PUBG Mobile: Teen Spent Rs. 16 Lakhs From Parents Bank Accounts

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The teenager reportedly used his father's life savings on the battle royale game. PUBG Mobile, the coronavirus remains a popular game in times of global pandemics, in times of global pandemics, people are more inclined to spend time playing the game and, according to Sensor Tower analysis, managed to see steady growth in its revenue. Stayed.

However, the battle royale game from Tencent Games has also received flak from different corners for its "addictive" gameplay that has taken its users to the extremes. A new report on Thursday claimed that a teenager from Punjab spent Rs. 16 lakhs from his parents' bank accounts to make in-app purchases on PUBG Mobile. It was added that the 17-year-old from Kharar spent his father's life's savings kept for medical expenses.

Citing Kishore's parents, a report by Tribune India claimed that the teenager had access to three bank accounts, which he used for his PUBG mobile account. The teenager reportedly made in-app purchases for her peers as well. The report said that the family came to know about this from their bank statements.

Teenger father is said to be a government employee and also his medical history for which he had saved money. The father, who did not wish to be named, told Tribune India that the 17-year-old lived with his mother while he was stationed elsewhere. The father said, "He used his mother's mobile phone to transact all the money and deleted all the messages that were debited from the account.

That report claimed that the parents of the 17-year-old teenager thought the teenager was "using smartphones for online study". After the incident, the teenager started working in a repair shop to avoid spending more time on PUBG Mobile. The father told the daily, "I cannot allow a teenager to sit idle at home and not even provide a mobile phone for studies."

Let me tell you this is not the first incident. PUBG addiction has also led to many incidents in the past where we have also come to know about the violence allegedly caused by "PUBG addiction".

Meanwhile, a report by Sensor Tower states that Tencent's PUBG Mobile has seen a user spend of around Rs 1,668 crore in May at $ 226 million. The first half of this year has seen massive global revenue gains, bringing its lifetime collection to $ 3 billion which is approximately Rs 22,457 crore.

The Punjab Kishore an incident may surprise you, but this is hardly the first time a child or a teenager has spent such a huge amount for a PUBG mobile battle royal game.

Here are some previous instances when kids splurged parents money on video games purchases:

1. This BBC story includes multiple instances of kids spending lots of money on video games. One parent claims how her son spent GBP 3160.58 (roughly Rs. 2.95 lakhs) on an iOS game called Hidden Artifacts. Another parent claimed how her son billed GBP 2,000 (roughly Rs. 1.86 lakhs) on her credit card for EA' NBA basketball game. One teen spent GBP 1,000 (roughly Rs. 93,000) on Fortnite.

2. Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins revealed earlier this year how his kids racked up $16,000 (roughly Rs. 12 lakhs) on Fortnite.

3. One teen used his father's credit card to bill $7,000 (roughly Rs. 5.2 lakhs) playing FIFA.