How Buying Video Games Has Changed

Remember the good ol' days? When you used to walk into a store and pick out a game that LOOKED COOL? No reviews, no let's plays, nothing!

[jackdiaz]

That game about paying taxes taught me more than school did

[DasBrot-]

Y'all won't be laughing when green man wins game of the year

[jacobwingers]

Green Man Level 7: Running from the IRS

[newpancakeman]

Green Man was never meant for 3D, the game really went downhill afterwards

[biharimark]

"what game should i buy? There is so many"
*3 different games on the shelfs*

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

(Buys a digital copy)


Download time: *So you have chosen death*

[SewrRat]

Level 1: Taxes
Level 2: Tax Fraud
Level 3: Cover up
Level 4: Police Chase
Level 5: Shootout
Level 6: Busted
Level 7: The Soap

[HarshVardhan-xfsc]

This video is not even a joke it's literally how it is.

[ZayRashod]

Little did he know he foreshadowed Cyberpunk 2077

[unidentified]

I was expecting a gamestop's employee hounding you like a used car sales man but this works too XD

[ivv]

Hey, you want a free magazine Every single month with a membership.

[astraltempestvt]

Me then: When's my allowance coming? I've been saving for Halo 3 for months.

Me now: When's the next steam sale? Gotta stock up on enough games to last til the next big sale.

[shamrocksheep]

During high school my family's internet was so bad Steam would show "over a year" as a legitimate download time estimate sometimes if more than one person was home and using the internet. So that "12 years left" didn't feel like an exaggeration.

[justahollow]

After 12 years:
"Do you want to download additional content to otimize your experience?(may take some minutes)"

[kazumasatou]

Games DLC then: you get 20+ hours of game play, more story, new characters, new weapons and new side quests. 25$
Games DLC now: you get a weapon and a skin. 80$

[olderaccountgone]

I remember when you bought a game and it was COMPLETE without DLC - what a time to be alive!

[muffinmixish]

Me this week: "I've been doing a lot of homework, time to relax and play some more modern warfare"

70 GB UPDATE

[toobasicbot]

Me when I hear about learning how to do taxes: YES PLEASE

[nickw]

Past: I get to Keep my games!

Games as a service: Well yes, but actually no.

[TweetTweet]

Epic Man 4: *Comes out in 2020*

Epic Man 4: *Wins game of the year in 2032*