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New study suggests kids are now experiencing social pressures to buy in-game items (patrickklepek.substack.com)
submitted 8 months ago by ayla@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Once you hit middle school, the pressure to "fit in" hits. Naturally, this includes games now.

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[-] girl@sopuli.xyz 36 points 8 months ago

I experienced this playing neopets in the early-mid 2000s so it’s not exactly new, but might be more prevalent now

[-] navi@lemmy.tespia.org 5 points 8 months ago

The NX store in MapleStory was the hot shit. I remember walking to 711 and spending my saved lunch money change on NX cash.

[-] conorab@lemmy.conorab.com 3 points 8 months ago

Also holy shit: Club Penguin! This kind of thing has been around forever!

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