Like, will there be a point in time where you think that with all of the games of yesteryear to play that are thousands and thousands, with thousands more forward ahead to be released. There’s only so much time available to be playing so much in a lifetime.
So that begs the question, do you just decide on which generation of gaming you’re comfortable reaching before saying “Yup, I’m good!”?
I think for me, my cut off has been the PS4/X-Box series X generation. The PS5 is now officially like 5 years old now as of this year which is mind boggling to think about considering people had a very hard time affording the damn thing as well as other consoles because of a certain pandemic and scalpers.
And I’ve not once thought about organizing my resources in any attempt to try and get one or multiple games for it or the console. I’ve committed to PC gaming full-time now. I am completely content with playing what games I’ve gotten in the past and my library could use my attention more.
I’m not worried about prettier visuals, when I can still have the option to slap just another newer GPU down in my PC and beef up the memory as well. My PC build was intended to run 95% of all of my games that no other PC I’ve had in the past could ever do. So, I’m good!
I stopped buying current releases around 2020.
No. To each their own, but I think that’d be a ridiculous stipulation to place on myself and it’s hard to imagine why anybody would want to do it outside of super niche reasons.
I stopped buying games after COD something, the last multilayer where you could host your own server.
No, I bought consoles when I was a kid, haven’t since. If it isn’t available on PC it just didn’t exist in my mind.
Not really, I wouldn’t watch big names though, they’re going to pump out the same stuff as always.
I would expect new and good games to continue to come out and I’m looking forward to them.
I’m a single player/casual coop guy for sure. I enjoy some multiplayer but not if it’s crazy competitive. I’m not going to enjoy getting stomped by kids screaming into voip.
So yeah I know what I’m most likely to enjoy but I’ll always keep an eye out for new stuff. And indie games seem to leverage older design principles. And it looks like true remakes are becoming more common
My cut off will be when there are literally 0 games I have interest in.
Kind of. I’ve been playing a lot of PS2/GBA era games lately and I’ve been having more fun than most modern releases.
I’m definitely “behind a generation” where I wait for games to be available to easily torrent and run on Linux.
This console generation has been a thorough failure. I have a ps5 which is great to play my ps4 games, but I will only be investing in PC from here on out. Hopefully they release a more powerful steam deck soon that can play my ps3 and xbox360 reliability
I wouldn’t want to restrict myself to a specific platform or timeframe but I could give up some major genres. For example I’d be ok with letting go of all FPS and most 3D focused games (presentation, not rendering tech).
I haven’t bought any of the new consoles; the only thing I’ve seen come out that’s interested me but I can’t play on the previous generation is Microsoft Flight Simulator. Maybe someday I’ll get a Series X for that, but I think I’d enjoy the experience on PC better anyway (really curious to try it in VR with my Quest) so I think I’d rather spend the money on building a new gaming PC that can handle that.
I’m not consciously cutting off any generation, I just haven’t had the time for as much gaming now and I haven’t had the budget to pursue the latest and greatest, especially if I probably won’t have time to play it anyways.
I used to spend more on new games but I have cut back a lot, largely because new games suck and are very poorly optimized. I have refused hardware upgrades due to the absurd costs and been playing more on my Steam Deck instead.
Currently playing State of Decay 2 and Helldivers 2, will circle back to Hogwarts Legacy, Core Keeper, and a few other games later.
Pretty sure that barring some exceptions, I’ve reached that point now.
Now if you excuse me, I have some modded Doom 2 to play, followed by a reverse-engineered Mario 64, and finally a Zelda3/Super Metroid randomizer. If I have time, perhaps I’ll even get in some rounds of Counter-Strike 1.6 or Diablo 1 (DevilutionX port of course)
Just an update to this, I ended up playing HeXeN on my phone using Delta Touch and a BSP-D8 controller, with Gun Bonsai and Neural Network upscaling.
Greetings mortal! Are you ready to chill?
Nope. I play a mix of old and new, and I probably always will.
It’s just like books, just because the are lifetimes worth of old books doesn’t mean I should ignore the new books. I read a mix of classics and recent releases, both usually through the library.
I’ve committed to PC gaming full-time now.
Same, though we also have a Switch because it’s just so good for party games. We play couch co-op with our kids and friends, and will probably get the next Switch as well.
95% of my gaming is on the PC, whether my Steam Deck or desktop PC. I play some recent games (currently playing Hogwarts Legacy), as well as plenty of old games (I just played Firewatch from 2016), and I recently bought games from the 90s.
I don’t really care when a game was released, as long as it’s good. I’ll even occasionally play new releases (bought Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom at launch), though I usually wait until they’ve finished patching the game (1-2 years if I’m really excited). I add new games to my wishlist all the time and check back periodically until I feel like it’s ready.
So yeah, I play games from all eras.
It’s just like books, just because the are lifetimes worth of old books doesn’t mean I should ignore the new books. I read a mix of classics and recent releases, both usually through the library.
And it’s not like all the old books are interesting, same with games. Just because there is a lot doesn’t mean it’s all interesting, or maybe it’s not what I’m currently interested in.
Seems I’m way too picky for that. I fell down an MMORPG rabbit hole for several years a while back and have spent the last several years catching up. Already starting to feel like I’ve played most everything from older gens I’m going to really like.
One thing I’ve noticed is I’m wishlisting way more upcoming games than before. There’s the occasional exception, but if I keep a rolling release schedule, I’ll generally still be playing new stuff well after release.
