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This is entertaining and informative, but it needs some sort of thesis statement to be worth discussing.

by vlunkr 5y ago

idle_zealot 5y ago
It came sort-of in the middle, and a bit more at the end, but my reading is that the thesis of the video is that games are a rip-off; emulate the classics and you’ll have a better experience than chasing the newest wave of hype (and will save hundreds of dollars).
- wsinks 5y ago
  Completely agree. Dunkey uses the tried and true method of SaaS selling in this video too. Start with the pain, then move to the solution that you definitely didn't start your pitch with.
- spywaregorilla 5y ago
  I don't think that's right. He made it pretty clear he thinks Super Mario Odyssey is a game worth $60 or more. I enjoy retro games, but I wouldn't enjoy playing through an entire catalogue of old games before I wanted something that had a more modern design sense.
sleibrock 5y ago
There's a lot of ideas to too wild for one thesis to draw up, but I think there's a lot of good talking points. * Triple-A games are often-times yearly releases of a series priced at $60 (Battlefield, Call of Duty, FIFA), but are hardly ever new games with new technologies. Most times they last about a year before they're effectively EOL'd. * Indie games are much lower in comparison and receive more love from their developers * Nintendo are renowned for their titles and IPs, but their games are far from innovative at times, and their prices are not competitive in the slightest. * Pricing of modern video games makes players turn to free-to-play games which receive more updates on a regular basis. * The only way to play classic games reliably is emulation. Getting modern versions of old games from devs/pubs is very unreliable currently (Silent Hill collection, Super Mario 3D Allstars, etc)
- detaro 5y ago
  "too wild"? That seems like fairly generic gaming opinions. (Well, the F2P one seems a bit weird, given the wide range of options of getting games cheap-ish if you don't insist on only playing the newest AAA titles)
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
  Honestly emulation is so good now, and games so easy to acquire via torrent communities, that it is kind of difficult for me to justify (to myself) collecting retro hardware. Especially since I end up using Everdrives and ODEs anyway. I've been seriously considering selling off my collection, but I'm too lazy to do it piecemeal.
  - bennysomething 5y ago
    I've got nes, snes, megadrive and a N64 everdrive. I don't use them anymore. I've got a pc under my TV that can handle everything up to GameCube. I can't be bothered dragging out hardware and hooking up an ossc.
  - lapetitejort 5y ago
    I mainly collect retro hardware for the hardware itself. Emulations can play the games, but nothing can emulate how the Game Boy Color perfectly fits on the curve of the N64 (try it), or taking a Dreamcast VMU with you on the go, or the TV tuners that kids like me craved. I love seeing hardware evolve in front of my eyes.
    - ryankrage77 5y ago
      > nothing can emulate how the Game Boy Color perfectly fits on the curve of the N64 (try it) I did try it, and I think I'm doing something wrong because I can't see how they fit together. Could you expand on this?
      - lapetitejort 5y ago
        The best image I could find: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/bjwrb3/how_a_gameboy_color_sits_on_an_n64/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/bjwrb3/how_a_gamebo...

This is entertaining and informative, but it needs some sort of thesis statement to be worth discussing.

by vlunkr 5y ago

This is entertaining and informative, but it needs some sort of thesis statement to be worth discussing.

It came sort-of in the middle, and a bit more at the end, but my reading is that the thesis of the video is that games are a rip-off; emulate the classics and you’ll have a better experience than chasing the newest wave of hype (and will save hundreds of dollars).

wsinks 5y ago
Completely agree. Dunkey uses the tried and true method of SaaS selling in this video too. Start with the pain, then move to the solution that you definitely didn't start your pitch with.
spywaregorilla 5y ago
I don't think that's right. He made it pretty clear he thinks Super Mario Odyssey is a game worth $60 or more. I enjoy retro games, but I wouldn't enjoy playing through an entire catalogue of old games before I wanted something that had a more modern design sense.

sleibrock 5y ago

There's a lot of ideas to too wild for one thesis to draw up, but I think there's a lot of good talking points. * Triple-A games are often-times yearly releases of a series priced at $60 (Battlefield, Call of Duty, FIFA), but are hardly ever new games with new technologies. Most times they last about a year before they're effectively EOL'd. * Indie games are much lower in comparison and receive more love from their developers * Nintendo are renowned for their titles and IPs, but their games are far from innovative at times, and their prices are not competitive in the slightest. * Pricing of modern video games makes players turn to free-to-play games which receive more updates on a regular basis. * The only way to play classic games reliably is emulation. Getting modern versions of old games from devs/pubs is very unreliable currently (Silent Hill collection, Super Mario 3D Allstars, etc)

detaro 5y ago
"too wild"? That seems like fairly generic gaming opinions. (Well, the F2P one seems a bit weird, given the wide range of options of getting games cheap-ish if you don't insist on only playing the newest AAA titles)
AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
Honestly emulation is so good now, and games so easy to acquire via torrent communities, that it is kind of difficult for me to justify (to myself) collecting retro hardware. Especially since I end up using Everdrives and ODEs anyway. I've been seriously considering selling off my collection, but I'm too lazy to do it piecemeal.
- bennysomething 5y ago
  I've got nes, snes, megadrive and a N64 everdrive. I don't use them anymore. I've got a pc under my TV that can handle everything up to GameCube. I can't be bothered dragging out hardware and hooking up an ossc.
- lapetitejort 5y ago
  I mainly collect retro hardware for the hardware itself. Emulations can play the games, but nothing can emulate how the Game Boy Color perfectly fits on the curve of the N64 (try it), or taking a Dreamcast VMU with you on the go, or the TV tuners that kids like me craved. I love seeing hardware evolve in front of my eyes.
  - ryankrage77 5y ago
    > nothing can emulate how the Game Boy Color perfectly fits on the curve of the N64 (try it) I did try it, and I think I'm doing something wrong because I can't see how they fit together. Could you expand on this?
    - lapetitejort 5y ago
      The best image I could find: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/bjwrb3/how_a_gameboy_color_sits_on_an_n64/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/bjwrb3/how_a_gamebo...