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conflating that people used to pay video coin-ops fro games to similar to DLC is ridiculous. The coins were paying for the games, the arcade rent, etc... With
by samstave 3y ago
conflating that people used to pay video coin-ops fro games to similar to DLC is ridiculous.
The coins were paying for the games, the arcade rent, etc...
With home machines, you own the arcade - so you just buy the game once... dlc payments are nothing like coins for cabinets.
- HenryBemis 3y agoContinuing.. you buy/own the console, you pay for electricity/rent/mortgage, you pay for repairs, for the new/upgraded equipment, etc. So the cost is heavily externalised to the user, as a trade-off to comfort (hey you get to play from a couch/comfy chair instead of standing up). So it depends on the usage to see if you spend less, more or break even on the costs. I don't include cheating (i.e. after finishing D2 a few times, I started using SaveGameEditors so I can play with 'this' or 'that' set) as this has immense value that could not easily be made in an arcade.