FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost · 3 days agoMe_irllemmy.todayimagemessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1747arrow-down116file-textcross-posted to: gamingme_irl
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minus-squareDonebrachlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down32·2 days agoPeople who think owning a disk after the ps2 / GameCube / Xbox era means owning a guaranteed means to play the game forever are literal retards. Probably same people who complain that $70 is too much for games when they were also $70 back in the 80’s 90s, 00’s, 10’s and 20’s
minus-squareVitoRobles@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoThis is the most unhinged opinion around this topic.
minus-squareVOwOxel@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoYour first point is pretty fair, but it is drowned out by the rambling below. Game distribution, for example, is much, much cheaper nowadays.
minus-squareDonebrachlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoHave you ever heard of inflation? I paid $90 for Majora’s Mask and the required memory expansion back in ‘02. That would be $176 today.
minus-squareJcbAzPxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThe thing you’re ignoring is back then games would go on sale pretty quickly. Hardly anyone paid more than $20 for any game.
minus-squareDonebrachlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·17 hours agoThe thing you’re forgetting is that this is a complete fabrication.
People who think owning a disk after the ps2 / GameCube / Xbox era means owning a guaranteed means to play the game forever are literal retards.
Probably same people who complain that $70 is too much for games when they were also $70 back in the 80’s 90s, 00’s, 10’s and 20’s
The fuck are you on about?
Having an actual brain.
This is the most unhinged opinion around this topic.
Your first point is pretty fair, but it is drowned out by the rambling below. Game distribution, for example, is much, much cheaper nowadays.
Have you ever heard of inflation? I paid $90 for Majora’s Mask and the required memory expansion back in ‘02. That would be $176 today.
The thing you’re ignoring is back then games would go on sale pretty quickly. Hardly anyone paid more than $20 for any game.
The thing you’re forgetting is that this is a complete fabrication.
Okay kid, whatever you say.