kids would rather have subscriptions and in-game currency [children of the ages 10-17, with 59% of girls and 86% of boys plan to ask for video game gifts for the holidays (not actual videogames] (web.archive.org)

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[-] averyminya@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

I mean, fairly when I was young we had Neopets/Gaia and RuneScape.

I think this just shows that there are far more of these style of services that have become popular. You like a game, that game has a deep array of content, you spend money to "get it all". It's fucked up but it makes sense.

[-] conorab@lemmy.conorab.com 2 points 10 months ago

The days of asking my parents to change the Club Membership to a Runescape membership.

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