{"id":18775,"date":"2025-05-09T15:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/does-video-game-monetisation-harm-children-and-what-is-australia-doing-about-it\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:37:16","slug":"does-video-game-monetisation-harm-children-and-what-is-australia-doing-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/does-video-game-monetisation-harm-children-and-what-is-australia-doing-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Does video game monetisation harm children \u2013 and what is Australia doing about it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Games like Roblox are played by millions of children globally \u2013 but some researchers warn dark design patterns embedded in them are difficult to avoid<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the last decade, Dean has amassed a healthy collection of video games, from smash hits to cult classics. His digital library is like a modern day Blockbuster, all readily accessible with just a click or two. But his son, Sam, has eyes for only one video game: Roblox, the behemoth virtual universe-slash-video game that\u2019s among the most popular on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>The company reports that more than 97 million people log on to Roblox every day. Around 40% of those are, like Sam, under 13 years of age. In 2024, Roblox <a href=\"https:\/\/s27.q4cdn.com\/984876518\/files\/doc_financials\/2024\/q4\/Q4-2024-Press-Release.pdf\">generated around A$5.6bn (US$3.6bn) in revenue<\/a>, largely through purchases of \u201cRobux\u201d, its virtual currency, with the average user dropping around A$25 per month.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/may\/10\/does-video-game-monetisation-harm-children-and-what-is-australia-doing-about-it\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a69195afa0650689d611e59fdbb656ef97a3fbe4\/0_249_5899_3540\/master\/5899.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=edea94018f203109b642e030414bf78e\" title=\"Does video game monetisation harm children \u2013 and what is Australia doing about it?\" \/>Games like Roblox are played by millions of children globally \u2013 but some researchers warn dark design patterns embedded in them are difficult to avoid<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>Over the last decade, Dean has amassed a healthy collection of video games, from smash hits to cult classics. His digital library is like a modern day Blockbuster, all readily accessible with just a click or two. But his son, Sam, has eyes for only one video game: Roblox, the behemoth virtual universe-slash-video game that\u2019s among the most popular on the planet.<br \/>\nThe company reports that more than 97 million people log on to Roblox every day. Around 40% of those are, like Sam, under 13 years of age. In 2024, Roblox generated around A$5.6bn (US$3.6bn) in revenue, largely through purchases of \u201cRobux\u201d, its virtual currency, with the average user dropping around A$25 per month. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Games like Roblox are played by millions of children globally \u2013 but some researchers warn dark design patterns embedded in them are difficult to avoid Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Over the last decade, Dean has amassed a healthy collection of video games, from smash hits to cult classics. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/does-video-game-monetisation-harm-children-and-what-is-australia-doing-about-it\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Does video game monetisation harm children \u2013 and what is Australia doing about it?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18775"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}