And it just really felt like they were taken advantage of. ThatвЂ™s difficult to see for kids who bought this and were suckered in. TheyвЂ™re taking no ownership or responsibility. I was honestly very surprised at the immediate response that theyвЂ™re pushing back and resisting any sort of compensation or refund. I think the moral compass here, in my estimation, has been a bit skewed. вЂњWeвЂ™re forking out money, assuming that large companies are being ethically correct. вЂњI feel like thereвЂ™s some social responsibility by these companies to not take advantage of kids,вЂќ said Trevor Devine in an interview. He encouraged his son to seek redress and was also disappointed when the company didnвЂ™t step up. Jacob DevineвЂ™s father, Trevor Devine, is a former Marine. вЂњItвЂ™s just about right or wrong,вЂќ Devine said. On behalf of the 19-year-old Devine, The X-Law Group filed a lawsuit against Bethesda for false advertising on July 9, 2019. They took money from gamers, and then they made more money.вЂќ A class-action lawsuit So thatвЂ™s where they did something wrong. And then they reneged on that promise, and they did so to their benefit or the detriment of the plaintiffs. Meaning that they promised people at the onset, we will give you everything we made.

Then they released a second wave of DLC, but decided to call it the Creation Club content and artificially removed it from the definition of DLC. вЂњSimply put, Bethesda sold a Season Pass with the understanding that it was going to give the holders of the Season Pass any and all DLC content there was going to be created for the game Fallout 4 on a go-forward basis,вЂќ Marchino said in an interview with GamesBeat. But he didnвЂ™t see any wording to that effect on this one and really thought he was buying a pass for all future content.Д«ut Bethesda said those purchasers werenвЂ™t entitled to the Creation Club content. I felt like I was ripped off.вЂќДevine was familiar with season passes in other games like Call of Duty and knew that they often had time limits. And I had to buy another season pass basically to have access to it. IвЂ™ll go check it out, just to find out I had no access at all. ThatвЂ™ll give me all access for the rest of the game, right,вЂќ Devine said in an interview with GamesBeat. вЂњI bought the first season pass, and I was like, cool. He bought a Season Pass in April 2019 at a GameStop store.

Players like Jacob Devine of California thought they were entitled to that DLC, based on the promises that Bethesda made in the past. While it sounded like вЂњmods,вЂќ or community-created modifications for the game, it was really DLC, mostly created by Bethesda itself, said Filippo Marchino and Thomas Gray, attorneys at the class-action law firm The X-Law Group. Creation Club content is fully curated and compatible with the main game and official add-ons.вЂќ It features new items, abilities, and gameplay created by Bethesda Games Studios and outside development partners including the best community creators. The company characterized Creation Club as вЂњa collection of all-new content for both Fallout 4 and Skyrim. Bethesda increased the price of the Season Pass to $50 in March 2016.Д«ut on June 11, 2017, Bethesda announced something called Creation Club. price.вЂќ It hasnвЂ™t been revealed how many people bought the DLC based on that promise, but the lawyers believe it was in the millions of players. Over time, the Season Pass description consistently stated gamers would вЂњget the Fallout 4 Season Pass and get all Fallout 4 DLC for one S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Image Credit: BioMed Illustrations/The X-Law Group

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