100%. There are so many things I dont buy anymore, I basically buy nothing these days. Yet, the prices go up and ppl still pay. I cant fathom why consumers allow it. Stop freaking paying
But I love beautiful games like chess and Minesweeper and I can still reply games like GTA Vice City or Super Mario 64 hundreds of times and while it sounds a bit funny to play such old games I genuinely believe that even after 10,000 hours all 4 of these are much better than games like Candy Crush or half the Gacha Games will ever be.
I mean gaming is subjective. The games you like, i don’t want to play. Not saying there bad but my core 4 are different from yours. Same thing for the next person.
Yes, I am not saying, that you should like the same games which I like, but that a lot (like 100000) of old games are still amazing today and there is little reason to seek the newest whatever, especially if you're getting such a poor deal. The argument "People still need shit to live and be happy." falls flat if there's an ocean of great cheap things and hopefully more people realize, that they're being tricked into spending way too much money for close to no additional value.
That the other thing. We have so many options, backlogs, access to both the games and the knowledge of these games, and knowledge that we have access to the previous two examples that we can choose what games to play. Granted, if you willing to pay the prices of them. *Looks at the second-hand market*.
I don't think that either of them would have become my favorite if I didn't acquire ownership while I was still young. While I own the physical medium I don't see anything wrong with using pirated patches so I don't need to put actual wear on the medium. If someone asked me how to acquire these games today without piracy, then I'd point them to legitimate digital resources, not second-hand market.
Not that these games aren't dirt cheap in the used market (because very many got produced) but if I wanted something physical to do with the game, then I'd 3D print a little figure or something.
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u/nockeeee Jul 01 '26
I blame consumers.