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Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:46:49
If these companies didn't have other products to sell, to stay in business; would gaming be like, dead right now?

Microsoft subsidised Xbox for years too.

I can't imagine a life without videogames.

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Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:11:14
PC gaming would be unfazed and still going strong. Nintendo would likely be the last console standing.

However, if PS1 never existed, Sega likkely would've have been lot more successful too.

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Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:17:14
Ravenprose said:
PC gaming would be unfazed and still going strong. Nintendo would likely be the last console standing.

However, if PS1 never existed, Sega likkely would've have been lot more successful too.

I dont know how people can game on PC tbh, unless it's hooked up to the main tv in the living room.

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Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:18:40
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I dont know how people can game on PC tbh, unless it's hooked up to the main tv in the living room.

That's how I play PC games. Most people prefer a desk setup, though.

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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:54:56

Speaking of GameStop, I drove by my local one last night and they are closed for good. End of an era, I suppose since more people are going all digital.

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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:15:26
travo said:

Speaking of GameStop, I drove by my local one last night and they are closed for good. End of an era, I suppose since more people are going all digital.

The only specialized game retailer closed here about a year ago.  There's also only one big toy store brand left.  Regular stores don't carry games here save for a few local exceptions, so if you want to buy physical games in a brick and mortar store, the one brand of toy stores basically has a monopoly.

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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:15:44
Ravenprose said:

That's how I play PC games. Most people prefer a desk setup, though.

Yes, I meant sitting at a desk with monitor, mouse and keyboard.

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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:52:39
I'm really enjoying The Library of Babel.

But this game needs a f-ing map.

It's not too confusing but there's no map whatsoever and each area links together in weird ways.

There are critical items to find and places you can't do something till you have a specific item.

It's a bit stupid not to have a map and I've reached the point where it's becoming mild annoying.

Makes me remember old games that had no in game map, but a real paper map in the game box.

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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:29:03
travo said:

Speaking of GameStop, I drove by my local one last night and they are closed for good. End of an era, I suppose since more people are going all digital.


I have two GameStops left within about a 10 mile radius of me. One of them is now in our mall, that more or less switched over to being a community center, and I don't think I've seen a person inside the store in a year. Not a real surprise though, because it doesn't seem like they ever have any games. It's almost like a Funko Pop and t-shirt store now.

Interestingly though, there are three retro/ mom and pop video game stores within that same radius. It's kind of funny how game stores have come full circle in that regard.
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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:55:43

I really wanted to get Donkey Kong from gsmestop because I was gonna trade in games for about $45 worth of credit.

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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:05:58
I'm enjoying Mario Wonder a lot more than when I first bought it after release. It's still such an odd game, though. Half platformer/puzzle game and half acid trip.

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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:21:07
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I really wanted to get Donkey Kong from gsmestop because I was gonna trade in games for about $45 worth of credit.

Heh, I didn't know you could trade in games at a Funko Pop store. Nyaa

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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:52
The PSN outage is a curious what if for me. I had spent the prior weeks getting into Killzone 3 and really enjoying it. The outage happened and I kind of never went back, and not too long after, started on StarCraft 2 and that became my life for a few years.

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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:45
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That reminds me. I bought StarCraft 1 Remastered late last year. I want to play though that one soon.

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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:31
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The PSN outage is a curious what if for me. I had spent the prior weeks getting into Killzone 3 and really enjoying it. The outage happened and I kind of never went back, and not too long after, started on StarCraft 2 and that became my life for a few years.


The outage is directly responsible for me playing Little Big planet and getting into that. I don't think I ever would have purchased it on my own, but Sony was pretty generous and as part of their apology they gave us all two games. I picked that and Infamous. That was definitely worth it for 60 days without online gaming.
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Fri, 21 Feb 2025 06:31:47

I finished the FF16 dlc which I bought and forgot to play. The big leviathan dlc was really good. Adds two new skill trees and has a nice new area and bosses. Plus it comes with a fun bloody palace like mode. FF16 is still a blast, great action game, not sure how it is as an RPG.

oh and I'm going through RE4 remake VR mode. What a blast, probably the best VR game out there.

as you can tell I paused metaphor, no clue if I'll go back and finish it.

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