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Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That tracks, everyone still owned their games back then. At least Gaben got his 8 yatchs though.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 16 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Remember when you could sell games you'd never play again and people less fortunate than you could have their fun with them for a much lower price?

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, but now at least the games still go on sale for a cheaper price and there isn't a rare game that you can't find anymore and if you do it's $130.

Fun fact: if you want Harvest Moon for snes the game will cost you about $400. Good condition with the box and papers will go over a grand. Snes Aero Fighters is $1,500 for an ok cartridge.

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

True, that's a point. Though we don't know if it would be that way now too with ownable physical stuff. Gaming became waaaaaay more mainstream.

Also, steam inventory-gift-games are equally priced now. For collectors. At least thrice the original asking price for stuff you even can get for free. Last one i sold was 15 when it came out, was already in bundles a lot and it went for 100 moneyz.

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 1 points 23 minutes ago

Some older ps2 games like monster inc and finding Nemo sell for like $100 last I saw. Before they mastered them for modern consoles, kingdom hearts was about $60 for ps2