Every video game I played growing up I played secondhand. I pawed through the bargain bins in high school, looking for games that I’d heard about. I got most of my own SNES games from a single lucky church rummage sale haul that, in retrospect, probably broke somebody’s heart. I borrowed games from friends. I didn’t have money for new games until I was out of college.
It makes me sad to think about that going away. I’m sure there are a lot of kids out there today that can only afford secondhand games.
Yeah, true. I have a library that suits me now (not to mention… what comm we’re in) so I don’t feel the lack but I’m definitely not in the “new game” money nowadays.
Every video game I played growing up I played secondhand. I pawed through the bargain bins in high school, looking for games that I’d heard about. I got most of my own SNES games from a single lucky church rummage sale haul that, in retrospect, probably broke somebody’s heart. I borrowed games from friends. I didn’t have money for new games until I was out of college.
It makes me sad to think about that going away. I’m sure there are a lot of kids out there today that can only afford secondhand games.
That went away forever ago.
Especially with today’s prices. Nobody cares about the poors, it’s all, “Who cares, I haven’t bought physical in years!”
A physical disk, even second hand, is usually more expensive where I live. I can’t speak to America but the days of €5 trade-ins is gone.
Physical is never more expensive than digital in the US, anyway, unless it’s some kind of rare printing.
A lot of adults, too
Yeah, true. I have a library that suits me now (not to mention… what comm we’re in) so I don’t feel the lack but I’m definitely not in the “new game” money nowadays.