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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

apologies... cache as in it was a meme with gamers about paying for it haha as it was a joke but here we are :/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could you please explain? Now I'm curious.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If the internet was a real a place i would be able to pull article from the time period but search yields jack shit.

but here something now (2020) https://screenrant.com/oblivion-horse-armor-dlc-controversy-explained/

In 2006 - a year after the Xbox 360's launch - the term "microtransaction" wasn't even widely known. Instead, Oblivion's Horse Armor was just called "bad DLC." But it ended up kick-starting of one of gaming's most hated and most lucrative business tactics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't find any references to "cache". That's the part I want to understand, what the significance of that part of the joke. Why "cache"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah, as in it provides respect? And sounds like cash? I know, I know, dissecting jokes is a lot of fun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

A notable characteristic