Unlike with a pet, nothing actually suffers if/when you lose interest/forget about it and the Tamagotchi dies. That said, as holiday season approaches we're pr

Unlike with a pet, nothing actually suffers if/when you lose interest/forget about it and the Tamagotchi dies. That said, as holiday season approaches we're probably going to get another wave of people actually buying some poor cute animal to treat as a Tamagotchi, to be returned or let loose once they've gotten bored with it.