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Re:The Collectors Who Save Video-Game History from Oblivion by password1 on Saturday September 10, 2022 @08:51AM (#32790156)
What I think it's harder to preserve is the fact that modern games are often constantly updated with new content to the point that sometimes not much of the original experience remains. For example Terraria 1.0 is wildy different from 1.4 released almost 10 years later and this can be said of most modern titles, especially ones that were released in early access. Not to talk about online games, titles like Fortnite, Warframe, Destiny to name a few are all constantly evolving with new content releases that alter basically everything. Good luck preserving and replaying some specific updates if you ever feel nostalgic about it.
Re:The Collectors Who Save Video-Game History from Oblivion by vlunkr on Saturday September 10, 2022 @01:25PM (#32792658)
Same thing with mobile games, they’re constantly adapting to trends or doing seasonal updates. I feel like this is overlooked because “serious” gamers don’t care about mobile games, but one day people are going to be nostalgic for the Halloween 2014 update of candy crush.
Re:The Collectors Who Save Video-Game History from Oblivion by mysterydip on Saturday September 10, 2022 @09:13AM (#32790309)
I think for these, the most we will be able to preserve is things like "let's plays" or streams to see what it was like at that point in time.
Re:The Collectors Who Save Video-Game History from Oblivion by moonshadow565 on Saturday September 10, 2022 @02:14PM (#32793092)
League of Legends is one such game as well.