Top-grossing mobile hit Puzzle & Dragons introduces spending caps for younger players in Japan

Puzzle & Dragons is one of the most financially successful games on any platform, and that’s because this mobile title gives players plenty of “opportunities” to spend money. Now, developer GungHo Online Entertainment is taking away some of those opportunities in its puzzle-based role-playing title — that at one point was making more than $3.75 million daily.

The studio is instituting a limit on how much younger players can spend, as first spotted by Tumblr blog Revanantkioku (via Daniel Feit). Gamers under the age of 16 can now only spend 5,000 yen (approximately $50) each month, while players ages 16 to 19 will have a $200 monthly limit (thanks to Twitter user Cheesemeister3k for the translation). Adults 20 and older are free to spend the entirety of their life savings on the game.