Developers and publishers also generally didn't try to blame everyone or everything but themselves if a game did poorly or failed. It was good times then :nerd:.
Yes good ol days When we have such things like 4 home console versions of street fighter 2 Or recalls of buggy games that could have been fixed with a patch. There are a lot more than that, innumerable cartridge/disc based games had updated versions shipped out. Or re-releasing games on the same console for stuff that could have been patched in or added as DLC, but full price.
"Free demo"? Is there such a thing as a paid demo? Oh lord dont give the triple A industry more ideas...