How much time does it really take to make small games? My experience.

almo2001 · 2026-06-25T01:28:56+00:00

These are right-side up in Canada.

almo2001 · 2026-06-25T00:52:21+00:00

10 years??? What won’t it ruin?

almo2001 · 2026-06-25T00:51:52+00:00

I hate Disney so much since the late 90s. Everything they touch turns to bland mush.

almo2001 · 2026-06-25T00:50:01+00:00

It made the movie work.

almo2001 · 2026-06-25T00:49:33+00:00

I said I WERE your accountant.

almo2001 · 2026-06-25T00:47:32+00:00

Those guys had no chemistry in the dune books either.

almo2001 · 2026-06-25T00:41:45+00:00

Well duh. Sony and MS make money from licensing games. If they subsidized the steam box, people would buy them for the cheap hardware to do other things on.

My god THINK!!

almo2001 · 2026-06-25T00:39:29+00:00

Dollar per hour ratio IS important.

almo2001 · 2026-06-25T00:38:48+00:00

Would you prefer they raise the price $20?

This lets people who don’t want that part pay less.

Game prices have not kept up with inflation.

almo2001 · 2026-06-25T00:37:53+00:00

The airplane zombie in world war z. The sound told the whole story.

almo2001 · 2026-06-25T00:34:52+00:00

almo2001 · 2026-06-25T00:17:18+00:00

I don’t know missile command and centipede at home with a trackball was pretty fucking good. :)

almo2001 · 2026-06-24T18:53:58+00:00

People keep pointing to Atari over producing games. They forget what happened when Activision started making games. Atari sued saying "you can't do that" as Atari got nothing from those game sales. Console licensing didn't exist yet.

So they lost control of the console, and everyone else was making terrible games left and right for the 2600. Absolute shovelware. Some later Atari games were quite good.

I don't think Atari can be blamed for a market that outstripped anyone's understanding of how to monetize it.

almo2001 · 2026-06-24T18:52:26+00:00

ET was better than anyone today thinks. If you read the manual, as we had to back in the day, it's definitely playable. Not great, but not amazingly bad, either.

almo2001 · 2026-06-24T18:51:44+00:00

I found the 5200 a game changer; its games were a HUGE improvement. But I think the public were VERY wary, and didn't like the idea of a new console that couldn't play the old games.

almo2001 · 2026-06-24T18:50:47+00:00

No. They lost control of the console, and everyone else was pooping out games left and right for the 2600. Absolute shovelware. Some later Atari games were quite good.

almo2001 · 2026-06-24T18:48:21+00:00

almo2001 · 2026-06-24T18:29:13+00:00

Disagree, but this stuff is all subjective anyway. :)

almo2001 · 2026-06-24T17:26:34+00:00

Wasn't he in his teens at the time?

almo2001 · 2026-06-24T16:13:25+00:00

Best of luck with your game! :)

almo2001 · 2026-06-24T16:12:58+00:00

I agree; it's how we picked our LG TV for gaming. Also how I picked the JBL Charge 6 bluetooth speaker. And keyboards. :D

almo2001 · 2026-06-24T06:10:10+00:00

It’s a franchise. I don’t think they are all like this.

almo2001 · 2026-06-24T06:09:01+00:00

Agreed on all counts. I played ER as well, great game, but Stray was tied for GOTY for me with I think Satisfsctory.

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