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Not for Resale

You can just go to thedigital marketplace and browse and who knows, maybeyou'll discover a...

You can just go to the
digital marketplace and browse and who knows, maybe
you'll discover a game, a developer or a
publisher that you've never heard of before and that's what's awesome about digital

Full Transcript

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You can just go to the digital marketplace and browse
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and who knows, maybe you'll discover a game,
00:00:04.743 --> 00:00:05.657
a developer or a publisher that you've
00:00:05.657 --> 00:00:07.528
never heard of before and that's
00:00:07.528 --> 00:00:09.486
what's awesome about digital.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
53
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:02
Uploaded
Jun 12, 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.
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 ...
So, you can sit there and you can spend six months on it, - Not for Resale 00:05
So, you can sit there and you can spend six months on it,
You can make this game that you think's - Not for Resale 00:05
You can make this game that you think's
There is no longer a Nintendo seal of approval - Not for Resale 00:04
There is no longer a Nintendo seal of approval
PAX originally, right, was such a community thing - Not for Resale 00:06
PAX originally, right, was such a community thing
We're gonna go there and we're gonna play - Not for Resale 00:06
We're gonna go there and we're gonna play
- Horizon Chase Turbo is a throwback to arcade - Not for Resale 00:05
- Horizon Chase Turbo is a throwback to arcade
So, it basically it brings back the feeling - Not for Resale 00:07
So, it basically it brings back the feeling
- Floor Kids is a break dance battle game - Not for Resale 00:12
- Floor Kids is a break dance battle game