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Former PlayStation boss says games are "seeing a collapse in creativity" as publishers spend more time asking "what's your monetization scheme?" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Laughs as I remember pumping endless quarters to continue in old cabinet arcade games.

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But just imagine how much more money they would have got out of you if you could also add a couple of extra quarters to change your character's outfit

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fucking horse armor. Fucking dumbasses who bought it.

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

"Come on bruv, it's just 2.50, what's the harm!"

Now a single skin for a single character is the price of an entire game, or multiple games in the case of the newest Jinx skin for league of legends, thanks.

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

OK, but did you pay $600 to have that cabinet in your house and still pumo endless quarters into it?

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com -5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

A better argument would have been "they still were creative unlike the soulless carbon copy mega games of today."

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, the Lion King was famously made so hard that it would force you to put more coins to try again.

Nothing has changed, we just had a brief intermezzo of games not being intentionally fucked to extract more money.

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You put coins into your SNES or Genesis?

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hmm, let's ponder for a while what could I have meant. Soooo, do I put coins into my SNES or Genesis? Hmm, tough question, but if I had to give a definitive answer, it would be no. For multiple reasons, really. Like not having SNES or Genesis. And there being no slot for coins. Well, technically there's a slot that you can put coins into, but it's better to put the game cartridge there.

So, long story short, no I don't. But where else would people in the past put coins into to play games? Well, that, my dear reader, is left as an exercise to you.

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There was a lion king arcade game that took quarters?, is what I'm asking pal.

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Apparently it is what is known as a rigged rental which is the equivalent of a quarter muncher. The game was so difficult that it would be to hard for new players to beat during the rental period to force them to buy it. It doesn't seem like there was an actual arcade version, just a case of mixed metaphors. edit: typo

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you know what they call a quarter mucher in Paris?