ET didn't cause the crash (Gaming)
by dogcow 
, Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Thursday, August 25, 2016, 17:40 (2794 days ago) @ ZackDark
Remember the huge video game crash of whenever-ET-the-game-released? I wonder if anything similar will happen in the AAA scene in the near future...
I know your not saying it did, but it wasn't the sole cause. I just have this urge to point this out when this topic comes up. It was the one-two punch of the failure of this game plus the market being absolutely flooded with crap games by 3rd publishers who couldn't financially handle returns of unsold stock from retailers. This ended up driving prices down and giving retailers a bad taste in their mouth in regards to video games.
I remember being pretty stoked that games were now cheap enough that *I* could buy them as a 6-7 yo, or if I were short on funds convince my mom to. Little did I know that it would lead to a couple years of video game famine.
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- A good series ruined -
Cody Miller,
2016-08-24, 20:22
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- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-24, 21:10
- A good series ruined -
cheapLEY,
2016-08-24, 21:25
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-24, 23:01
- He's not supporting the point of views themselves
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ZackDark,
2016-08-24, 23:13
- A good series ruined -
cheapLEY,
2016-08-25, 01:19
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-25, 03:50
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:07
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:24
- A good series ruined -
Cody Miller,
2016-08-25, 10:34
- I hadn't even considered that. Ugh. -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 10:37
- I hadn't even considered that. Ugh.
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-25, 10:50
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 11:03
- A good series ruined -
kidtsunami,
2016-08-25, 11:08
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 11:17
- Yeah, just too many variables -
kidtsunami,
2016-08-25, 11:28
- Yeah, just too many variables -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 11:40
- And I am enjoying the hell out of the coffee! -
kidtsunami,
2016-08-25, 11:40
- And I am enjoying the hell out of the coffee!
- Yeah, just too many variables -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 11:40
- Yeah, just too many variables -
kidtsunami,
2016-08-25, 11:28
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 11:17
- A good series ruined -
kidtsunami,
2016-08-25, 11:08
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 11:03
- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ could have either outcome - kidtsunami, 2016-08-25, 11:05
- A good series ruined - Ragashingo, 2016-08-25, 15:01
- A good series ruined -
Cody Miller,
2016-08-25, 10:34
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-25, 10:44
- A good series ruined - SonofMacPhisto, 2016-08-25, 10:52
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:24
- A good series ruined -
Schedonnardus,
2016-08-25, 13:06
- A good series ruined - MacAddictXIV, 2016-08-25, 13:22
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-25, 13:24
- A good series ruined - Schedonnardus, 2016-08-25, 16:50
- A good series ruined - kidtsunami, 2016-08-25, 13:28
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:07
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-25, 03:50
- He's not supporting the point of views themselves
- Voting with your wallet - Blackt1g3r, 2016-08-25, 12:41
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-24, 23:01
- Well, that does change everything -
ZackDark,
2016-08-24, 21:50
- Just to play Devil's (Cody's?) Advocate -
someotherguy,
2016-08-24, 22:01
- Just to play Devil's (Cody's?) Advocate -
Kermit,
2016-08-24, 22:09
- Just to play Devil's (Cody's?) Avocado *IMG* - Pyromancy, 2016-08-25, 03:37
- Shh, nobody saw that - someotherguy, 2016-08-25, 10:27
- Just to play Devil's (Cody's?) Advocate - Korny, 2016-08-24, 22:32
- I'm ok with microtransactioned cheating -
ZackDark,
2016-08-24, 22:43
- I'm ok with microtransactioned cheating -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:16
- Hey, I also spent real money buying a GameShark -
ZackDark,
2016-08-25, 14:22
- i just received a huge blast of nostalgia. Gameshark. Wow. -
TheeChaos,
2016-08-25, 20:00
- i just received a huge blast of nostalgia. Gameshark. Wow.
- Hey, I also spent real money buying a GameShark
- I'm ok with microtransactioned cheating - someotherguy, 2016-08-25, 10:28
- I'm ok with microtransactioned cheating -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:16
- Just to play Devil's (Cody's?) Advocate -
Kermit,
2016-08-24, 22:09
- Just to play Devil's (Cody's?) Advocate -
someotherguy,
2016-08-24, 22:01
- A good series ruined -
cheapLEY,
2016-08-24, 21:25
- A good series ruined -
Kermit,
2016-08-24, 21:56
- A good series ruined -
Cody Miller,
2016-08-25, 10:35
- I've never bought the "options" argument -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 10:41
- I've never bought the "options" argument -
Kermit,
2016-08-25, 12:20
- I've never bought the "options" argument - someotherguy, 2016-08-25, 12:52
- I've never bought the "options" argument -
Kermit,
2016-08-25, 12:20
- A good series ruined - Kermit, 2016-08-25, 17:37
- I've never bought the "options" argument -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 10:41
- A good series ruined -
Cody Miller,
2016-08-25, 10:35
- Sold. -
Korny,
2016-08-24, 22:21
- A good series ruined -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 10:11
- A good series ruined -
Kermit,
2016-08-25, 12:40
- A good series ruined -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 13:04
- A good series ruined - Kermit, 2016-08-25, 13:10
- That market is too crowded. - cheapLEY, 2016-08-25, 14:11
- Talks like these make me worry -
ZackDark,
2016-08-25, 14:28
- God, please. -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 15:10
- But then what would Cody play? -
ZackDark,
2016-08-25, 15:36
- Probably Deus Ex -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 15:51
- Nah, he'll be too busy with Maya. -
cheapLEY,
2016-08-25, 17:40
- Nah, he'll be too busy with Maya.
- Probably Deus Ex
- +1 -
cheapLEY,
2016-08-25, 17:42
- +100 unfinished games. A few years to catch up sounds good. -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 20:34
- +1 - Kermit, 2016-08-25, 20:47
- +100 unfinished games. A few years to catch up sounds good.
- God, please. -
Kahzgul,
2016-08-25, 20:00
- God, please. -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 20:23
- God, please. -
Kermit,
2016-08-25, 20:42
- God, please. -
Avateur,
2016-08-26, 03:34
- God, please. - Kermit, 2016-08-26, 06:30
- Additional developments in thoughts -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-26, 12:35
- Additional developments in thoughts -
Avateur,
2016-08-26, 13:36
- Halo 5 arguably tries to emulate the ME3 approach -
ZackDark,
2016-08-26, 14:28
- Yeah, i'm much happier with the REQ system at the moment -
kidtsunami,
2016-08-26, 15:45
- Halo 5 arguably tries to emulate the ME3 approach - Avateur, 2016-08-26, 19:27
- Yeah, i'm much happier with the REQ system at the moment
- Halo 5 arguably tries to emulate the ME3 approach -
ZackDark,
2016-08-26, 14:28
- Additional developments in thoughts -
Kermit,
2016-08-26, 14:21
- Additional developments in thoughts - SonofMacPhisto, 2016-08-26, 15:15
- Additional developments in thoughts -
Avateur,
2016-08-26, 13:36
- God, please. -
Avateur,
2016-08-26, 03:34
- God, please. -
Kermit,
2016-08-25, 20:42
- God, please. -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-08-25, 20:23
- But then what would Cody play? -
ZackDark,
2016-08-25, 15:36
- ET didn't cause the crash - dogcow, 2016-08-25, 17:40
- The sooner, the better - Avateur, 2016-08-26, 03:26
- God, please. -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 15:10
- A good series ruined -
someotherguy,
2016-08-25, 13:04
- A good series ruined -
Kermit,
2016-08-25, 12:40
- A good series ruined -
Ragashingo,
2016-08-24, 21:10