Now that the Faker Ahri Bundle has officially released in all League of Legends regions, players in Brazil are wondering if the Immortalized Legend Collection violates consumer protection laws in the country due to laws against the sale of digital bundles.
FAKER'S AHRI SKIN IS $500 – League of Legends
The Ahri Bundle has already been met with plenty of controversy, as fans have been debating the bundle’s exorbitant price tag for weeks. By spending upwards of $450, players can unlock an exclusive skin for Ahri as well as limited-time battle cosmetics like chromas, emotes, and icons. However, as League players in Brazil discussed in a June 13 Reddit thread, Riot Games may be violating the country’s law regarding the sale of such a product.
Article 39 of Brazil’s Consumer Defense Code prohibits “the supply of a product or good conditional on the supply of another good or service.” In layman’s terms, Brazilian law prohibits companies from selling exclusive products only in bundles. The elusive Ruby Chromas are a great example of this law in action, as these bundle-exclusive chromas can be purchased separately in Brazil.
“[The Ahri skin bundle parts] are not available for purchase separately, despite Riot always keeping the law of Venda Casada in mind when selling bundles in Brazil – they always offer the parts of each bundle separately in the store,” the post’s author explained. Another player compared the situation to Blizzard’s in 2022, when a hero skin was locked into a Halloween-specific bundle and could not be purchased separately.
