> I don't know why parents would purchase consoles for their children as you don't learn any transferable skills
It's plausible that parents may just want their children to enjoy some leisure? To not feel like every experience in childhood should be preparation for labour?
As a child, I was disappointed when I got a BBC B instead of a Megadrive. But I definitely learned more, and some of my leisure time was programming in BBC Basic.
It's plausible that parents may just want their children to enjoy some leisure? To not feel like every experience in childhood should be preparation for labour?