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It reminds me of the beanie baby craze of the 90s. Same thing, different tech. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest this may happen again with some yet uni
by tippytippytango 6y ago
It reminds me of the beanie baby craze of the 90s. Same thing, different tech. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest this may happen again with some yet unimagined tech in the future.
- libertine 6y agoFunny enough I just used the Beanie Baby example in a reply to other user: it's the closest analogy I found in modern history. Something that was designed to be scarce, for the sake of being scarce. Serves no other goal: it's not a balancing mechanism to game (overpowered cards are rare), it's not promoting something that people love and want to be a part of (like baseball cards), hell it's not even a celebration of some success with the fans, nothing that holds people emotionally attached to any of it other then those that want to hope on something to resell later - this is completely the wrong motivation.