How much money would someone need to pay you to sit out the next generation of games?

[Deleted member 1659]

For the purposes of this exercise, we'll set the date of the next generation as the date at which the PS5/XBOX is released, whichever comes first. Let's not get too bogged down in the logistics of how this would work, just chalk it up to some deal of the devil type magic trick.

The rules:

1) You can play any game released up to the day before starting date of the next generation so if you wanna play Last of Us 2, go ahead. You'll still have access to the back catalog.

2) Every game released after is off limits. This includes games made for current gen consoles and PCs that might leak over into the next gen.

3) All hardware released after said date is also off limits. With things like PCs it's tricky because you might need an upgrade for non-gaming purposes, that is okay but you must act in good faith. You can't just be like "Yeah, I need to buy a GTX4080TI for my...uuhhhh, accounting job." Updates to current gen consoles are off limits - so like if a slimmed down PS4 is offered, you can't buy it if it's after the date. This would also include retro consoles like the NES Mini.

4) The generation will be considered ended when the PS6/XBOX2 generation of consoles are released. At that point, you can resume buying contemporary games, you cannot however go back and explore what you missed unless they port the game over to the next generation.

5) You cannot live vicariously through YouTube or Twitch Streams. You can watch older games on them, just not next gen ones.

6) You cannot discuss next gen games in any form of media. Old games are fine.

7) If you're put in a situation where next gen games come up in conversation outside your control, you'll be expected to say "I don't really play modern video games" and not actively take part. You can tell people why if it's easier.

8) You are expected to act in good faith. Any attempts to exploit a loophole or the spirit of the agreement results in a loss.

The money is given to you in whatever form you want at the end of the generation.

 

[Deleted member 69573]

Id take a free 10k, sure.

 

[nelsonroyale]

If I had to keep the money merely for my own leisure, then probably no amount of money, since I enjoy gaming and I do other things. It would be a net loss. If I could spend the money on other projects, then probably North of ten million. I enjoy gaming and I have access to a good balanced lifestyle. What is missing is probably money to fund more good in the world.

 

[Sleve McDichael]

20k is where I start to think about it.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

1 million

 

[NANA]

$10,000, would even do it for less. Aside from indies, I find most new games boring and tedious anyway, so I'm not losing much.

 

[Venatio]

A generation is what - 7 years? That's a long time to be without my favorite hobby. I'm gonna need at least $20k.

 

[Imitatio]

Where's the "0" answer?

 

[Booshka]

My current and last gen backlog makes this easy for 10k.

 

[Chirotera]

I have enough games in my backlog to make it through, especially if I had enough money to live whatever life I wanted. It'd suck, but not that badly.

 

[Chopchop]

It's kind of my main hobby and way to unwind, and a generation could be like 7-10 years.

You'd have to pay me a lot of money to give that up. It's not just the games themselves, but the fact that I'd be giving up everything related to it too. I'd be completely out of the loop to talk about games with friends. I can't spend time with friends who live abroad by playing games with them. I can't watch game streams for fun. Things like that.

 

[Vic20]

Was thinking 10k until i read the rules, give me a million please.

 

[KernelC]

101K and I'm good.

 

[Carthago Delenda Est]

I'd definitely do it at $10k.

The other way to think about this is that you're given $10k and then told you need to pay $10k to have the privilege of playing games on a PS5/XSX. Is that really something you're pay $10k to do? That's the opportunity cost. I could do many more important things with that much money.

 

[Deleted member 1659]

I'm surprised a lot of you are saying ~10K. That's an extra $1000 and change a year.

Remember, you're getting this money at the END of the exercise, not the beginning. An extra $1000 a year just amounts to $85 of savings a month. That's something most people in first world countries that cut from their budget pretty easily.

 

[Jawmuncher]

1 Million. The rest of that is chump change

 

[Quinton]

Even if this didn't screw up my job situation for obvious reasons, the stipulation involving not being allowed to go back and play these games even after the launches of the PS6/Nextbox just make it patently ridiculous. I'd only begin thinking seriously about this around $350k or so. At that point, I'm set to cover my bills for a few years and enjoy the rest of life to the fullest, so it begins to appeal to me. I'd still need to think things through, though. Missing the Switch successor in particular would succ.

I'm surprised a lot of you are saying ~10K. That's an extra $1000 and change a year.

Remember, you're getting this money at the END of the exercise, not the beginning. An extra $1000 a year just amounts to $85 of savings a month. That's something most people in first world countries that cut from their budget pretty easily.

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Jesus, right. That just makes this even less appealing to me, ha.

 

[TheMadTitan]

$46 million dollars minimum. Even considering my backlog, kneecapping my hobby for pennies is a foolish idea. It's like saying I can't watch new movies for six years. A fine thing in theory, but considering I like action movies and most action movies had shitty fight scenes until recently, I'd stop enjoying movies eventually.

 

[minimalism]

Considering I play console games exclusively on Switch, give me the million plus. I'll invest in a good PC and enjoy my games on the go.

 

[Le Dude]

I mean, I'd it was enough to pay off some debts and get me to a point where I can cut back on work and work on other hobbies then sure.

That would probably be like $250,000 to pay off house/car/school loans and put me in a comfortable spot.

 

[Soulflarz]

seeing as im currently set and id be fucked on games w/ friends for a gen, 500k?
idk, i play rl competitively, so itd be a bit w/e to drop other games

 

[Boy]

I'd easily sit out next gen for a million. I'd be too busy investing that million to even think about playing games.

 

[kirby_fox]

From all those rules, I'm good. Smash DLC would fall into your rules on a technicality. I'm not about to miss out on that. I'd guess that updates to Animal Crossing wouldn't be allowed either by the rules.

You'd have to give me cash yearly and a lump sum at the end for this agreement to go down and it would need to be enough for me to live on the rest of my life being too busy doing other things to worry about playing video games.

 

[godot]

1 Million. Why would I settle for anything less?

 

[Okabe]

About three fifty

 

[dom]

Considering I play console games exclusively on Switch, give me the million plus. I'll invest in a good PC and enjoy my games on the go.

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You couldn't play any new Switch game that launches after November this year.

What about service games? Can you continue to play games that will continue to see updates for years to come, OP?

 

[Yourfawthaaa]

a billion

 

[Fredrik]

All the money.
I'll likely be in my mid 50s when next gen is over. I ain't sitting anything out.

 

[Ultima_5]

Like 20k

 

[Stranger Things]

I wouldn't give up one of my favorite hobbies and pastimes for almost a decade without GREAT compensation.

Let's say a year of time/enjoyment is worth 100K (six figure salary) multiplied by 7 (average cycle for console generations) that would be 700K.

I'd say 700K is pretty fair, but 1M is a solid way to round up that agreement.

 

[Deleted member 1659]

You couldn't play any new Switch game that launches after November this year.

What about service games? Can you continue to play games that will continue to see updates for years to come, OP?

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Like MMORPGs? I think that's fine as long as the release date predates November 2020.

 

[dom]

Like MMORPGs? I think that's fine as long as the release date predates November 2020.

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Fortnite, LoL, DOTA2, CSGO, Destiny 2, Warframe, etc...

 

[JazzmanZ]

One. million. dollars.

 

[Sprat]

1k would do it.

I only play one or two games a year max anyway and that time could be way better spent doing things that are actually productive or sleeping. Especially the time I spend on here.

Gaming only robs me of sleep mostly anyway as I only play when my son & wife are in bed.

 

[Benzychenz]

1mil+

You'd need to give me enough money to buy a house and live a comfortable life for me to consider essentially giving up my main hobby.

 

[Legend J 858]

I would be like this scene from Armageddon:



NEVER PAY TAXES Again EVER !

Oh and lifetime floor courtside season tickets to the Los Angeles Lakers.

 

[ZanderEzekial]

If the people creating this insane contest also gave me an alternate occupation, then maybe I'd consider it for $100,000.

 

[SuperFakerBros]

$10,000 would be more than enough, honestly. That could help knock out a nice chunk of my student loans

Most of the major AAA games don't do much for me so I'd only really be missing out on a handful of them that I do or would enjoy

 

[RestEerie]

 

[Alandring]

I work for a video game website. It's fine to not play any new game, but can I still publish news, read reviews from other editors, etc. ?

Probably something around 500k. If I could play those games after the PlayStation 6 launch, I would be fine, but I don't want to miss the games released during an entire generation.

 

[nath999]

7+ years of no games? $1Million

 

[Sera]

I mean the majority of games I play are indie soooooo

 

[RenorMirshann]

10k? No-brainer. You guys don't realize how much money is that to some people not in US.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

If I did it, would I still be allowed to go online to complain about games I'd never played? 👀

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

Uh it's really not that hard to not have the latest consoles I would do it for way less than what you have listed

 

[EggmaniMN]

I would gladly take a million dollars to not play any new games and just replay stuff for 6-8 years. $100,000? Also very easy. I have a very large library of games and I could keep myself entertained endlessly.

 

[Musubi]

I could easily have a good 10 or so years of games to go through with my current setup and games I have yet to play this gen but where it becomes hard is avoiding apparently all media of current games. Like I'd have to pretty much disconnect from all my social circles online and THAT would be the hard part.

So 50k at least I say.

 

[Ganransu]

The loophole is that PC games don't have generations.

 

[Unicorn]

I'd take 10k, but I voted 50k because that would benefit me most by covering all my student loans.

 

[Darkstorne]

Really having a hard time choosing between 100k and 1mil. I'm amazed to see people saying 10k or less, but good for you guys! I must have a problem =P

1 million would be an easy yes. 7 years from now I'll turn 40, and that money would pay off the remaining mortgage and allow me to retire. I'd focus the majority of my earnings until then into my pension so that matures as much as possible. Life is great for the rest of my days.

100k though... when I can't engage in conversation about the games I'm missing, or watch videos of them, or even play them when the time is up... That's tough, and the money isn't quite life changing. Not sure I'd go for that. I have a comfortable wage though, so that probably makes a big difference, and I'd rather take the games at that price than the money.

Around 400k is where it gets really tricky. I think that's the point I start swinging to a yes.