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The idea that you could have a digital marketplace
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Not for Resale

The idea that you couldhave a digital marketplace was just not feasiblebecause these boxes...

The idea that you could
have a digital marketplace was just not feasible
because these boxes didn't have the hard
drive space to store all this information

Full Transcript

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The idea that you could have a digital marketplace
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was just not feasible because these boxes
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didn't have the hard drive space to store
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all this information.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:43
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.
- 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
Minecraft would not have been possible - Not for Resale 00:05
Minecraft would not have been possible
What Walmart buyer would've seen Minecraft - Not for Resale 00:09
What Walmart buyer would've seen Minecraft
Now that we're able to communicate directly - Not for Resale 00:13
Now that we're able to communicate directly
- I think there's no way you can say - Not for Resale 00:07
- I think there's no way you can say
Digital distribution plays into the fact that we're so varied - Not for Resale 00:06
Digital distribution plays into the fact that we're so ...
If you have an idea for a video game, if you have something you enjoy, - Not for Resale 00:06
If you have an idea for a video game, if you have something ...