Energy system

You run out of lives and must wait hours, or pay to keep playing now.

Evidence: 1 producto(s) a la venta, p. ej. «Vidas extra» · 3 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «No da los veinte min de vidas ilimitadas. Cada vez que consigo pasar el nivel y gano los veinte minutos para jugar sin límite de vidas , no me los da . Ya me ha pasado tres veces .»

Paid loot boxes

You pay without knowing what you get. The good stuff is rare, so you pay again and again.

Evidence: 8 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «PUBLICIDAD GAMBLING. No puede ser que un juego como este tenga anuncios dentro del juego de tragaperras, casinos, gambling…»

Premium currency

You do not pay in euros, you pay in gems, so you lose track of the real cost.

Evidence: 4 producto(s) a la venta, p. ej. «XS Gold Bars Pack» · Wikipedia (es): «​ Candy Crush, al igual que con varios de los otros juegos del portal de King, presentaba un estilo de juego de torneo, donde los jugadores podían gastar dinero para participar en torneos competitivos» · Wikipedia (en): «" Candy Crush, as with several of King's other portal games, featured tournament-style gameplay, where players could spend money to enter competitive tourneys for in-game boosts, which served as one o»

Open chat with strangers

Any adult can message your child inside the game. It is where those looking for minors go looking.

Evidence: 3 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «Downloaded itself without permission. I have verification for downloads too and all of a sudden I find it on my phone when it hadn’t been there 2 hours ago? Super duper creepy. I’l» · 3 hablan del chat y 23 de menores

Pay to skip

The game is slow on purpose and sells you the shortcut.

Evidence: 3 producto(s) a la venta, p. ej. «Movimientos extra»

Daily login rewards

Gives you something for showing up daily and takes it away if you miss a day.

Evidence: 3 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «La aplicación se cierra inesperadamente. Cuando llevas muchas victorias seguidas, la aplicación se cierra inesperadamente dando el nivel por no superado, perdiendo la vida y la rac»

Rewarded ads

To get things you have to sit through ads.

Evidence: 11 reseñas con contenido lo explican: «They force you to purchase. You use to be able to watch ads to help you clear the level, now the only way to beat the level is to pay, I’m just going to delete it at this point.»

Interstitial ads

Interrupts play with ads.

Evidence: la ficha declara que contiene anuncios