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Aaron's avatar

As an 80s baby, I still can't quite wrap my mind around the idea of microtransactions, battle passes, etc. It seems... and I don't know how else to say this but... profane. Like, you know, the opposite of sacred.

I remember back in the day when I plugged my PlayStation (3?) into the WORLD WIDE WEB for the first time and played with people across the country. It was amazing! However, I also remember the first time I was blocked from certain content, on a game I already OWNED, because I didn't have PlayStation Plus. I remember, rather vividly, looking at my friend Kyle with sadness- both of us knowing that the world had changed forever.

It's been interesting watching the development of the games-industry over the decades since I first started playing. At some point a couple years ago, I noticed that I've become a predominantly-PC gamer who mostly plays indie titles. Maybe if it weren't for some of the trends that you talk about in this article, I would've got the newest generation of console, remained a console gamer, and kept up with the newest games.

Either way, though, cheers to another article! Keep 'em comin'!

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Sama's avatar

As someone who isn’t a fighting game player, I never gave it much thought on how genuinely messed up it is for them to try to sway you into paying WAY too much money for characters who were free to play back in the day!! This was a very fun read on a genre that I myself do not play!! It’s very eye opening to see the twisted tactics of other genres brought to light!! Also I loved the swear jar joke lol

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