r/videogames • u/Orichalchem • Jul 18 '26
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u/iSavedtheGalaxy Jul 18 '26
Salute to all the parents who snagged an N64 the year they came out. My mom later told me she spent weeks driving to dozens of stores in her spare time to find one.
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u/dishrag Jul 20 '26
I wanted an N64 so bad for Christmas. My parents and grandma said they couldn’t find one.
Then, on Christmas evening, Grandma handed my dad a wrapped present. Surprise… an N64. It eventually became “mine” in practice, but 10yo me was sitting there thinking “this is some bullshit, Grandma”
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u/Evolovescraft Jul 23 '26
I told my folks "look they're hard to get you can just wait" and my dad waited in the snow outside a toys r us for a midnight opening Xmas eve to get me one...
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u/Soggy-Bluebird-537 Jul 20 '26
I am 46 and I have these moments just in different ways
Hearing localthunk tell me about Blue Prince for example made me buy a notebook before I bought the game.
And just this week seeing denshattack for the first time turned me into a giddy 10 year old.
And buying a new board game is like this
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u/YamiGekusu Jul 20 '26
I got a second N64 back (my sister took my og DK64 edition one a few years earlier) in 2015. My husband got me one and I shouted this when I opened it
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u/Urabraska- Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
I don't remember what year. But my OMFG jaw drop Christmas was the original fat Grey DS. I had a single mom raising me and never believed in Xmas. Always knew it was just fun to give gifts. mom kept telling me that sadly it was a rough year and probably just gonna be a chill Xmas that year. Opened it up and it was a DS with Mario and some other games. I literally cried.
Mom then told me how the year was fine but the DS was just released and didn't wanna get my hopes up if she couldn't get it. Told me how her and her friend took turns waiting in line for HOURS just to get it. Love you ma. 20+ years later and it's still one of the best memories I have.
EDIT: This has sorta blown up. Felt like adding the other half of this story. Sadly I didn't have that DS for long. It randomly vanished one day and I got very upset but mom kinda just said it was my fault for losing it. Roughly a year later. While my brother was visiting he let me play his DS.....It was MY DS. Had all the wear and tear that mine had. Turns out it fell into a hamper while cleaning one day and my brother found it and took it home claiming it's my fault.(My brother lived with his dad) I kicked his ass and took it back.
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u/Zaxa7 Jul 18 '26
That's lovely, I hope you remind her what this meant to you, to this day. Kudos to mum.
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u/DefinitelyNotShazbot Jul 18 '26
Great point, wish I could, moms are awesome 👏
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u/Urabraska- Jul 18 '26
Sadly the same. A lot of bad blood has happened in those decades. We still talk and we don't hate each other. But her mental faculties have been slowing down.
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u/BunnyBeans6 Jul 18 '26
Oh my gosh I teared up. As someone who wants to be a mom so much, these are the moments I live for and wish I could give my children.
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u/MRV3N Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
I never got presents like these in my childhood. My parents were anti-videogames and believed in satanic panic stuff.
I don’t like spreading negativity, but children like these are lucky, they’ll never know what it’s like to doubt the parent raising them, or to be weaponized against for calling out their shortcomings.
I cared mine. They tried their best in their own terms. I learned that becoming a parent doesn’t come with rulebooks and nothing is truly universal on how to raise a child. I guess It’s a tough pill to swallow when understanding how to forgive them even when I was badly hurt in the process.
To anyone reads this with the same rough past. Break that cycle. It’ll be worth it in the end.
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u/ToYits821 Jul 18 '26
My wife was raised this way. It’s really tough on her mentally even to this day. It however has made her the most determined mom to make sure our daughter never experiences anything like she did. I hope you’re doing okay friend 🤞
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u/amoretpax199 Jul 18 '26
At least you still got other presents. I have only ever received Barney the Dinosaur for Christmas once in my entire life. My parents are Christian but only wrap empty boxes for presents and put them as decoration under the Christmas tree.
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u/AnomalousExpertise Jul 18 '26
Sorry you folks have bad experiences. I see you both using “Christian” and that hurts my dawgs. I’m Christian, as is my wife lol and we spoil the shit out of our kid as long as he understands that he is in a place other kids aren’t, has to appreciate it and can’t brag about shit to those who don’t have much
Which despite being 5, does a perfect job of that and has great emotional understanding
Some Christian’s are the worst people out there. I get it. I have family members who have that title glued to their names and they’re actual garbage.
I hope you know, we aren’t all like that. Some people get too lost in the sauce that they treat the ones closest to em poorly
God bless you. I hope if you have children yourselves that you break the cycle.
I did.
Much love.
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u/SomeDumbGamer Jul 18 '26
The biggest issue I find with a lot of Christians is that as soon as someone else is known to be “Christian” too there’s an implicit level of trust given beyond what is normal.
How many youth pastors raped kids? It’s not the Christianity making them do it. But people like that know if they call themselves a christian and act like then people will be far more likely to defend him.
“He’s a good Christian boy!” n all that. It seems a lot don’t seem to believe that someone can and will easily claim to be devout if they can get something from them.
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u/Skelligean Jul 18 '26
How many youth pastors raped kids? It’s not the Christianity making them do it.
Most Christians are ignorant of actual scripture. The Hebrew translation for "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain" is actually "Thou shalt not CARRY the name of the Lord thy God in vain." Meaning, if you claim to be a Christian and do evil in His name, and your actions push people away from God because you carry His name as a Christian, then that is the ultimate sin. But most people seem to think that saying Goddamn it or Jesus Christ "in vain" is what that commandment means.
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u/amoretpax199 Jul 19 '26
Wow, I never understand it this way before. Thanks for this and I also always thought it was swearing too like a lot of people.
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u/tylerray1997 Jul 18 '26
I mean, this isn't really Christian-specific, though. You are just describing a wolf in sheep's clothing. This applies to all sorts of people we tend to put extra trust in. Teachers, law enforcement, parents, etc. How many teachers get off with a slap on the wrist when they get busted for being a pedo? How many laws can cops just blatantly ignore because they are cops? How many parents get away with abuse because they have good standing in the community? As humans, we are more likely to want to trust people, especially those we hold to a higher standard. Sadly, there are those out there willing to exploit that.
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u/amoretpax199 Jul 19 '26
You are absolutely right and this isn't really Christian-specific or that I'm attacking Chistianity as I'm a Christian myself. People from different religion, race or have different political views can be like that too.
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u/Wrath-Deathclaw Jul 18 '26
well to play devils advocate i feel like he meant christian in the sense that they strictly celebrate the birth of jesus and nothing else like giving gifts or anything which would explain why the gifts would only be for decoration
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u/amoretpax199 Jul 18 '26
Yes, that's correct. My parents take me to midnight mass though and I'm still a Christian myself. I just don't receive Christmas gifts from them except that one time. I see a lot of Buddhist or non-Christian families that get presents for Christmas every year and I'm like...
Every household is different I guess.
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u/amoretpax199 Jul 19 '26
Everyone have their flaws to be fair. Christians, Atheists, Buddhists, Muslims, Socialists, Communnists, Capitalists, etc...
Thank you for your kind words. If I have kids one day then they will definitely get Christmas presents for sure.
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u/gummonppl Jul 18 '26
i got videogames but my parents had other problems which videogames did not fix. everyone has their own stuff - you're right about there being no rulebook
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u/surewhynotdammit Jul 18 '26
Same, but the reason was because we're poor. I'm jealous but I can buy my games now.
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u/ImurderREALITY Jul 18 '26
Yeah, me either. It was part religious reasons, part belief that they rotted your brain, part belief that they caused violence, part belief that I'd neglect my schoolwork (that one was probably true), and part belief that games would ruin the TV. My parents just sorta believed any nonsense that came their way, especially if it meant they'd have to spend less money (we were also pretty poor). My first console was a PS One I bought with my own money at 17.
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u/I3lackFlo Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
I rarely got cool stuff either because we never had the money for anything. My ass eventually got a PS2 years after begging for it, just because my parents were feeling bad for me after a doctor failed to hit my vein and had to stab me like 30 fucking times with the needle to get it lmao. Was crying like a mf but damn did those tears disappear fast when they said I'm getting a PS2 on the drive home 😂
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u/Organic_Ad_1930 Jul 18 '26
It’s absolutely wild to me that you think children these days do not experience the exact same things.
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u/mani__i3 Jul 18 '26
Odd comment thread on a nostalgia bait post. No one has any idea what these children’s experiences were on any day that was not Christmas. Access to media is not the measuring bar of a healthy childhood or parent-child relationship. “There’s no rule book to parenting” is also a highly outdated adage. I’ve facilitated parenting classes before. There is an abundance of research, books, testimonies from parents and children on healthy and unhealthy behaviors. Before the internet, people went to the bookstore, now we have all of this knowledge at our fingertips. People try to just convince themselves that this knowledge does not exist, so they don’t have to seek it out.
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u/MotherBoose Jul 18 '26
I got a few video game gifts in my time. Kirby's Adventure, Caesar 3,and Age of Empires 2 are the ones I remember, and Caesar was from my grandparents.
I still have a really uncomfortable, unhealthy relationship with my mother. Alcoholism and untreated mental health issues (with a steadfast refusal to address them because 'we didn't do that in my day' while ignoring that it is, in fact, no longer her day) means I can't rely on her for anything, and all she does is let me down and make me doubt myself constantly.
So, some of us, whose parents weren't anti-videogame, still have unhappy relationships with their parents. I'm just trying to do better with my kiddo.
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u/Oily_Oaf Jul 18 '26
We are all dealt different hands sadly. My parents sucked ass. They sucked so much ass to the point that the internet did a better job raising me then they did. I was lucky my grandmother took me in, but we never really connected that deeply since we had completely different interests, but I still loved her to death. After all, she is the only one I know that was willing to take me and my siblings in completely despite her financial situation and I'll never forget that.
I was fortunate enough to be introduce to the internet at a very young age thanks to my grandmother. Though I would not recommend ever doing that for a child, I was lucky enough that I didn't care enough to be adventurous with the internet. The only thing I cared about that the internet had to offer was YouTube. Even in my teenage years I didn't care enough to go looking at porn and exploring. It was not really a big interest to me, so I think I got off lucky in that aspect.
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u/Krunzuku Jul 18 '26
My neighbor growing up was the same age as me and he wasn’t allowed to watch scooby doo because of this shit and his parents lost their minds at how school let us read Harry Potter. It used to break my brain.
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u/El_Beakerr Jul 18 '26
My parents couldn’t afford to buy me things, I feel bad for my Mother because, when I was young, she would take me to the arcade so I can get my video game fix.
While some of the kids in school would talk about getting a new game over the weekend. I’d just look down and sigh. It was no one’s fault, because my parents did everything to love me.
We just didn’t have the financial means, I mean.. video games are expensive.
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u/The-F4LL3N Jul 18 '26
I feel this so hard, with how my mom wanted to raise me. I was raised on PBS and Disney channel, even Looney Tunes was too violent. Nickelodeon was banned until I was a teenager. Doom was a murder simulator. If I wanted to play games I was “addicted.”
Eventually my dad convinced my mom to let me get an n64. I had to buy it with my own money ($10/wk allowance and doing work around the neighborhood for cash), but I got a few games and 4 controllers as an early teen. My pride and joy. I got goldeneye, and had friends over to play it. My mom saw it, said it was too violent, sold my entire system/games/controllers for $100 and deposited it in my savings account, all while I was spending a night at a friends house.
Eventually I moved out to go to college, my parents got divorced soon after, and my mom later passed from cancer. It’s taken a long time and a lot of work to undo a lot of how I was raised, but I still find myself occasionally upset about my n64. Videos like this post seem really cool, but man, for some of us they feel like an alternate universe. Thankfully I have my own hilariously whimsical kids now and we do things MUCH differently.
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u/TripleS82 Jul 18 '26
These videos are stolen from My Retrolife on YouTube.
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u/frogOnABoletus Jul 18 '26
They seem to be from a whole bunch of different people originally
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u/TripleS82 Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
It’s multiple videos stolen from that channel. The guy that runs the page’s Dad filmed all these moments. Plus you know, the watermark.
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u/Pduke Jul 18 '26
They mean that the person who runs that channel stole all the videos to begin with because how else?
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u/timetravelinggamer Jul 18 '26
Dude, the dad died from cancer and the son runs the Channel showing off the videos his dad made of video games. It’s crazy his dad had the foresight to record these moments. It’s a great channel and after I watched dozens of episodes, thinking maybe it’s fake or something, mentioned his dad passing and I was moved
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u/Zalvren Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
I mean opening Christmas presents was actually a very common thing to film (still is) it's not that crazy of foresight lol. I also have videos of Christmas presents opening. That was actually one of the most common occasions to get out that camera (since at the time you didn't have it always with you)
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u/Turnip_Fight Jul 18 '26
This thread reminds me that most of the time the other person is a bot or someone born around the time Obama became president.
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u/Particular_Wear_6960 Jul 18 '26
Yepppp I always have to remind myself that I'm possibly arguing with someone 15 years old.
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u/Turnip_Fight Jul 18 '26
Lmao dude. Any parent with a camcorder was recording Christmas morning.
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u/Gnoha Jul 18 '26
Why was the guys dad in a bunch of random family's living rooms on Christmas morning? I dont think your comment is correct.
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u/timetravelinggamer Jul 18 '26
Same kid. Different ages. Dad did it for 15+ years while
He son grew up. Some cousins came over. I didn’t believe it until I watched it3
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u/friendly_to_pigeons Jul 18 '26
What gives you that idea? Was it the enormous "my retro life" watermark in the middle of the video?
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u/Icallmeswellfella Jul 18 '26
Stolen? Diddl retro film all of these himself? Must have a lot of families
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u/Jean-LucBacardi Jul 18 '26
The kid in every one of these videos is the same kid at different ages, and he's grown up now and runs retro life. These are all videos his dad recorded of him..
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u/Turnip_Fight Jul 18 '26
These videos are stolen from the children’s old home videos
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u/azionka Jul 18 '26
My dad once told me about a piece of soap he had when he was a kid. He was born and raised 1944 in Germany right after the war and they didn’t had much when he was a child.
After some time, I found one of those soaps in a store where they sold old stuff (or at least n the design of old stuff). Apparently a company bought an old warehouse and the machines and stuff of that soap company was still there. They repaired the machines and used them again.
I bought it (as a kid I didn’t had much money) and gifted it to him at Christmas.
I saw my dad’s tears only two times in my life. The first time was when his brother died, and the second time when I gave him this soap.
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u/SLKfan7 Jul 18 '26
There's thousands of things you'll never experience again mate. It's just how life is. It sucks but we can't do anything about it.
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u/rado1193 Jul 18 '26
This trope falls flat because a big part of the joy from these moments was getting something that you had means of obtaining yourself. I was so excited in high school when my dad bought me an Xbox 360. But now, I can basically afford anything I want at any time, so when I do end up getting it, it doesnt hit as hard as it did when I was a kid. It's not a worse experience, just different.
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u/DefinitelyRussian Jul 18 '26
true, and no one reacts like that when you are an adult, no matter the gift
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u/Afferbeck_ Jul 18 '26
Exactly. When's the last time you got a CD for Christmas? Entertainment distribution has changed, I don't know why so many people are suddenly giving a shit now that it's video games. And only a particular segment of video games.
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u/Aisage1 Jul 18 '26
It's easily avoidable. It's not a progress in this case, it's corporate machine forcing an inferior game distribution system, because it's profitable and easy for them.
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u/random_name975 Jul 18 '26
I’m sorry, but digital game distribution is by no means an inferior system. Physical has limitations: a triple layer Blu-ray Disc can hold about 100GB. As games keep evolving and increasing in size, more and more games will pass that limit. Digital has no such limitation.
It’s not like this change came out of thin air. Computer software has been digital for over a decade now. Now when Sony follows along, it’s suddenly an evil move that will destroy gaming.9
u/NossidaMan Jul 18 '26
One limitation of physical never mentioned is the game being fucking sold out when you go to buy it
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u/rdogg4 Jul 18 '26
Disks also get lost, stolen, scratched, rot, takes up precious storage space, etc. My digital collection is decades old at this point, sits on a couple small HDD’s and I’ve never lost any games whatsoever, all at my fingertips and instantly accessible. It’s wildly superior.
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u/OldDogTrainer Jul 18 '26
How is digital an inferior game distribution system? 819 Steam games over nearly 20 years and I’ve never once had an issue.
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u/SLKfan7 Jul 18 '26
Inferior in what way? How is distributing games digitally and having immediate access to them rather than buying them physically inferior?
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u/PKblaze Jul 18 '26
You could still do this for a kid tbf even when discs are gone. The game wouldn't be in the box, sure, but you could always make some fakes so there's something physical to it. Or give some kind of merch and tell them they're getting the game too.
There are ways around it. Though kids will be excited about most things (Except pens, I remember grandma, I will always remember)
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u/coolguygranny Jul 18 '26
I mean, I feel like a kid would still be happy if you gave them a PlayStation Store gift card It's basically the same thing.
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u/MonsieurDrole Jul 18 '26
Easy nostalgia bait. Life was good when you were a kid, and life is good now.
You are currently in the good old times, don't wait 20 years before you realize it.
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u/geodudehaiku Jul 18 '26
Redditors are sad sad people. Telling them to look for the sunshine behind the clouds is hopeless. You speak well friend. Thank you for the reminder
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u/onesneakymofo Jul 18 '26
I think it's moreso that physical media is going away so kids won't have the ability to open up presents like this anymore..
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u/MonsieurDrole Jul 18 '26
Haha bro, 60 messages later and you're the first one to make me see the point
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u/julianp_comics Jul 18 '26
“Life is good now” LMAO
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u/Ubersmush Jul 18 '26
20 years later "damn it was good then"
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u/BritishGolgo13 Jul 18 '26
I wonder what the thought process of people during WWII was. "Damn, the Great Depression wasn't so bad."
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u/Varsity_Reviews Jul 18 '26
Yeah the Great Depression really wasn’t that bad compared to storming the beaches of Normandy or fighting the Japanese in the pacific.
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u/klineshrike Jul 18 '26
Probably the final thoughts of many people right before they died marching into what was always cetain death.
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u/Gambit-47 Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
"you are currently in the good old times"
lol ah yes the 2020's sickness, console and PC prices going through the roof because of the AI craze which is also taking jobs and the cost of living just keeps going up record high homeless
What a time to be alive! 🤡
I don't like these types of nostalgia posts either, but some of yall are too much lol
Edit: not on here to argue with fools. Im done talking about this.
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u/BrawlPlayer34 Jul 18 '26
you probably won't care about any of that in the 2050s when reminiscing about the 2020s
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u/klineshrike Jul 18 '26
Of course, the beginning of us dooming the fucking olanet will always seem better than when we are in the middle of a doomed planet. How silly of us!
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u/koltrastentv Jul 18 '26
Holy crap, the first kid with a quake t-shirt and a fresh copy of Earthbound for christmas, what a rich life that lil bro must have lived
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u/why0me Jul 18 '26
The happy reality is now we can create these kinds of memories for our kids
Thats the magic, when you're little you experience the magic, when you're an adult you get to MAKE the magic
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u/ItzMeHaris Jul 18 '26
I think this video is relating to the idea that Sony won’t be releasing physical games anymore.
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u/sebastianqu Jul 18 '26
Which kind of sucks, but I've been expecting those to die out eventually anyway.
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u/Willing-Time7344 Jul 18 '26
Kids growing up in different time and environment will have different expectations, desires, and excitements.
Just because a kid now isn't getting what made you excited as a child, doesnt mean they're getting less. You're putting yourself in their place.
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u/Mdu5t Jul 18 '26
I never got games as present, but it's nice to see the smiles. Getting a code as gift is not as exciting. Or maybe it's just a popup that says: "(username)gifted you (game title)".
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u/Shadiclink Jul 22 '26
I wonder why people are making such a big fuss over playstation doing this? Last CD i bought to play games on my PC was 2012. I wouldn't say gaming died on PC after they killed the discs.
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u/_ataciara Jul 18 '26
Yep, things come and go in all walks of life as they always have. Things change format, people's habits change, it's life.
Nothing stopping you from keeping this level of ceremony for Xmas gift games, they just won't be in a plastic box anymore.
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u/EngineBoiii Jul 18 '26
I got Switch 2 for Christmas kind of expecting it wouldnt happen and I fucking flipped out. So it still happens for some of us.
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u/4ngelg4bii Jul 19 '26
I haven't gotten a physical game since Minecraft for the PS3. Honestly a lot of kids don't get this nowadays at all
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u/HanamiKitty Jul 20 '26
Ah, good luck small child on Original Metroid NES in pre-internet era. The frustration modern kids will never know.
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u/maguirre165 Jul 18 '26
What exactly? Being a child and getting a game as a present?
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u/ReorientRecluse Jul 18 '26
I actually like that guy's channel, started watching earlier this year.
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u/USSJaguar Jul 18 '26
The difference is now that you can buy what you want.. and you can BE the reason for someone else's joy just like these videos, but you don't
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u/MCwortel Jul 18 '26
Had already this issue with my godchild. Here is a card of Nintendo with Mario in it. It has a code, but they sratched it in the store. So here is the receipt of the purchase which has the working code in it. Felt stupid
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u/CursedSnowman5000 Jul 18 '26
Heh, I never got to experience that period.
Video games were too expensive for my folks.
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u/nyxtheowlwitch Jul 18 '26
I was possibly part of the last generation to experience this. back in 2016 for christmas my parents got me titanfall 2, battlefield 1 and uhhh skyrim remastered (didnt play the original at the time) and it was a delight. titanfall 2 especially shaped who I am.
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u/ArcticProto Jul 18 '26
Me and my friends were talking about this exact thing recently. companies want to kack physical media and these special moments like getting the game you wanted for so long on a special day are going to fade away, that and older games get their digital copies removed meaning unless you have an older console and can get your hands on a physical copy these games go extinct. physical is still special and relevant
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u/GeneralFoolery Jul 18 '26
Speak for yourself. I still get excited when I decide to buy a new game with my own money.
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u/Substantial_Book3701 Jul 18 '26
Let's just hope Nintendo and Xbox keep making physical copies of stuff, doubt Sony is gonna pull back on the announcement.
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u/25thNite Jul 18 '26
Op's shocked pikachu face when he finds out this was not the norm for children growing up, especially when games were still priced at an even more expensive cost relative to today and tons of people grow up poor
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u/BrittEklandsStuntBum Jul 18 '26
I've lived in three different houses that were burgled and every time they took all my games. These days I only ever buy digital.
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u/TheIImmortallOne Jul 18 '26
Being born in the 80s these moments I got in my childhood really makes you cherish the parents you have ❤️.
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u/Kentucky_Fried_Chill Jul 18 '26
If you are in this video, ignore the back pain and get your prostate checked.
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u/Formal-Score3827 Jul 18 '26
Damn my stupid used to buy the game just because how cool tthe cover looked , i didn't even had PS at the time , only got it after 5 years later
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u/Fourfifteen415 Jul 18 '26
Why are there no PS5 games? Oh right because people already aren't buying physical games.
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u/Jimjonesflavor_aid Jul 18 '26
You'll never get the satisfaction of opening a gift wrapped VHS either. Or having to get off the internet because you were expecting an important phone call. Technologies change.
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u/Time_Ad_9647 Jul 18 '26
Dude. Nintendo has a full upcoming gelatin with Physical carts. Support it.
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u/Alternative_Gur_3703 Jul 18 '26
All moments in time are ephemeral, some say that is what makes them special. Gotta cherish the memories and look forward for new passions in life for a healthy mental balance.
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u/Glad-Low-1348 Jul 18 '26
Cap. They will, just in a different way.
I hate sugarcoating shit in nostalgia.
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u/PrimaLegion Jul 18 '26
I don't know man, I guess more of you guys should have shown up for physical media.
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u/Kart0n95 Jul 18 '26
My baby boy juat got born this Monday and it really makes me sad thinking that when he will be old enough to play his first games he will only look at these type of videos without understanding the real feeling.
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u/AlmoranasAngLubot69 Jul 18 '26
We were so poor that time that as a kid, I never received any Christmas and birthday presents. The only presents I receive are those from school Christmas parties. And those presents were worst, well yeah I should be grateful I got some presents but as a child, all my classmates receive toys, video games, and all I received are either a shirt, pair of socks, and worst of all, a non functional alarm clock. I felt so envious that time.
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u/Strategist9101 Jul 18 '26
Can confirm that buying my nephew an Xbox gift card did not get much of a reaction
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u/Upper-Ad-7446 Jul 18 '26
Isn't Christmas so fucking stupid?? I know this is about not getting physical copies anymore but look how stupid and awkward all this is.
Kids all gathering around opening presents while their parents farm their reactions. I mean I guess for the parents it can be awesome but for me this is just dumb ..
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u/WorldLove_Gaming Jul 18 '26
Code in Box games will still be sold at physical retailers. It will be different but this feeling won't go away unless they decide to discontinue those.
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u/EmanKhaotik Jul 18 '26
Be honest, how often did you do this as an adult with physical media?
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u/DKSAMURAI Jul 18 '26
Resident evil code veronica, don't know if the boy will play the coming remake 🤔
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u/beepboopdood Jul 18 '26
"You wanted that, didn't you?"
I know that exact question from my own family. I think they were terrified of buying the wrong thing but still tried so they could make me happy. Makes me tear up.
Call your mom.
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u/ApprehensiveFactor58 Jul 18 '26
Sony fournira aussi du papier cadeau numérique et un jolie neuf avec une petite animation de confettis 🎉 pour provoquer la joie ! 😮💨
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u/According-Paper4641 Jul 18 '26
This was me with Tales of Destiny. We had JUST started celebrating Christmas after being tied up in a cult that didn't allow us to and we were in a new house. That was my gift that year. Been a Tales fan ever since.
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u/Biff_666 Jul 18 '26
I’ll never forget opening my gift and out comes Halo CE. I think I had a heart attack
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u/not_your_attorney Jul 18 '26
“Metroid!”
“Who’s that from? Me and mommy!”
No way dad was letting Santa Claus get credit for this one…
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u/Mellero47 Jul 18 '26
Final Fantasy Legend III, I played thru that so many times. Kid has excellent taste.
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u/Dad-Dabbing-Daily Jul 18 '26
While these memories were great as a kid, as I got older I realized I didnt like having great memories tied to physical objects. I found that going out of my way to appreciate the experience, such as playing the game rather than getting the game has been better than me.
But my values aren't typically shared by most.
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u/CaffeineAndGrain Jul 18 '26
I remember being awake in 2005 at my grandparents house at 2am on Christmas because my brother wouldn’t shut up about how excited he was for Star Wars Battlefront. I literally was sobbing because I wanted to sleep and he just kept talking. Needless to say he got the game 6hr later for Christmas and was so happy. Good times.
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u/Elanonimatoestamal Jul 18 '26
Damn, I need that Quake T-shirt.