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Video games. I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet. There's simply too much money nowadays in micro-transactions, in-app purchases, loot boxes, pay-to-w
by cletus 5y ago
Video games.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet.
There's simply too much money nowadays in micro-transactions, in-app purchases, loot boxes, pay-to-win and in-game advertising that almost everything is "free" to play and it's literally horrible.
what we have now is mostly copy-pasted franchise titles (with a year after their name) that are just another optimized hellhole of extracting money from you a small slice at a time.
There are exceptions and this is part of the reason why Nintendo as a brand is still loved by many. I consider Zelda Breth of the Wild to be one of the most amazing games and experiences of my video gaming life.
I also like board game adaptations to mobile because they tend to be limited in in-app purchases.
Other than that? By God, there's a ton of crap out there. It's no surprise how many people will go to great efforts to play games that are 20, 30 or more years old now.
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- francisofascii 5y agoMy answer is video games but for different reasons. With an original NES you could power on, press start, and be playing the game in two seconds. With the Switch it has to load, the thing is never charged, cartridges are too small, you have to select through so many menus before you can actually start playing, games are two complex, etc.
- burntoutfire 5y agoPresumably, you can still game on the original NES (if any modern TV accepts its video signal).
- francisofascii 5y agoYes, I have an original that still works in the basement.