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user-inactivated  ·  3943 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Permadeath just won't die

Well sure, because then they got more quarters. Replayability was a goal for arcade games because more replays meant more money. I think it more plausible that the arcade games that were successful still being fun the nth time made players ok with costly deaths than that costly deaths made people want to keep playing.