• @TeaHands
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    1110 months ago

    This seems pretty normal to me. I used to get a 6 month WoW sub for my birthday in summer and then again at Christmas and that was what, over 15 years ago. Also I was an adult, but still, hobby supplies are a great gift.

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months ago

      People also forget how prevalent games like Club Penguin and Wizard 101 were at the time. Kids wanting subscriptions and MTX may be more popular now but it’s not really a new phenomenon

      Also yu gi oh and pokemon cards were literally gambling

    • @[email protected]
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      510 months ago

      Yep. I begged my parents for a RuneScape membership as a kid. Now I pay for my own subscriptions. If someone wanted to buy me a game time card for FFXIV though, I would be far from upset

      • oʍʇǝuoǝnu
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        210 months ago

        Did the same for FFXI but game cards didn’t exist so I had to beg for my dad’s cc number which was a huge deal in 04.

        I keep telling my family to just give me steam cards for Christmas but they don’t like giving gift cards cause there’s “no thought” but don’t understand that I don’t buy physical games anymore.

      • Zellith
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        110 months ago

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