I'm obviously not the majority but I play Fortnite and halo infinite with my kids. We haven't bought anything but enjoyed hundreds of hours playing. There is people who like to spend and people who don't, and at least in these two tittles there are no predatory issues as long as an adult is supervising.

[–] Velonie 5 points 10 months ago

You are the majority though. Every time stats on free to play products are released it's revealed that 90% of people spend no money and the vast majority of revenue is from whales that spend absurd amounts

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah the most egregious problems with a lot of these microtransaction games are because of parents who just don’t parent at all. I work with a guy who his kid calls him constantly while he’s at work so he can get more robux. And he just gives in no questions asked. If my kids would have done something like that I would have just taken their game away. Even when my children were growing up and they wanted to buy games or spend money on their phones there were ways you could track it and pay attention to it. Lots of parents just don’t care, and that’s probably the most sad aspect of it all.

Dad/Mom shouldn’t be an open bank account and respect should be the currency exchange. My kids had to do chores for the things they wanted to do and they had limitations to what that could go to. Because they don’t need to vegetate on the couch for the entire summer playing a game on their console only to get in trouble and lose it and continue playing on their cell phone. It blows my mind how many kids just basically parent themselves. And i was a latchkey kid! I was parented by respect and love for my parents and the fear of what could happen if I did stupid things. Not fear of punishment but fear of consequences in general. I accidentally shot out a neighbors window with my friends BB gun when my parents were at work. Parents found out and I worked mowing lawns and etc to get up enough money to replace it. Because I broke it, it was my responsibility to fix it. Too often kids don’t have consequences.

Man what a dumb rant. Sorry about that. Sore subject I guess.