[cableshaft]

This was one thing I appreciated about Pokemon Go! when it first came out and everyone was playing it. It's one of the only free-to-play games that got me happily buying the in-game currency to buy items, because I could buy and use the (don't remember what it was anymore, too long ago, I'm sure someone else here remembers) item that attracted Pokemon to my area for a half hour at a time, and all players in the region benefitted.

So I was buying and deploying these things over and over again just so my wife and kids in the area could have more fun. I specifically remember we attended a wedding at Disney World and my wife (girlfriend at the time) couldn't move around because of a recent surgery (I pushed her around Disney World in a wheelchair the whole time), so me buying those things let her capture Pokemon from our hotel room, and I could see a bunch of other people in the area playing as well. I hope I helped several kids enjoy playing the game more during that time.

I'd love more games to have something similar. If something only benefits me in a game I don't feel too motivated to buy it, as I can usually just deal without and progress slower, of just play a different game altogether.

It doesn't have to be specific to your physical region (although I think that helps, it was cool to think I was helping people near me), but maybe just where you're at within a game world, or something.