>>9601409kinda agree with this, even though westerners on average have more purchasing power, companies know that the real money comes from marketing their shit to the south americans, the chinese, the africans, the indians and southeast asians whose sheer numbers as a group simply more than make up for their lack of individual wealth. and this happens in basically any industry, not just expensive toys aimed at adults. ive also noticed that these companies have realized that kids rarely play with toys anymore and instead have become glued to smartphones, much like the average hobby-less normalfag adult, hence the absurd amount of gacha games to reel them all in.
