Comments on: I Remember When Video Games Cost A Nickel! http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/08/17/i-remember-when-video-games-cost-a-nickel/ Thu, 23 May 2013 22:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pedro http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/08/17/i-remember-when-video-games-cost-a-nickel/#comment-321387 Pedro Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:49:49 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=49569#comment-321387 Well, my childhood was not like that, however, around this parts I've had to deal with another problem: Games are freakin' overly expensive and no child can pay for it. It didn't matter how many times I washed cars (because all the other options are non-existing where I live) i could never get a console. Luckily my parents gave me a N64 one chirstmas I had 4 or 5 games which I played over and over (never could afford other games). Yeah it sucked because things in Brazil cost a lot... That's why when I finally started working I invested a lot of money into gaming, to fulfill my childhood needs ;p I can honestly say I'm a big spender and sometimes it scares me to look at how much money I spend with games, but at least I know I work my ass off to pay for those. Well, my childhood was not like that, however, around this parts I’ve had to deal with another problem: Games are freakin’ overly expensive and no child can pay for it. It didn’t matter how many times I washed cars (because all the other options are non-existing where I live) i could never get a console. Luckily my parents gave me a N64 one chirstmas I had 4 or 5 games which I played over and over (never could afford other games). Yeah it sucked because things in Brazil cost a lot…

That’s why when I finally started working I invested a lot of money into gaming, to fulfill my childhood needs ;p

I can honestly say I’m a big spender and sometimes it scares me to look at how much money I spend with games, but at least I know I work my ass off to pay for those.

]]> By: Darklurkr23 http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/08/17/i-remember-when-video-games-cost-a-nickel/#comment-321362 Darklurkr23 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:36:11 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=49569#comment-321362 My old source of revenue was Birthdays, X-Mas (Which is 2 days before I'd always get screwed the dread 20 dollar combo gift). And Report Card A's which were a bitch in their own right. Yea Its so awesome to just be able to buy something when I want it now. Also, that sucks you had to due all that farmwork. I would've found some Mexicans to work for your Uncle's farm for cheap! My old source of revenue was Birthdays, X-Mas (Which is 2 days before I’d always get screwed the dread 20 dollar combo gift). And Report Card A’s which were a bitch in their own right. Yea Its so awesome to just be able to buy something when I want it now. Also, that sucks you had to due all that farmwork. I would’ve found some Mexicans to work for your Uncle’s farm for cheap!

]]> By: EdEN http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/08/17/i-remember-when-video-games-cost-a-nickel/#comment-321358 EdEN Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:55:31 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=49569#comment-321358 Yep, kids today are too lazy. I started working when I was 13 at a mom and pop videogames store and by 14 I was the manager during the second shift. I've veen working ever since and saving for harder times... and spending part of it on comics, videogames and movies (remember VHS tapes?). Now that I have the money I don't have the time and I've got a backlog to work on. Anyone remember paying $40 for a Mega Man game on the NES or $80 for Final Fantasy III (VI) on the SNES? I get a good laugh at people complaining about Wii Virtual Console prices or how $50-60 is expensive for games nowadays. $5-10 is not expensive for a downloadable game from the past! Speaking of crazy... what the hell is up with prices for playing at arcades (at the few ones still left)? Yep, kids today are too lazy. I started working when I was 13 at a mom and pop videogames store and by 14 I was the manager during the second shift. I’ve veen working ever since and saving for harder times… and spending part of it on comics, videogames and movies (remember VHS tapes?). Now that I have the money I don’t have the time and I’ve got a backlog to work on. Anyone remember paying $40 for a Mega Man game on the NES or $80 for Final Fantasy III (VI) on the SNES? I get a good laugh at people complaining about Wii Virtual Console prices or how $50-60 is expensive for games nowadays. $5-10 is not expensive for a downloadable game from the past!

Speaking of crazy… what the hell is up with prices for playing at arcades (at the few ones still left)?

]]> By: Darrin http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/08/17/i-remember-when-video-games-cost-a-nickel/#comment-321354 Darrin Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:15 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=49569#comment-321354 I'm sorry to hear about your childhood... Beyond that, I'm not sure what the point of this post was. I’m sorry to hear about your childhood…

Beyond that, I’m not sure what the point of this post was.

]]> By: BigJoshMan http://www.ps3blog.net/2011/08/17/i-remember-when-video-games-cost-a-nickel/#comment-321353 BigJoshMan Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:16:24 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=49569#comment-321353 Good article. My situation was not that hard, but I did start working in a fruit packing shed at the age of 13. I did that every summer for 3 years so I could buy new clothes for school. That was fun. Oh and Fresno is still hot as hell. My kids get all teary eyed when they have to clean their room, like their being sent to work in the mines. And since they haven't worked to pay for anything in their lives they treat everything like crap. They just assume mom and dad will go buy another one. My wife is a softy and babies them, while i'm outside busting my butt on the farm after an 8 hour workday. My how times change. Good article. My situation was not that hard, but I did start working in a fruit packing shed at the age of 13. I did that every summer for 3 years so I could buy new clothes for school. That was fun. Oh and Fresno is still hot as hell. My kids get all teary eyed when they have to clean their room, like their being sent to work in the mines. And since they haven’t worked to pay for anything in their lives they treat everything like crap. They just assume mom and dad will go buy another one. My wife is a softy and babies them, while i’m outside busting my butt on the farm after an 8 hour workday. My how times change.

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