• Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        18 hours ago

        I’m 25 and I played Roblox as a kid. Back then it was just digital legos, now there’s mass produced bootleg copies of games accurate enough to be a financial threat and enough integrated microtransactions to make a mobile game blush.

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        24 hours ago

        It’s kind of wild to me that Roblox is mainly populated by younger kids, given how old it is. Same with Minecraft.

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          23 hours ago

          Minecraft avarage user age is actually 24-year-old, though 43% of the user base has an age between 15 to 21 years.

          Anyway, it’s no wonder they are full of kids since there are a LOT of content creators for kids that play those games and both companies kind of ain kids

        • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          18 hours ago

          Thing is, while it’s old enough that I remember it existing during my childhood, I don’t remember it being very popular or having nearly the same features as it does now.

          I’m not well-versed enough to know what the update was, but there must have been one big update that really pushed it into the zeitgeist sometime between when I was in high school and when I finished university.

          Meanwhile, Minecraft is like virtual Legos. It’s gonna be popular with kids for like all time.

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          22 hours ago

          It’s kind of wild to me that kindergartners usually 4-5 years old, given how kindergartens existed for 100s of years.

        • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          18 hours ago

          Is game free to play and/or marketed to parents and their children?

          If so, the squeakers shall flood your game. This is even seen in less kid friendly F2P games like TF2 and CS2.