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New Study Suggests Kids Are Now Experiencing Social Pressures to Buy In-Game Items (patrickklepek.substack.com)

submitted 2 years ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] bbkpr@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Not news. Kids are pressured to buy things their friends have, regardless of medium. Duh.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Yup. My kid was adamant he wanted a specific transformer for Christmas. He didn't get it, and now he's no longer interested (his birthday is coming up). He only wanted it because his friend had it.

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