It was unfortunately the development of digital distribution that did it.
>90's/00's
You could barely get a patch to fix your game without being 'in the know' on where to find it online. Everything was sold in stores, so expansions had to be worth the money content-wise.
>10's/20's
We're lucky the patches are free.

>>748270047
I think on paper battlepasses are a great idea. They incentivize you to actually play the game and earn your new stuff.

bro is nostalgia for old DLC

Very nice organic thread you have here OP, totally wasn't stolen from the same Twitter post from FUCKING TODAY.

>>748270047
>mom i need mow wobux
Seriously.
Parents with disposable income dump thousands a month on their kids' mtx bullshit. They don't even know what they're buying most of the time, just more money for "video games."
>but they can't be that retarded
They are.
You know those dumbass coworkers who constantly surprise you by showing up because somehow they didn't choke themselves to death when they put on their shirt that morning? Those people exist in the upper echelons too, they usually just happened to have been born into a better station.
None of you have ever worked retail? Weekdays are just retirees and SAHMs with more money than sense, trying to buy shit to fill the void and keep their families happy.

>>748270434
>Ninety's
>Thousand's
>Ten's
>Twenty's
ESL faggot.

>>748270551
The game shouldn't have to bribe you to play, you should just actually want to play it