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"The consumer doesn't really know what to buy for their computer," Garriott said in 1989, while also pointing to the popularity of Nintendo's newfangled game console.

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[-] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 10 points 1 day ago

At this point I have a backlog of good games that would take a lifetime to play through. If you want my money and attention you've got a lot of heavyweight classics to beat

[-] CptHacke@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago

I've come to the same conclusion. And it just seems like every game that comes out is just a re-skinned version of some other popular game with nothing really new to bring to the table, anyway.

[-] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Same, but with mods for an even thinner selection of really good games.

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