The decision, according to Financial Times analysts, has implications for other games available in the Japanese market that manage a purchasable in-game currency.
The Financial Times newspaper reported on Wednesday that Japan’s Financial Services Agency is considering whether it will regulate PokéCoins, the Pokémon Go game’s in-game currency, as a prepayment system, which would put the currency under the jurisdiction of the Payment Services Act.
If the FSA goes forward with the decision, Pokémon Go’s developer Niantic Labs would be required to disclose the balance of unused in-game currency held by users in March and September every year.
The FSA didn’t state when it will make the decision.