> You've clearly forgotten how disappointing things can be
I must have because I don't remember being at all "gutted" when I obsessed
over the one $20-or-less item my parents allotted me each Christmas. This is
quite contrary to what I see amongst kids today who spend all of a couple
hours with their physical gifts and go right back to the Minecraft/Roblox
marathon.
My kids are so much happier on Minecraft because there's no built-in pay-money-to-get-better mechanism. Minecraft has a HUGE value in the price you pay to the amount of awesome gameplay you get. Even with Realms it's cheap compared to what you get out of it.
Well there's no beating Minecraft for value. Except you are aware that Roblox is a completely free game? Not all of the player-made content has PTW elements forced into it.
I must have because I don't remember being at all "gutted" when I obsessed over the one $20-or-less item my parents allotted me each Christmas. This is quite contrary to what I see amongst kids today who spend all of a couple hours with their physical gifts and go right back to the Minecraft/Roblox marathon.