^^ Yep. what @WillWorkForChocolate said.
When I was a kid we had a computer. It played chess. Most of the time.
I do have to say I grew up in the best possible era for video games. And by that I mean that the lion’s share of video games now are too much for kids, unless you stick with Mario and Sonic and Pokemon. Even Zelda games are too much for a 5 year old – all that reading. I have an NES emulator on my son’s computer. Contra he can play. Call of Duty, not so much.
Other than tech toys like tablets and laptops, I think toys today generally suck. Everything is either Barbie, HotWheels, or based on some stupid Disney movie or bad Nickelodeon show.
When I was a kid, there were toys that were just… toys. We played with yoyos and hula hoops and Tomagotchi and Lincoln Logs and Erector Sets and Lego sets that didn’t cost $60 a box. Lego is just absurd. I used to like to get dress-up clothes. Not costumes of TV characters, just dress up clothes. Pirates and ninjas and princesses and cowboys. Now you can’t be a Cowboy, you have to be Woody. You’re not a princess, you’re Merida.
Nothing like squashing creativity with consumerism.