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That was posted in 2005, when the standard pricing for a AAA console release was $49.99

I remember Battlefield Vietname and Unreal Tournament 2004 being $39.99 when they first launched on PC.

Adjusted for inflation

Far as I can remember, it was always predicted to be an exponential curve - especially with each year’s fire season growing more intense than the last.

The Mountain Dew “Game Fuel” tie-in wound up being perfect for a bunch of us high-schoolers too

Halo 3 multiplayer remained a staple for us for years, we’d often go right back to it after wearing out other games like Call of Duty 4 MW

Some older TVs from that era were finicky about certain HDMI signals, notably those coming from PCs.

You sure this is USB-C?

A USB-C port has 20 pins, two rows of 10.

Your image appears to only have two traces leading up to the ripped off pads. I would assume that perhaps there are vias to the other side of the board that aren’t visible due to lossy image quality, which would more closely match USB2 Mini or Micro B (4 Pins).

Ultimately, this is fixable with the right tools and skills. It looks like the main ground pads for mechanical support of the receptacle are still there. You would then need to expose parts of the trace on the PCB, solder jumper wires to the pins of the receptacle, and then solder those jumper wires to the corresponding trace.

The best “guide” is going to be watching a multitude of videos of how it’s done. Look up USB Port or Receptacle replcement.

Your supply requirements: Fine tipped soldering iron Solder Flux Thin enamel wire Magnification (I prefer a microscope) Fiberglass pencil or small blade (scalpel, x-acto, that sort of thing) Tweezers

That’s about 3 hours 15 minutes per day or 25 hours a week.

I’m sure this will eventually reach a point of actually enshittification. For the time being, it seems like they’re making the highest bandwidth users - who have a part time job’s amount of time to play video games - pay more for their share.