Kid-friendly MMOs are racking up subscribers in the millions while traditional MMOs are struggling to reach the 400k mark. What's their secret?
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Kid-friendly MMOs are racking up subscribers in the millions while traditional MMOs are struggling to reach the 400k mark. What's their secret?
Kids have more free time to play and a lot of adults (i.e. traditional MMO gamers) now have to choose between games or wife/kids and most choose family. Imo.
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I think the popularity of older F2P like Runescape (which has a sick amount of accounts) showed that there was a solid desire for these games. They spread like viruses amongst kids (who are THE best form of marketing all by themselves) and now very smart people are cashing in on a clear winner.
I'm all for it! Give kids cheap and somewhat moderated games to play and keep them out of pedo potential games like WoW.
I'm all for it! Give kids cheap and somewhat moderated games to play and keep them out of pedo potential games like WoW.
Any game that is marketed towards a younger demographic has 'pedo potential', WoW just conveniently gathers eleventy-something million young-ish players in one place.
Any game that is marketed towards a younger demographic has 'pedo potential', WoW just conveniently gathers eleventy-something million young-ish players in one place.
I agree. People are pretty clever and can get around most any filtering, but I like that the games geared towards younger players do at least HAVE filtering unlike WoW.
I agree. People are pretty clever and can get around most any filtering, but I like that the games geared towards younger players do at least HAVE filtering unlike WoW.
Yeah, when my son is old enough to start looking at anything to do with the internet, he will be told the following;
If it isn't someone you know in real life, the person trying to talk to you is a dirty old pervert who wants to kidnap you.
That should hopefully keep him out of anything that resembles Barrens chat.
words of wisdom. I think i may use the very same line. Thank you Annatar
My parenting skills border on awesome. I have been telling my son about the dangers of zombies since he was three (he is six now), and the very first thing he said when he was asked what he wanted to be when he grows up was a Zombie Fighter. Although through exposure to cooking shows have made him think that he wants to be a chef, I am sure I will be able to steer him back on to the path of cracking zombie skulls.....Bruce Campbell style.
When the zombie apocalypse comes (and we know that it is inevitable), there will be at least one father/son team out there kicking arse and taking names.
I think the popularity of older F2P like Runescape (which has a sick amount of accounts) showed that there was a solid desire for these games. They spread like viruses amongst kids (who are THE best form of marketing all by themselves) and now very smart people are cashing in on a clear winner.
I'm all for it! Give kids cheap and somewhat moderated games to play and keep them out of pedo potential games like WoW.
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Originally Posted by Annatar
Any game that is marketed towards a younger demographic has 'pedo potential', WoW just conveniently gathers eleventy-something million young-ish players in one place.
Same as myspace, facebook etc. No where is save anymore.
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Yeah, when my son is old enough to start looking at anything to do with the internet, he will be told the following;
If it isn't someone you know in real life, the person trying to talk to you is a dirty old pervert who wants to kidnap you.
That should hopefully keep him out of anything that resembles Barrens chat.
I pretty much have apply the same principle to my kids. But my son plays on Xbox Live (he's 14) so there's an additional rule for him: If you've gotta talk to people you don't know, you do not share personal information. Ever. Period. You do, and you lose your privileges. If someone says, "Where do you live?" you say, "The United States." If someone says, "How old are you?" you say, "Old enough to know better." If someone asks your name, you give them your gamer handle. They ask you a question you don't know how to answer without revealing stuff about yourself, and you say, "Sorry, but I like my privacy."
I also tell them that I'll inspect their computers at any time for any reason if I suspect they're bending my rules. I tell them that their safety is more important to me than their privacy.
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