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[โ€“] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I agree with the rest but it's not just modern gaming it was happening back in the 90s on consoles and earlier in arcades. One of the first games I played was an obvious cash grab by Marvel, Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge for the Gameboy. It was barely playable.

[โ€“] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I heard also that even earlier than that, there was an E.T. game that may have been a bad cash grab. I doubt it had any serious impact, though.