Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-40164738-20191113235413

The only time I ever saw tobacco vending machines was in bars, you generally had to be 16+ anyways to get in, so generally they were unsecured. When the ID checking variants came in they just stopped bothering with them. In supermarkets they actually switched to a sort of tube system at the register. You have a small touch panel with leds indicating if they're available, press one and it gets deposited near the cashier. Bit overcomplicated but I guess it deters cig stealing. Apart from that we generally have a service desk with the locked up stuff like you described. We had dialup for the longest time, so online games were barely possible. And when me and my brother somehow managed to get it working we spend a bit too long on it, so obviously we got scolded. Shortly after that we got broadband though ;) Still never really took off for me, never got into MMOs as much as my brothers, so offline served me just fine. They'd have to get used to it, but there's plenty to play. I assume regular internet use would be fine though?

Probably third parties for the books. But the music CD was just Amazon I believe and I find it hard to consider that 18+. Couldn't even get a digital version unless it was set to Japanese, but that's probably a regional licensing issue. Price and convenience will be king, I know better than to trust the cheap "Amazon basics" items in categories anyways, so I generally buy cheaper stuff at specialist stores. But for other people they'll do just fine and it's a known storefront. It'll be hard to avoid though, 13th biggest in the world and the ones which are bigger are either oil, electricity, car conglomerates or just conglomerates. I guess Apple and Walmart being the only different bigger ones.

Porting itself can work fine if the controls are portable (i.e. not a mouse game) AOE2 on PS2 is a great example of what not to do, maybe using a mouse is possible, but I'd have to dig out my PS2 to try. Either way it's not like the PSP couldn't handle the games and it doesn't look too different from the windows version, but it all feels a bit toned down. It does feel more at home on a PC though. As for music, direct playback through headphones can sound fine on good systems. The PSP should be capable of clear sound, depending on the size of the original game (which is likely pretty small without audio, check any Alicesoft game) it should fit without too much compression (if any) on a UMD (900 MB or 1.8 GB). Not that rambling about it matters anyway, most only really gripe about the translation. Ultimately I wouldn't say it's the systems fault (and with the PS vita they have no excuse), It's been a while since I heard the music on the music on the PSP though, so I'd have to compare it to the windows release. I doubt it should differ much to late 90's PC games though. Again, good luck finding that. I assume it'd be easier to find than Alicesoft limited edition stuff, considering Falcom probably sold a bit more. Changing of the market and it seemed to have worked like you said. I'll probably play the later cold steel games when they release on PC or when my PS4 won't become unhackable due to a newer game. Modern consoles are a hassle with that, can't even own a game without it forcibly updating your system. Played the previous ones on PC though, so hopefully a PC port so I can actually use my saves. I'd like to finish the series after all, unless the game itself turns into a trainwreck of mechanics. Still waiting on Legend of heroes II and the Legend of Xanadu 1&2.

RX generally took 7 (work)days. So if shipped early in the week/midweek, I'd see it the next week. The cheaper option I'm using now should take twice as long, but that other package's odd shipping date is hopefully a fluke. Do you mean the slipbox or the game case? Because I can't imagine much being in the gamecase. How much of the old games will you realistically sell though? If physicals exist people will probably buy them secondhand rather then get the digital, so I guess selling the digital cheap makes sense because at this point it's all extra money anyways. Who doesn't? Still would like to see a yakata or Alice 2020.