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A control of a Microsoft's Xbox One game console is pictured in a shop in Shanghai on September 29, 2014. The Xbox One launched in China, the first games console officially released on the mainland after Beijing lifted a ban on the devices, which it had imposed in 2000. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
A control of a Microsoft's Xbox One game console is pictured in a shop in Shanghai on September 29, 2014. The Xbox One launched in China, the first games console officially released on the mainland after Beijing lifted a ban on the devices, which it had imposed in 2000. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)JOHANNES EISELE/Getty Images

Father Bans Video Games After Son Racks Up Bill of over £5,000 on FIFA

Tom Webb
Jan 12, 2016

A father has banned video games from his home after his 17-year-old son unwittingly spent $7,625.88 (£5,255.03) on the popular football game FIFA.

Lance Perkins made the drastic vow after receiving the huge bill for in-game purchases in the post.

"It floored me. Literally floored me, when I'd seen what I was being charged," he told CBC News (via Albaraa Fahmy on Digital Spy). "He thought it was a one-time fee for the game. He's just as sick as I am, he never believed he was being charged for every transaction, or every time he went onto the game."

And the household ban is no temporary measure: "There will never be another Xbox system—or any gaming system—in my home," he said.

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