Why is it always yes? Games with cosmetics you can buy don’t change the core gameplay at all. Answer this question: what are players who don’t buy cosmetics giving up in gameplay?
>Kids who play the massively popular free game Fortnite say that paid skins are a major status symbol, and that they get "scorned" and feel "poor" if they stick with the default free skin.
Maybe they are poor, they can't afford the skin, and feel poor because they are poor and reality reflects it.
>according to a damning report on gaming habits
Reads like another moral panic from fake news they blow out of proportion and citing "some kids" to sample bias only from anyone who already agrees, like saying "Kids love Linux" with only interviews of Linux loving preteens.
>Another is quoted as saying: "Sometimes if you are wearing the default skin you can get bullied."
You get bullied for losing or making mistakes, but you don't hear articles about:
"Kids who play Fortnite say they get bullied and shamed if they are killed in the game, according to a damning report on gaming habits"