When the ps1 came out, you could actually play many of the first wave games fine without a memory card.
Many were arcade-style and the mem card only saved scores and settings. Many had passwords. And many were so short that you wouldn't miss it.
I never bought a system that used one without one. I always find it weird hearing about people who did. The boxes all said they were needed.
I was actually sad when they went away. Hard drives can be nice but this along with online gaming pretty much spelled the end of couch multiplayer
I didn't say it was included. I said systems that needed them said so on the box. Thus, I bought one with the system or I didn't buy the system. It would be like buying a PC with no monitor.Really? I never bought a console that came with one. I dont even revisions like slim PS2 having one included.
$40 USDcontrollers used to be like 25 bucks during the ps2 era. werent memory cards like 20?
N64 memory cards were notoriously unreliable. I've never had a HDD fail but I've had a couple of 1st party N64 cards get their saves corrupted.I miss Memory Cards, as well as your game data/game progress being saved on cartridges.
They're a good way to keep your data, etc. intact. HDD's can always fail or be corrupted.
How many N64 memory cards were sold?
I remember barely any games required it so I didn't see anyone who had it.
N64 games that didn't have battery saving included and required the "Controller Pak" to save instead:
Paper runs out and ink does too, so do batteries. You need that stuff. Paying for online is something that I never needed to do in the past and some things that I could do (backups) are now behind another form of paywall. Times have changed and the form in which we get leeched is different, but in the end we need to pay up to play. Same difference.Everything you listed is included with the item sold.
And paying extra to save and paying for online aren't really comparable.
This was very painful for me. Grew up very poor. Convincing my parents to spend hundreds on the console and then needing to spend another $25-40 was not fun.
We were kids who's parents brought our systems and didn't know about cards right away. Half the stories here explain this.I never bought a system that used one without one. I always find it weird hearing about people who did. The boxes all said they were needed.