The death spiral of gaming

Forgot the biggest gripe: dlc and microtransactions.

Sure, back in the day you had expansions. The cut you got between the main game and the expansion packs, is probably about as much content as the entire dlc of all three Mass Effects (Which i still bought, like a sucker. Hey, they were good.)

Microtransactions I agree with.

However, **** off about DLC. I remember expansion packs being in the 30-40 dollar range when they came out while most DLC is less than 20 bucks.

And if you look at how long to beat....Half Life Opposing Forces were about 6-7 hours long...and Blue Shift was 3 hours-ish. Roughly the same amount as Mass Effect 2/3 DLC each.

And added content for console games...no such luck.

And not lets forget the huge advantage modern game had....

Heaps and heaps of independent development. Very little of these type of games would be released on consoles back in the day.

Back then, it was all major publishers...now, you can still play games that are unique, modern, high quality and cheap due to ability for independents to release on online stores like Steam.

Originally posted by -Pr-
-PC games not coming on disc is a travesty. If I'm getting out to the store to buy the box, there'd better be a disc in it.

Spoiler:
Just but the games online lul