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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by dotancohen on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @05:23AM (#29991901)
You're not buying new games if you're enjoying nine-year-old games.

Did you know that before The Phantom Menace, then-20-year-old Star Wars would compete with new movies at rental shops? I personally believe that this is why Star Wars was "updated": it was too resilient to being replaced. The rental place didn't need to buy so many new copies of new movies when they could keep making money on old Star Wars. So the studios needed a way to make Star Wars less appealing.

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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by suifbwish on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:59AM (#29995329)
Of all the theories I have heard on why Star Wars was ruined (I agree) this is the first I’ve heard of this one :) . Politics aside, money does often seem to be the biggest motivator for creation and destruction of things. It is inherently not progressive to have one thing that is built perfectly and never needs to be altered or repaired. Progression often seems to be more of a quest for change for its own sake rather than improvement. Something isn’t profitable if it has no planned obsolescence.
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