""The age of toys is ... over?""
""The whole realm of online and digital consoles have just obliterated the toy category," Stephens said. "Over the past 20 years, we have just seen a surge in gaming, we've seen a huge surge in the sale of gaming consoles and it's almost become a subculture.""
""addictive, manipulative and financially exploitative' features and gameplay elements."
Pixar's Toy Story 5 trailer introduces a tablet toy as a symbol of screens encroaching on traditional play. Classic characters react to the new device while INXS's Never Tear Us Apart plays. Falling birthrates are reducing the number of children compared with mid-20th-century toy booms. Saturated distribution and online marketplaces provide near-instant access to nearly any toy, undermining big-box toy stores. Rapid growth in digital gaming and console sales has diminished demand for physical toys and fostered a gaming subculture. A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges a major platform uses addictive, manipulative, and financially exploitative design features.
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