If you're planning on buying Christmas gifts for your kids this year, you might want to keep video games in mind.
More than half of Canadian children want a gaming-related gift this year, according to a new survey from the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC), the Canadian video game industry lobby group. In a survey conducted on behalf of ESAC by global PR firm Burson, 52 percent of children aged 10 to 17 said they planned to ask for video game gifts.
In total, Canadians buying gaming gifts plan to spend an average of $763.20 this year. In terms of what kind of games children want, ESAC found that the most requested gifts were:
- Game consoles – 46 percent
- In-game currency – 42 percent
- Video game accessories – 39 percent.
It's interesting to see in-game currency there. Presumably this is largely due to microtransactions for things like Fortnite's V-Bucks and RobloxThis is Robux.
Of course, this also raises the issue of protecting children playing these online games. (Was special wave of coverage of how predators use weapons Robloxfor example.) To this point, the ESAC survey found that 72 percent of parents said they are aware of the parental controls available, and 74 percent of those who know say they actively use them.
Overall, 79 percent of parents said parental controls are important to them. To help with this, ESAC There is a “Family Safety Guide” to provide parents with additional information about these types of opportunities.
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