Comment on Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over ‘Video Game Addiction’, Because That’s Easier Than Parenting
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This isn’t shitty parenting, companies are intentionally creating addictive mechanics in games. Instant gratification causes a release of dopamine, which keeps the person playing over and over again. It’s the reason why people “grind”.
They’re virtual Skinner Boxes. If you don’t know what that is, I suggest looking up the term and B. F. Skinner himself.
Furedadmins@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Parental controls are a thing on all of these systems aren’t they? If not they should be.
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
They are, though to be fair they are usually very difficult and confusing to use, and in the case of Sony child accounts cannot be turned in to full accounts down the line so any purchases would have to be lost to enable a now adult to control their own account. 1st parties could do a hell of a lot better.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Nope! Why would the company intentionally limit the way they designed the game? That’s counterproductive.