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Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and more bear the blame here for this and more.

RIP Lik Sang.

Lik Sang was awesome back in the day for procuring accessories like classic XBOX controller to USB adapters that weren't dodgy duct tape jobs. Hard to believe they were forced out of business by Sony two decades ago.

They had all kinds of weird stuff which the big makers didn't want to exist - adapters to use Xbox controllers on Playstation and every permutation you could think of.

All the big console manufacturers sued them. Said it was about modchips (and maybe it really was). Sony bore the most guilt.

The gaming industry is a little less wonderful these past 20 years.

Indeed. I find myself going back to older games anymore. Aside from maybe looking forward to GTA 6, I can't say I'm terribly interested in many modern titles. It's becoming more soulless.

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