cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/7643915

As always in capitalism, video games have largely deformed from an art form into just another means to generate profit for large corporations

  • MxM111@kbin.social
    71·
    1 year ago

    That’s only because in the West there was no way for the game to reach customers at the time. The game was popular in the “Soviet Block” just fine, because distribution model was different.

    Today, it would spread through internet like fire.

    • Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      28·
      1 year ago

      Sure, I’m always playing Vietnamese and Cuban games. They’re grrrreat!

      And Tetris was only successful because of licencing, let’s not create an alternative history here