>Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming (Destiny)
by Grizzlei 
, Pacific Cloud Zone, Earth, Sunday, October 01, 2017, 08:26 (2690 days ago) @ CyberKN
There are so many holes in this analogy it makes my head spin.
As a kid with a very limited allowance, arcades SUCKED. I can count the number of times I got the opportunity to play an arcade game on one hand. .
I remember seeing a cool game and scurrying over to my parents for a few quarters. That game usually offered no mercy to some casual passerby taking an interest in it. That’s a steep price to keep with it. Especially for an overeager kid. Today’s microtransactions feel like a far cry from that, at least with the games I’ve played that attempted to nickel and dime me. Something like Destiny 2, I look at Eververse and only think, “Cool! It’s all hidden behind a paywall but oh well, I don’t really need it.” I’ve already got a solid game with the base $60 product.
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- It's a valid business model -
Revenant1988,
2017-10-01, 07:30
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- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming -
CyberKN,
2017-10-01, 07:56
- +1 - cheapLEY, 2017-10-01, 08:16
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming -
Korny,
2017-10-01, 08:21
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming -
CyberKN,
2017-10-01, 09:59
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming - Revenant1988, 2017-10-01, 11:03
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming -
CyberKN,
2017-10-01, 09:59
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming -
Grizzlei,
2017-10-01, 08:26
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming - Korny, 2017-10-01, 09:28
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming - slycrel, 2017-10-02, 10:36
- It's a valid business model - Cody Miller, 2017-10-01, 11:48
- They are actually complete opposites -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-01, 14:07
- Except the example is buying more lives, just like an arcade
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Harmanimus,
2017-10-05, 09:42
- Except the example is buying more lives, just like an arcade
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
narcogen,
2017-10-01, 19:47
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-01, 20:48
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
ZackDark,
2017-10-02, 05:59
- You didn't OWN the arcade - Schedonnardus, 2017-10-02, 06:36
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Vortech,
2017-10-02, 13:18
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-02, 14:19
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
MacAddictXIV,
2017-10-03, 13:23
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 13:55
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
ZackDark,
2017-10-03, 14:54
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 15:06
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
cheapLEY,
2017-10-03, 16:26
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 16:49
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
CruelLEGACEY,
2017-10-03, 16:59
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 17:08
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
cheapLEY,
2017-10-03, 17:27
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 17:29
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model - cheapLEY, 2017-10-03, 17:44
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
RaichuKFM,
2017-10-03, 17:58
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-04, 11:29
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
RaichuKFM,
2017-10-04, 11:55
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-04, 12:05
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model - cheapLEY, 2017-10-04, 13:22
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-04, 12:05
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
RaichuKFM,
2017-10-04, 11:55
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-04, 11:29
- Well, yeah -
ZackDark,
2017-10-03, 18:12
- Differences between Expansions and Sequels -
Harmanimus,
2017-10-05, 10:15
- Differences between Expansions and Sequels -
ZackDark,
2017-10-05, 16:38
- Differences between Expansions and Sequels - Harmanimus, 2017-10-06, 22:07
- Differences between Expansions and Sequels -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-06, 22:20
- Not really - ZackDark, 2017-10-06, 23:18
- Differences between Expansions and Sequels -
ZackDark,
2017-10-05, 16:38
- Differences between Expansions and Sequels -
Harmanimus,
2017-10-05, 10:15
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 17:29
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
cheapLEY,
2017-10-03, 17:27
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 17:08
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
CruelLEGACEY,
2017-10-03, 16:59
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model - Claude Errera, 2017-10-03, 22:10
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 16:49
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
cheapLEY,
2017-10-03, 16:26
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 15:06
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
ZackDark,
2017-10-03, 14:54
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-03, 13:55
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
MacAddictXIV,
2017-10-03, 13:23
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-02, 14:19
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
ZackDark,
2017-10-02, 05:59
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model - Kahzgul, 2017-10-02, 00:52
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model - Kermit, 2017-10-02, 08:16
- People aren't objecting to valid uses of the model -
Cody Miller,
2017-10-01, 20:48
- >Implying arcades represent "The good old days" of gaming -
CyberKN,
2017-10-01, 07:56