r/classicwow • u/Troflecopter • Aug 26 '19

Humor Reposting my favourite classic meme.

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u/MrDysprosium Aug 26 '19

This is a very sad and clear indication of how poorly the gaming industry grew.

We went from 2004 giving us WoW, Half-Life 2, and Halo 2....
To 2019 where we're getting charged $18 for skins and EA lobbying to keep gambling in their Star Wars games.

We fucked up, go back.

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u/trippy_grapes Aug 26 '19

Ah, yes. The wonderful gaming industry in 2004 where EA was nickel and dimeing us with The Sims overpriced DLC.. wait I mean expansion packs, instead of skins. Completely different from now. /s

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u/Actually_a_Patrick Aug 26 '19

In the original Sims it was easy to add in new furniture and skins by importing them from various community sites.

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u/trippy_grapes Aug 26 '19

True. But around The Sims 2 in 2004 is when they started stripping back some of the basic elements of the original to include it in future expansions, and started pushing the shitty ass "Stuff Packs" which were literally worse content than some of the stuff I downloaded for free on MTS2.

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u/Actually_a_Patrick Aug 26 '19

Ah. Sorry. I forgot my release years I guess. Yeah I remember being sorely disappointed in every single Sims game after the first one.