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It used to be the case that you saved for months to buy a game but got a pretty box with a luxurious, professionally written manual and a game that would keep you busy for a while. Fully immersive with no updates and subscriptions needed.

Someone, please bring gaming back...

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the sea change is people now play the same video game for hundreds of hours on end.

the old razor blades business model breaks down when people keep their razor blade for years.

Aren't microtransactions, loot boxes, and gacha the "give away the handle, sell expensive razor blades" business model?

I have about 3200 hours in EU4, a ten year old game. But I also have $400 in its DLC (all of them).

But the thought of paying $30/mo to play a game is just too much. I only buy 2-3 games+DLCs per year. Game Pass was fine when it was $5/mo, I could leave it on in the background and not care if it wasn't utilized.

And that's relevant to renting a gaming device how?

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