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

Damn this one stings.

Instead of wanting a video game as a present… They want a bunch of resources for the video game they already play.

And here i was assuming that with all the gamer parents, kids where going to be guided towards actually good games.

Kids want to play the games their friends are playing more than what their parents play.

I will play Fortnite and Roblox and Rocket League with my son and I’ve never had a skin or a battle pass and have tried to show him you can have fun with out wasting your money but that doesn’t stop a kids FOMO.

Publishers know kids have undeveloped abilities to delay gratification and are susceptible to peer pressure

Yeah, for this reason i don’t plan to outright ban roblox and the like. I don’t want to be a fun-dictator.

Its also important that kids learn to deal with the reality that these games/practices do exist around them, and at some age i wont be there to guide every decision.

But there will definitely be “a talk” before i install anything remotely like it. Being capable of understanding the dangers is a requirement to get acces.