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"cards collected by children and hobbyists." Do children still collect these cards?

by CalRobert 3y ago

amelius 3y ago
Yes, why not make this an App, that can show cards but also short video fragments.
- bdav2418 3y ago
  While we are at it, we should also add some technology that makes them non-fungible, how about a blockchain?
- swarnie 3y ago
  Maybe without the tangible aspect even children would realise they are paying $$$ for infinitely reproducible pixels. IE the death of economics as i understand it.
  - oefrha 3y ago
    I recall playing with knockoff Pokémon trading cards when I was a kid. Same fun, $/$$ instead of $$$.
  - riversflow 3y ago
    Highly doubt. Somehow video games are funding themselves selling skins. My understanding is that Gen Z eats them up. I’m a late millenial, and the Skyrim horse armor debacle was a formative experience, as such I have never paid for a skin, and neither have any of my (similarly aged) friends. Z
    - quickthrowman 3y ago
      Horse armor was Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, I pirated it :) I did, however, pay for the Shivering Isles expansion.
- treis 3y ago
  That's Hearthstone
pxmpxm 3y ago
Pretty sure Pokemon cards is all the rage now, same business model. Marketing directly to children and near-infinite production margins.
- pavel_lishin 3y ago
  Yup. Kids play it fairly regularly, and my 7 year old has some, despite not actually knowing how to pla.
citizenkeen 3y ago
Not really. The idea of collectable cards that you can't do anything with is antiquated. Ever since Magic: The Gathering came along, kids who are interested in collecting (Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, whatever) want to do more with cards than look at them in a binder.
- permo-w 3y ago
  Pokemon cards, especially rare ones, are as big as ever, possibly bigger since a certain brand of influencers have taken an interest. As ever, you can buy them in pretty much any applicable shop in the UK. Match Attax and other football cards are still going very healthily I don't know or know of a child who is interested in Magic: The Gathering. Their target market is more like late teens and young adults. If you want a more accurate usurper to trading cards, you're best looking at things like Fifa Ultimate Team[1] - which, honestly, have missed a trick in not branching into physical cards - and Skylanders. Possibly also collecting skins on Fortnite and that kind of thing [1] a sort of virtual card-collecting football game made by EA where you open packs of cards containing football players and other items
  - roxil 3y ago
    I stupidly got into FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) in one of the games from a cellphone couple years ago. I mistakenly assumed that your team from one annual release of FIFA would carry over to the next release, but I was shocked to find out that this isn't the case. EA basically deletes players FUT progress every year! Thankfully I didn't spend any money on it, so it was just time spent which was at least kind of fun, but I know some friends who have sunk a couple hundred bucks into it and they continue to buy and play the next game. I'm baffled that people put up with this. I will never touch FIFA again, until this changes. At least Fanatics can't delete your trading cards and you can resell them. Until there are similar guarantees for digital items, I don't think they will have nearly the same appeal. Valve has been the only company I know of that has done this decently with TF2, CSGO and Dota 2 skins.
    - permo-w 3y ago
tnecniv 3y ago
My friends did in the 2000s, mostly as impulse buys in the checkout line when mom was paying for groceries. I still get a pack now and then because it’s fun just to see who you get. I’m sure they’re not as popular as when they came with gum (and less popular as when they came with tobacco).
bluedevil2k 3y ago
No! Not when adults fight over new boxes arriving at stores and not when a pack of 5 cards goes for $25. It’s an industry that time and again builds up a massive bubble only to see it pop from over supply.

"cards collected by children and hobbyists." Do children still collect these cards?

amelius 3y ago

Yes, why not make this an App, that can show cards but also short video fragments.

bdav2418 3y ago
While we are at it, we should also add some technology that makes them non-fungible, how about a blockchain?
swarnie 3y ago
Maybe without the tangible aspect even children would realise they are paying $$$ for infinitely reproducible pixels. IE the death of economics as i understand it.
- oefrha 3y ago
  I recall playing with knockoff Pokémon trading cards when I was a kid. Same fun, $/$$ instead of $$$.
- riversflow 3y ago
  Highly doubt. Somehow video games are funding themselves selling skins. My understanding is that Gen Z eats them up. I’m a late millenial, and the Skyrim horse armor debacle was a formative experience, as such I have never paid for a skin, and neither have any of my (similarly aged) friends. Z
  - quickthrowman 3y ago
    Horse armor was Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, I pirated it :) I did, however, pay for the Shivering Isles expansion.
treis 3y ago
That's Hearthstone

pxmpxm 3y ago

Pretty sure Pokemon cards is all the rage now, same business model. Marketing directly to children and near-infinite production margins.

pavel_lishin 3y ago
Yup. Kids play it fairly regularly, and my 7 year old has some, despite not actually knowing how to pla.

citizenkeen 3y ago

Not really. The idea of collectable cards that you can't do anything with is antiquated. Ever since Magic: The Gathering came along, kids who are interested in collecting (Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, whatever) want to do more with cards than look at them in a binder.

permo-w 3y ago
Pokemon cards, especially rare ones, are as big as ever, possibly bigger since a certain brand of influencers have taken an interest. As ever, you can buy them in pretty much any applicable shop in the UK. Match Attax and other football cards are still going very healthily I don't know or know of a child who is interested in Magic: The Gathering. Their target market is more like late teens and young adults. If you want a more accurate usurper to trading cards, you're best looking at things like Fifa Ultimate Team[1] - which, honestly, have missed a trick in not branching into physical cards - and Skylanders. Possibly also collecting skins on Fortnite and that kind of thing [1] a sort of virtual card-collecting football game made by EA where you open packs of cards containing football players and other items
- roxil 3y ago
  I stupidly got into FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) in one of the games from a cellphone couple years ago. I mistakenly assumed that your team from one annual release of FIFA would carry over to the next release, but I was shocked to find out that this isn't the case. EA basically deletes players FUT progress every year! Thankfully I didn't spend any money on it, so it was just time spent which was at least kind of fun, but I know some friends who have sunk a couple hundred bucks into it and they continue to buy and play the next game. I'm baffled that people put up with this. I will never touch FIFA again, until this changes. At least Fanatics can't delete your trading cards and you can resell them. Until there are similar guarantees for digital items, I don't think they will have nearly the same appeal. Valve has been the only company I know of that has done this decently with TF2, CSGO and Dota 2 skins.
  - permo-w 3y ago

tnecniv 3y ago

My friends did in the 2000s, mostly as impulse buys in the checkout line when mom was paying for groceries. I still get a pack now and then because it’s fun just to see who you get. I’m sure they’re not as popular as when they came with gum (and less popular as when they came with tobacco).

bluedevil2k 3y ago

No! Not when adults fight over new boxes arriving at stores and not when a pack of 5 cards goes for $25. It’s an industry that time and again builds up a massive bubble only to see it pop from over supply.