miskNov 20
Nearly half of US kids want in-game currency this Christmas
Nearly half of US kids want in-game currency this Christmas

ESA survey also found that 58% of children want to play more games with their parents

GamesIndustry.biz
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Kids my age: Remember when you could just download a skin for Quake from a website, install it, and still have other players see it? And it was free?
Nov 20 at 8:05amWeb
Show threadMaestroNov 20
Remember the custom warehouse level filled with crates and everyone wearing a crate skin?
Show threadThrowawayOnLemmyNov 20

You also learned some valuable PC navigation and troubleshooting skills in the process of adding the skin to your game.

Kids today: why wouldn’t I spend $20 to be able to dance the runningman as Goku in Fortnite?

Show threadeleijeepNov 20
I made my own Quake skin for my clan!
Show threadbinarytobisNov 20

My brother got minecraft to play with my niece and there are two versions now, from what I can tell one that’s like what I was playing a decade ago but updated, and one that has microtransactions. The old one lets you download skins and mods for free. It seemed like a no brainer but he went with the microtransaction one, and now my niece keeps asking for cosmetics.

There must be a reason to yoke yourself to the pay-for-skins version, but I’m really not sure.

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There must be a reason to yoke yourself to the pay-for-skins version, but I’m really not sure.

The MTX-filled version is the only thing you have on console.

Show threadXylightNov 22
There’s two editions of Minecraft, Java edition and Bedrock edition. Java is the original version that just gets updated with the new features, but is only available on PC. Bedrock edition is available everywhere but has microtransactions and bonus Microsoft garbage