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Retro Gaming in 2026 (lemmy.world)
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[–] 52 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Damn right they are. Probably the last great console generation before modern monetization practices fully took hold.

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  • [–] 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    We were well into horse armor by this point

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  • [–] 37 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    It was the start of it, but it wasn't common practice, at least not towards the beginning of the generation.

    It was the first generation for DLC to be more common, but it felt like an addition and not just restoring intentionally cut content.

    I do agree that towards the end of the generation, some of the greedier companies started some of their worst practices.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago

    360 era DLC was just more game to tide you over while you waited for the sequel. But then they realised they could cut half the game and sell it as DLC later on. But then they realised they didn't want to wait for later on and started selling half the game over the counter and half the game from inside the game.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    "Kinect is going to be the future of gaming!" Except this is the only generation that is going to natively support it. But hey, Apple will shrink it down, put it in a phone, and use it to authenticate you. That's not nearly as fun as using it for dancing and rafting though.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Too late.

    Fifa Ultimate Team was already going strong on 360. Started all the way back in 2009, but the insane gambling player packs came a little later.

    CS: GO cases technically started during Xbox 360's life cycle (a little short of 2 years before Xbox One launched), although the game was PC only.

    As others have mentioned - Oblivion horse armor DLC was already a thing.

    Microsoft first introduced paywalled online functionality with Xbox 360's Xbox Live subscription.

    You could add some more to the list. By this time gaming was already going downhill. What you remember as the 'last great console generation' is probably just nostalgia. Although you could make a case that early Xbox 360 days were pretty great.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Xbox Live started with the original Xbox

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    But it wasn't strictly paid on the original Xbox, was it? Or am I misremembering?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I didn't play the full generation. I moved to PC in 2009 so I dodged the worst part of the generation. I also wouldn't say it was the best generation. The reason I would say it was the last good one is the lack of a required install. You could buy a game, then start playing it right away. If I have to sit through an install, I might as well just play on PC.

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