Man it's crazy how nowadays I can buy the games I want but can't really play em all yet when I was younger it was hard to cop a $60+ game.
My parents didn't get what games were so they thought once they bought a gaming console that was it.
They didn't know there were several different games. Before I had my first job I had to scrounge up money from saving up a few dollars here and there from allowance. Sometimes my brother would cop games that I wanted if he was interested.
I remember this nikka copping a Gamecube with
Batman Vengeance instead of fukking Smash Bros
I enjoyed that title nonetheless but I was seriously wondering if my bro was
me that day.
I wanted Viewtiful Joe for GC once and skipped a professional haircut to save $10 and instead got my hair cut by my brother in the crib. Had a nikka looking funny in the light with uneven hair length and a unclear hairline for a week. Wasn't nothing worse than coppin a game and that shyt was ass. A breh was getting got back then at Gamestop because I'd rely on trade in credits to get new games.
Emulators and burned games held a young breh down back then
Respectfully speaking, were/are your parents stupid or something? That's like thinking that 1nce you by a video player, then you all good cuz it's not like the thing needs video tapes to operate ya know....
Anywho, while we weren't outright broke, it was just me and my moms most of my youth growing up and she'd only get me a game on special occasions like birthday, Christmas and if I made honor roll in school. So from NES-SNES years, I'd only average about 3-4 games a year, with getting 2 games on Christmas, but only 1 for any other occasion. While I was smart enough, I was too lazy to make honor roll year round, as it was more like 1nce a school year, lol. Games were much more expensive in cartridge form too, so I know I'd almost never get more than 2 at any given time.
Come PSX years tho and the change to cheaper disc format, and my moms making more money then, on Christmas, I could usually get about 3-4 games and maybe 2 games for birthdays. So on average, I was getting about 4-6 games a year at least. At any rate, from NES thru PSX years, I played the bulk of my games moreso thru borrowing from friends/family and renting them and just got the games bought for me that I wanted most.
I didn't get a job until after high school, when the PS2 had just came out, so that was the first time I was actually buying games with my own money. At that point, I was buying games at least 1nce a month or so tho, plus this was Funcoland era, so trade-ins and 1-week returns ruled the day, so I was getting mad games then, though still pales in comparison to the last 10 years tho. PS3 era thru now, I've been getting like 3-4 games a month AT LEAST nearly, as there's always multitudes of sales, PSN+, coupons, steam deals, etc. so it's nothing. It surprises me that whiny ass would be gamers stay bytching and moaning about gaming being too much money these days. My main complaint is moreso time to actually play the games I have.
