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[-] wjrii@kbin.social 28 points 11 months ago

Millennials remember when video games weren’t pay to win.

And Gen X'ers remember when they WERE. 😂

[-] orbital@infosec.pub 18 points 11 months ago

More like pay-to-play!

[-] CarlsIII@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

So do millennials. There were a lot of really popular arcade beat ‘em ups in the 90’s. People claiming to be millennials who deny that are lying about one thing or another.

[-] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

A subscription to Nintendo Power didn't count.

[-] quicksand@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

They're referring to arcades

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

I could actually see that being a good argument, even though they were talking about arcades

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