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Nearly half of US kids want in-game currency this Christmas (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[โ€“] Datz@szmer.info 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, some people just treat it like playing sports. Wanna go play ball? Wanna play CSGO? Hey, this ball/shirt/skin looks fancier! It's foreign, but understandable to me.

It also seems to be as many people as it was back shooters became a big thing. Out of the few people I know who video game, one only does FPS, one sticks to a few different games (Ultrakill, TF2, Peak to name a few), one either plays co-op with his gf or does Single player, and one mostly plays single player like me. Chatting up random people about games, that ratio seems similiar.

[โ€“] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Most people don't treat sports like that, though. Even those who do, know to shut up about their stats when talking about their sport with someone who isn't that into it. You don't say "oh, I went golfing with some friends last week" and immediately hear "I can score an 85" because that'd be obnoxious. I know there's always been people like that but it honestly feels like "competitive" play has become the norm and it didn't use to be like that.