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6/22/2025, 1:36:42 PM
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Plus you had "your games". It was almost like what books you have on a bookshelf. They defined your tastes, which genres you enjoyed or were good at, it was yours. Not some data on a hard drive that you have to delete to free up room.
Meet a new person and see they have DOA2:Hardcore and Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution. You can talk fighting games with him. You already know he's competitive and likes to duel. You know his personality by his choices. He had to go out of his house to try arcade fighting games, discover he likes them, and then invest serious money ($49.99 is about $85 today) to play more fighting games at home.
There was substance to it. It took many actions that didn't involve an internet connection to get the point where you had a favorite genre. Then it took a serious investment to find and purchase those type of games.
Plus you had "your games". It was almost like what books you have on a bookshelf. They defined your tastes, which genres you enjoyed or were good at, it was yours. Not some data on a hard drive that you have to delete to free up room.
Meet a new person and see they have DOA2:Hardcore and Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution. You can talk fighting games with him. You already know he's competitive and likes to duel. You know his personality by his choices. He had to go out of his house to try arcade fighting games, discover he likes them, and then invest serious money ($49.99 is about $85 today) to play more fighting games at home.
There was substance to it. It took many actions that didn't involve an internet connection to get the point where you had a favorite genre. Then it took a serious investment to find and purchase those type of games.
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