IlovetheGamecube Wrote:Gameboy Advance games would be retro, correct? Even though there are games from 2006 and maybe 2007?
In terms of style, yes. In terms of age, no.
Shonumi Wrote:When the PS1 and N64 came around, I remember renting less (chiefly because we bought more games). I did rent N64 games on occasion, but really that's what friends were for; just bum off of their collection is what I say. I remember my good friend once lent me his SNES just so I could play Super Metroid (awesome buddy he was). I also practically borrowed TimeSplitters 2 from him until I got my own copy. I managed to grab MK64 from him for a while as well, and beat every course for him (something he'd never done). Borrowed Tales of Symphonia from a classmate (different friend) in my senior year of High School before I got my own copy.
With all of this talk about next-gen systems, I don't really care about used games. I've had a lot more fun just swapping games with friends; hopefully that's something that can continue in one form or another in the future. When the GBA came out, me and all my friends would just bring out all of our cartridges, (GB, GBC, GBA, whatever) take our Gameboys out by the side of the house, and we'd just play whatever any of us had, sort of like a shared gaming library. Summers were a blast back then, to say the least.
Yeah I borrowed a lot from friends back then too. I remember a friend let me have majora's mask and thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. My parents of course thought it was too violent.
I have something like half a dozen SNES games and half a dozen N64 games in my collection. And around 2-3 dozen GC/Wii games and 2-3 dozen retail PC games. And now I have close to 200 games on steam. Mathematically if this curve continues I think I'll be up to 200 million by the end of my lifespan
. In all seriousness steam has made it ridiculously easy to buy dozens of games at a time for the price that you would normally pay for a couple of games. I never buy anything that isn't on sale for less than $10. And everyone I know on steam is just like me in that regard. So sometimes I wonder how publishers make a significant income off of steam. I guess the reduced overhead (30% instead of >74%) combined with that fact that people spend more when the products are cheaper.
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