Yes but back then most people only bought maybe 2-3 games the entire generation and traded with their friends. There was also a lot of local coop games.
Now people would like to play dozens of games and it’s difficult to share, often you even need to buy two copies of a game to even play with your family in the same house.
The 1,000 year gap really shows how fast things move now. Imagine not being able to date if something was made 1,000 years ago or today. Even a couple decades is a big change in what we use.
As someone without parents I immediately thought what kind of job pays enough to pay all your bills and rent. Then realized you probably aren’t paying the starting rate of thousands of dollars each month to parents?
Interesting do you have a source for this? I would like to learn more about the history. If not that’s ok I can try to search for it.