The average weekly spending by 18-24 year-old Americans on video games has dropped sharply year-over-year, according to…
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i think the impact of all the free games shows too

i removed a bunch of shit from my wishlist because it was free on epic amazon or gog at some point. my heroic games launcher library keeps growing and i dont see the point of buying games when i have this huge backlog of things i actually want to play. notable exceptions to the no buy are extreme high quality outliers like baldurs gate and cyberpunk(dlc) and niche indie games i want to support. those i buy on steam (or gog)

at the same time i hope i only cost epic and amazon money

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Yep, I know a lot of people who would balk at buying games but have no qualms dropping more than 100$ per month on gacha games.

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We desperately need to ban all forms of real money gambling in games, or at least prevent kids from accessing it.

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