/vr/ - Retro Games

It wasn't exactly home consoles that killed arcades, but the people's choice. If the mere existence of a different option made people abandon arcades, it's because that's what they really wanted. The masses could've kept both arcades and home consoles alive and coexisting, and yet they only chose one.

It's like that autistic argument from the local schizos about how Half-Life "ruined" FPS - when it came out, people flocked to it and started copying that game instead of its predecessors. If they didn't go back to arena FPS after that, it's because they really didn't want it. They were putting up with it.

Like with all things, the current standard is always "the best one"... until something new comes along that just so happens to be closer to people's ideal.

>>8458960
Read this article from over 20 years ago.
https://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/77.html