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16 comments:
ColloidalUranium on scored.co
1 month ago 6 points (+0 / -0 / +6Score on mirror ) 3 children
I dont think this will bring the societal revolution we were hoping. Its still cheaper than buying games in the 90s at ~$50 each. Also pirating is now more accesablen than ever.
PurestEvil on scored.co
1 month ago 7 points (+0 / -0 / +7Score on mirror )
1. Don't buy expensive games.
2. Don't buy "AAA" games from big companies.
3. If you buy a game, look up websites like keyforsteam.de to buy them cheap. It looks fishy, but ~95%+ of cases it worked fine. For tax purposes, I am in Afghanistan. And I recommend https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/ - no hassle, unlike some others.
BlackPillBot on scored.co
1 month ago 6 points (+0 / -0 / +6Score on mirror ) 1 child
Maybe not, but I know a couple of genZs who have given up on gaming regularly since eberything started going to even more shit the last few years. One of them spends most of the time he use to spend gaming, lifting, and reading more. I know it’s anecdotal, but that’s at least a small win IMHO.
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ColloidalUranium on scored.co
1 month ago 10 points (+0 / -0 / +10Score on mirror ) 1 child
All of the kids I know around age 10 arent even into games the way we were back then. The extent of their gaming usually just involves a single game like fortnite or roblox.
BlackPillBot on scored.co
1 month ago 3 points (+0 / -0 / +3Score on mirror )
Yup. Tablet games at most. I was talking older genZ though.
WeedleTLiar on scored.co
1 month ago 3 points (+0 / -0 / +3Score on mirror ) 1 child
>Its still cheaper than buying games in the 90s at ~$50 each.

It really isn't. I still have a copy of Chrono Trigger I can take out and play whenever I want, with my old save files. Every game I ever played on XBox live was later removed, so I have to buy it elsewhere.

The only value is playing new games. But game devs know this and so their entire incentive, with this kind of model, is to churn out overhyped slop that will get them on "Ultimate" and secure a consistent revenue stream regardless of actual sales of copies, because everyone has to pay them regardless of whether their game gets played. What is the point of piracy when all the games suck?

That's the societal revolution. It's happening, it's just not good.
ColloidalUranium on scored.co
1 month ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / +2Score on mirror ) 1 child
It's so easy to make games now that 95% is slop, but good games are still being made.

Silksong just released for $20 and its better than almost any game we used to pay 50-60$ a pop for.
WeedleTLiar on scored.co
1 month ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
Yep, but that's literally the only game release in the last 10 years that I care about.

For reference, those old games came with about $30 worth of hardware/physical manuals so $20 is about right.
ChippingToe on scored.co
1 month ago 4 points (+0 / -0 / +4Score on mirror )
Sad to see Xbox falling so low. They deserve it though, for pushing the degeneration of gaming into this Spotify/Netflix garbage subscription model.

Eat shit faggots, nobody wants that trash. And this isn't like movies or music. "New Releases" don't carry that much weight even if they *weren't* mostly DEI slop. Because we all have a nuclear stockpile of bangers in our backlog that you'll never be able to compete with. We ain't budging.
USSDefiantJazz on scored.co
1 month ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 2 children
Gaming is a surrogate activity.
ColloidalUranium on scored.co
1 month ago 8 points (+0 / -0 / +8Score on mirror )
Yeah I'd be a real plumber if I wasnt so busy playing mario
Delroy on scored.co
1 month ago 4 points (+0 / -0 / +4Score on mirror )
Agreed. I like games, but they're clearly slop substitute for going out and having real adventures with your buddies. It's like porn except for danger and adventures instead of sex.
NiggerWithAForklift on scored.co
1 month ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 1 child
> likes to piss of Gen Z

How's that prostate exam going
Fabius on scored.co
1 month ago 0 points (+0 / -0 ) 1 child
If your lucky you'll find out sooner than you think. Or you'll be dead. Maybe try respect for your elders who have been living through this shit way longer than you.
bobbacringo on scored.co
1 month ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
You guys are feisty today.
IndigoWizard on scored.co
1 month ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
GOG.com still exists, gaming is not dead
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