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I_Marquosius t1_jebkkzy wrote

Reply to I drew mario by Knucklesthechuckles

It's as if this is a Mario from a parallel Mushroom Kingdom that has fallen under a Fascist Bowser regime, where Mario is the everyman, blue-collar worker who has been repressed for far too long under the oppressive order.

Now, Mario is bringing forth a rebellion against Vozhd Bowser and his army to bring forth a more free and secure nation through a revolution, alongside his allies. Will the stress take it's toll? That bulging vein in his temple says "Yes".

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OlTommyBombadil t1_jebkaai wrote

Reply to comment by GalacticDystopia in TIL: When Phantasy Star IV released for the Sega Genesis in N. America in Feb. 1995, the retail price was $99. by Hotspur000

Games didn’t have microtransactions back then, nor did they have a bunch of DLCs for up to like $40. They are well over $100 if you factor in all the content. And that also doesn’t include the preorder stuff.

If you want all of a game, it is well over $100. Sometimes closer to $200. Sometimes more than that.

The eras aren’t comparable. I hate posts that say stuff like “we should be happy they aren’t more.” That’s horse shit. They’re making billions of dollars, the games are no longer made for gamers as much as they are shareholders. Games should be less if they’re going to nickel and dime customers at every opportunity. But they just went up in price. There is absolutely no defense of what they’re doing now and I’m tired of reading defenses of what they’re doing now.

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