Purchase gold effects like this became common as mobile and browser games adopted in-game shops, where a short coin sound confirms a transaction without dialogue or music. Editors and streamers lifted the style from game UI sounds and began using it outside games for shopping jokes, loot reveals and fake store purchases. Its appeal is instant recognition: listeners understand spending and reward even without visuals. That clarity keeps it popular for short-form gameplay edits, tutorials and meme videos built around buying, upgrading or collecting virtual currency.