While I think the point is valid that gaming companies have forgotten about gaming -- and the strongest critiques of Nintendo have been about doing exactly that -- there are some nagging points in this article which to me starts to make Malstrom a bit of a blow-hard.
It is true the site is growing. Visits are up 280% in the last three months. But it is still not in the top 100K of all websites. Only about 2-3 visitors per million on the net visit it. So it is not as widely quoted or followed as we may think. (For reference, VGChartz gets 200 per millon web visitors and ranks 7592nd of all web sites).
Also, prices are not as high as they were in the classic era when adjusted for inflation. The Intellivision's MSRP of $300 was $725 in 2006. The Atari 2600's $200 was $483. And $30 games then would be equal to $72. So prices are not the factor he is making them out to be.
Mike from Morgantown
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