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SinningStromgald, (edited ) do gaming w I miss manuals...

The lack of game manuals in game cases still makes me sad.

brbposting,

Are they trying to sell digital manuals? Or was it just about the $.10 per copy savings?

yamanii,
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it’s penny pinching, some have soulless digital manuals.

Dudewitbow,

conpanies usually either bake it into the game as tutorials or have digital manuals nowadays. it was always about cutting physical sales cost (as the physical media itself has a cost attached to it)

IDK how it works on the current console devices, but on the yhe previous generation, the wiiu for example would give the player the option to open the digital manual when the game is launched by pressing the home button and selecting the manual. one of yhe pros is that the manuals digitally tend to be more complete and not rushed to save on cost. take for example, the Xenoblade Chronicle X manual is 142 pages long, something that would basically never exist physically.

SquirrelX, do gaming w I miss manuals...

At least it has something in it, not just a piece of paper with an online download code…

invertedspear, do gaming w I miss manuals...

Why are there clips for a manual yet never a manual or even an info card? Seems like this started in the PS3/360/Wii generation.

Godort,

Some games come with an insert or a manual, but it’s rare.

And it’s cheaper to have only one case design rather than two

TootSweet,

Yeah, as Godort said, some games do come with manuals. The Knights of the Old Republic (the first one) port to the Switch is one example. (Presumably KOTOR II as well.)

thehatfox, do gaming w I miss manuals...
@thehatfox@lemmy.world avatar

Be thankful there is still a case to open and a cartridge inside, for now at least.

Still sad to see, there’s no feeling like the anticipation that builds from reading a game manual on the car or bus ride home.

Tylerdurdon, do gaming w I miss manuals...

Me too, all of these automatics and the paddle shifters… It’s not the same.

FunkyMonk, do gaming w I miss manuals...

Those booklets were more joy to little me on the car ride home than the game itself many a time.

danc4498, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now

Taking turns playing Doom 64 while drinking Mtn Dew Code Red and eating Buncha Crunch. Everything was downhill after that.

tiredofsametab, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now

I don't think I can be 38 right now unless we want to really break physics. I wouldn't mind shaving a couple of years off, though.

And I'd have to use that weird-assed controller shudder.

That said, y'all have fun and enjoy it! :)

Stanley_Pain, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now
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Never understood the love for N64. That controller was an abomination.

Zoomboingding,
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Never understood the dislike for the controller. Have you ever used it?

Stanley_Pain,
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Yes, I hated it.

Kolanaki, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now
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Not having an N64 or a copy of that game stops me.

This and the other WWE games on N64 is why I went through so many controllers… A lot of them had you spinning the stick to get out of stuff and it would wear down the springs until the stick was worthlessly flaccid. 😩

ShaggySnacks,

the stick was worthlessly flaccid.

Sounds like the title of the world’s saddest sex tape.

Brekky, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now

As a 42 year old woman with no work tomorrow, eating takeaway pizza and drinking wine whilst contemplating zelda on the DS I bought over Covid vs a cheesy movie on Hulu this made me smile. :)

Riven,
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Why not both. Having a movie or show on the second screen while I game is my lifeblood.

helloharu,
@helloharu@lemmy.world avatar

Sounds like you were living the dream.

Brekky,

It’s not bad I grant you

Drusas, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now

I think you mean "the alcohol cabinet is stocked and so are the retro games". Legend of Zelda, here I come.

robotopera, do gaming w I miss manuals...

Untitled goose game was surprisingly the last game I bought that had a case full of swag.

captain_aggravated, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

Lots of things stopping me from doing this:

  1. I am currently 36 years old, I will not be 38 at any time during the year 2024.
  2. I do not own a copy of Wrestlemania 2000.
  3. I finished my pizza rolls yesterday.
diffcalculus,

Sounds more like you’re not trying hard enough

StopSpazzing,
@StopSpazzing@lemmy.world avatar

I agree. He just needs to smoke a carton of cigs and drink a bottle of whiskey and he will feel older the next day for sure!

TwinTusks,
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I also going to bed at 10:30

Pwnmode, do gaming w Nothing is stopping you from this right now

I resemble that remark.

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