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Nearly half of US kids want in-game currency this Christmas (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

i have four nephews. 3 of them want fortnight/roblox money. the other one doesn't care about games at all.

i try to get them into different games and they won't have it. they are addicts for these freemium bullshit games. the concept of buying a game is weird to them. they expect them to be free, but they have normalized paying money for in game items.

and they have been playing these games for years now. 6+ years playing the same game. probably 10,000+ hours in them. but all they care about is playing with tehir friends and competing over who is best at fortnite.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Terrifying how when they grow up they will influence the gaming landscape to become even more hellish.

Ill go back to my games before 2008 now bye.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 55 minutes ago* (last edited 54 minutes ago) (1 children)

They probably won't play games once they go to college. They are very concerned with popularity and being cool, and once playing games isn't cool they will stop.

They don't really care about video games as a genre/hobby anymore than they do about movies outside of Marvel films. They like what is popular because other people like it.

they are the epitome of filthy casuals, but that's where the money is. they play games on mid level laptops and think i'm a weirdo nerd for having a ps5.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 27 minutes ago

I stopped at consoles when they became another enshittified always online tool of theft.

I stick with pc, old consoles, or my old 360 as a new Gen console.