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[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

To be fair, if you grew up playing games on the 2600, you probably remember an era without MTX at all and really liked buying carts or floppies without worrying about subscriptions or DLC or microtransactions.

/old man mode=on: I remember when "microtransactions" meant sending a certified cheque away for a copy of the hint book