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At which critical juncture will you abandon gaming completely?
- Thread starter banshee150
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i game now more than ive ever had thanks to the rise and saturation of independent developers
sure i'll still play sommit like death stranding or whathaveyou, but inbetween those larger games i have nothing but time and a butt load of smaller games to play
this year, more than any other year, my top ten games list will likely be packed with indies
sure i'll still play sommit like death stranding or whathaveyou, but inbetween those larger games i have nothing but time and a butt load of smaller games to play
this year, more than any other year, my top ten games list will likely be packed with indies
I'll probably lose interest in games more and more as I get as I get more responsibilities in my life. Just won't have as much time and other things will take priority over video games.
I do think I'll always be playing in some capacity though and it'll remain a fun hobby for me. Just not nearly to the degree as it is now.
I do think I'll always be playing in some capacity though and it'll remain a fun hobby for me. Just not nearly to the degree as it is now.
I am literally drowning in good single player games with no substantial DLC elements that I don't have time to play. OP should play more games.
Stuff on my to do list: Start Link's Awakening, finish Judgement, get back into Monhun Iceborne, start Astral Chain, start Hashihime, start DQXI finish the second Code Realize fandisc, start Demon x Machina, finish Persona Q, start Atelier Ryza, finish the two routes in Fire Emblen Three Houses I haven't touched yet despite logging over 130 hours in the game already, or try out one of several games I have lying around from the past two years I haven't had time to play.
EDIT: Heck, Death Stranding comes out in like a week.
Stuff on my to do list: Start Link's Awakening, finish Judgement, get back into Monhun Iceborne, start Astral Chain, start Hashihime, start DQXI finish the second Code Realize fandisc, start Demon x Machina, finish Persona Q, start Atelier Ryza, finish the two routes in Fire Emblen Three Houses I haven't touched yet despite logging over 130 hours in the game already, or try out one of several games I have lying around from the past two years I haven't had time to play.
EDIT: Heck, Death Stranding comes out in like a week.
Even if/when the moment comes, I will still probably still be going through my backlog or replay all my favorites. My concern will be if said system dies and I have no backup system.
Part of me just wants to give it up now, I play so little it would be easy just to cut it off now. Might pass on next gen stuff and slowly petter out on the switch as I grow old...
But I always have my Sega Saturn ;)
But I always have my Sega Saturn ;)
Streaming only or service only. I like them as compliments but never as my only option. Its more likely that I stop buying and playing new games then stop gaming though. I already own enough games that i could I never buy one again and be fine for the rest of my life I'd play those i missed and replay my favs.
It's one of the downsides of this board. Everything is the best ever or ruined forever. It always feels like this board actively hopes for the worst so they can feel justified.
I don't know what it would take. GaaS is a fad just like asymmetrical multiplayer. I will wait to see where we go before I quietly drift away.
To be honest, I'm already getting tired. I bought the new CoD, really enjoy it but Then realize how much time I wasted playing it.
I think I need to rid myself of GaaS games, I need an endpoint in my video games, but the problem is that not many SP games give me that enjoyment anymore. I'm excited for a few releases coming out but I can't say I'm thrilled to buy them. I'd almost rather rent games and be done with them.
I think I need to rid myself of GaaS games, I need an endpoint in my video games, but the problem is that not many SP games give me that enjoyment anymore. I'm excited for a few releases coming out but I can't say I'm thrilled to buy them. I'd almost rather rent games and be done with them.
Never. It's been my primary hobby since I was a kid, and it never really had any serious competition since.
There is no "breaking point" for me - I already own more games that I can realistically finish for the rest of my life (I'm 36), and I keep buying more on a regular basis. If the industry were to somehow stop producing new stuff that appeals to me (unlikely, as the indie market has ensured there are games out there for every taste), the huge pile of old stuff will serve me just fine, thank you very much.
There is no "breaking point" for me - I already own more games that I can realistically finish for the rest of my life (I'm 36), and I keep buying more on a regular basis. If the industry were to somehow stop producing new stuff that appeals to me (unlikely, as the indie market has ensured there are games out there for every taste), the huge pile of old stuff will serve me just fine, thank you very much.
When Destiny is no more, I'll go to the nearest clone. Maybe every once in awhile when a gem like Outerworlds releases I'll play that.
But probably back to playing COD everyday if that day comes. I'll never not play games, but I'll only play social / live games
my only other hobby is my side job (photography).
But probably back to playing COD everyday if that day comes. I'll never not play games, but I'll only play social / live games
my only other hobby is my side job (photography).
When the medium ceases to exist? Indies outnumber those big games by several times over and they'll continue to be around for as long as the industry is around.
When they cease to have fun gameplay. Luckily I'll never live long enough to play all the old games I'd like to play, much less all the new shit I would want to play. So probably keep playing video games until it's physically no longer much of an option.
When something catastrophic in my life happens where I don't have the means to play them.
We still have decades of amazing gaming experiences to look back on, even if all new games became horrifically predatory.
We still have decades of amazing gaming experiences to look back on, even if all new games became horrifically predatory.
They will have to pry the controller from my cold wrinkly wart covered skeleton shaped arthritis ridden hands.
Or when dictator Trump accidentally nukes us all via tweet and renders our nations undoing. Doubt I'll have much time to work on my gaming backlog fighting of mutants and scrounging the wasteland for food and supplies.
*Which ever comes first.
Or when dictator Trump accidentally nukes us all via tweet and renders our nations undoing. Doubt I'll have much time to work on my gaming backlog fighting of mutants and scrounging the wasteland for food and supplies.
*Which ever comes first.
i left for a while when sega bowed out, prolly do the same if nintendo exited (thankfully, not looking likely)
honestly, as long as there's stuff that interests me, i'm in. and this gen has shown there's definitely that.
honestly, as long as there's stuff that interests me, i'm in. and this gen has shown there's definitely that.
I don't see myself abandoning gaming, but I'm almost there with {Jim Sterling's voice} Triple A Liiiiiiiiive Services.
I can't stand, cut content, microtransactions and loot boxes and other bullshit in games that already cost me money. I will drop a franchise for that, I have done and continue to do. Although I would try them again if they dropped the facade of being a £60 game and were free to start.
I see myself focusing on more unique indie games that aren't generic pixel art, pixel-platformers or beat 'm ups or anything that looks like it's made for Newgrounds.
Unless I gained a disability that I couldn't play games anymore I don't see a situation where I'm fully off games.
I can't stand, cut content, microtransactions and loot boxes and other bullshit in games that already cost me money. I will drop a franchise for that, I have done and continue to do. Although I would try them again if they dropped the facade of being a £60 game and were free to start.
I see myself focusing on more unique indie games that aren't generic pixel art, pixel-platformers or beat 'm ups or anything that looks like it's made for Newgrounds.
Unless I gained a disability that I couldn't play games anymore I don't see a situation where I'm fully off games.
I'm pretty much done with gaming anyway, but this would push me over the edge:
When offline, single player games are dead and/if streaming becomes the number one delivery method and there is no option to purchase/download individual games. Then I'd be done for good.
When offline, single player games are dead and/if streaming becomes the number one delivery method and there is no option to purchase/download individual games. Then I'd be done for good.
Only the first reply and it's one and done. I'm not necessarily opposed to GaaS as a concept, but it's generally not my thing at all either.
I do think you're being a bit dramatic about this though, OP. Besides, as long as Nintendo at least is around, the situation you describe is highly unlikely to come to pass IMO. (I understand plenty of people would want more offline single-player games than just Nintendo ones, of course, but the point still stands.)
For every shitty megacorp there will always be other studios making proper games that don't try to milk users for every cent
As long as they're around, so shall I be playing
As long as they're around, so shall I be playing
