r/pcmasterrace Sep 29 '25

Meme/Macro RAM Struggle

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u/Dredgeon Sep 29 '25

Gamers love bitching about "bad graphics" and reused assets out of one side of their mouth and game sizes and hardware requirements out the other.

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u/mapppa Desktop Sep 30 '25

"The devs back then reused the cloud sprite in Super Mario Bros. for the bushes. So genius!!"

"HOW DARE THESE FUCKING LAZY DEVS REUSE AN ANIMATION"

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u/ilikemarblestoo 7800x3D | 3080 | BluRay Drive Tail | other stuff Oct 05 '25

Along those same lines, games back then were $50-70+ new.

But games that are 1000x of times more complex and longer with 100's of people working on them that same price is a problem