cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13809164
Ignoring the lack of updates if the game is buggy, games back then were also more focused on quality and make gamers replay the game with unlockable features based on skills, not money. I can't count the number of times I played Metal Gear Solid games over and over to unlock new features playing the hardest difficulty and with handicap features, and also to find Easter eggs. Speaking of Easter eggs, you'd lose a number of hours exploring every nook and cranny finding them!
I noticed 20+ guys reminiscing on games they played as kids. Nostalgia starts soon nowadays.
'S'cause everything's gone to shit, so dang fast.
Not just games, too. The consoles themselves. The PS3/Wii era of consoles just feel infinitely more respectful than the PS4 era. (No comment on Xbox, we've never had any Xboxen.) The PS5 is even worse.
(Computers, too. See Windows 7 vs. 10. And on the Apple side, the slow rise of Gatekeeper, but that was significantly more subtle.)
-- Frost