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As a predominantly console gamer Xbox Live Arcade
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Not for Resale

As a predominantly consolegamer Xbox Live Arcade was really kind of likethe window like oh...

As a predominantly console
gamer Xbox Live Arcade was really kind of like
the window like oh yeah, I can download this game

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- As a predominantly console gamer Xbox Live Arcade
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was really kind of like the window like oh yeah,
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I can download this game.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:51
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Fool's Errand Productions

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Movie Summary

A feature-length documentary on local video game stores and the final days of physical media.
- Certainly, Steam existed before that, - Not for Resale 00:07
- Certainly, Steam existed before that,
The first game I bought digitally was Snood - Not for Resale 00:05
The first game I bought digitally was Snood
It was sort of a big deal to throw in that $2 - Not for Resale 00:09
It was sort of a big deal to throw in that $2
- Digital marketplaces couldn't succeed - Not for Resale 00:07
- Digital marketplaces couldn't succeed
If you think about the hard drives - Not for Resale 00:15
If you think about the hard drives
The idea that you could have a digital marketplace - Not for Resale 00:09
The idea that you could have a digital marketplace
- You could buy video games on your XBox - Not for Resale 00:06
- You could buy video games on your XBox
I think it took a long time for people - Not for Resale 00:17
I think it took a long time for people
- iTunes and digital games for Apple didn't really - Not for Resale 00:08
- iTunes and digital games for Apple didn't really
Mobile would never be where it is today - Not for Resale 00:05
Mobile would never be where it is today
- It used to be like a one gigabyte download - Not for Resale 00:14
- It used to be like a one gigabyte download
Digital stores are all about convenience - Not for Resale 00:08
Digital stores are all about convenience
Maybe you don't have time to go down - Not for Resale 00:05
Maybe you don't have time to go down
You can just go to the digital marketplace and browse - Not for Resale 00:09
You can just go to the digital marketplace and browse
It's the mid 1980s, Nintendo comes outta nowhere, - Not for Resale 00:06
It's the mid 1980s, Nintendo comes outta nowhere,
There is a chip shortage in 1988. - Not for Resale 00:04
There is a chip shortage in 1988.
There's a great Chicago Tribune article - Not for Resale 00:07
There's a great Chicago Tribune article
I remember Peter Main, the Senior Vice President - Not for Resale 00:12
I remember Peter Main, the Senior Vice President
One of the benefits today of digital distribution - Not for Resale 00:11
One of the benefits today of digital distribution
For the first time, people are making games - Not for Resale 00:06
For the first time, people are making games