• BigFig@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Young people when a game has “optional” micro transactions.

    The moving color blocks don’t seem so bad now do they.

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      I know several boomers who have racked up thousands in credit card debt with microtransactions on “moving colorful blocks” mobile games.

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      Why do you think the middle agers don’t blatantly fall for the same money grubbing tactics?

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        Some do, but I think most remember the time before they were invented, so they have different expectations from games that make them slightly less susceptible to them.