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The fact that even 3D games are old now blows my mind on a regular basis. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I suppose this is what getting older feels like.

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[–] jballs 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That's what's mind blowing to me. The difference between games used to be staggering. The original Mario Bros compared to Mario 3 was huge. And jumping up to Mario 64 in less than a decade was even bigger still.

Obviously games have continued to improve since then, but we'll never have such rapid massive leaps again.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

The original Mario Bros compared to Mario 3 was huge.

And that was on the same system.

[–] someacnt 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, I believe technical progress has grinded to a halt. Moore's law was broken with regards to hardware. I cannot think of novel tech after smartphones. Now, it feels like everything new is a wealth hoarding scheme by corporate greed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

We'll know there's been a new tech revolution when HL3 comes out