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LethalP on 25 June 2017
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GoOnKid said:
LethalP said:
I think the biggest problem with gaming culture is the 'play once and move on' mentality. I approach games the way I do music and movies, I don't watch/listen to them once then never go back, so why do people do that with games?

I think Sony MS and Nintendo should all embrace full fledged BC even if they are all digital, make them all availbale to us. Many would repay for their old SNES/PS1/Xbox games. Of course the perfect world would be to allow disc based BC but that's just too consumer friendly, we can't have that shit.

As more and more games are pumped into the market each year, the libraries become bigger and bigger. And so the amount of time people can spend for each game becomes smaller. I believe many people witness a feeling of being left behind when they don't buy the latest shit, so they do that and simply can't come back another time because new stuff is already avaliable. It's a feeling of being not up to date. There are many people who fall into that category. This is propelled by our environments today which are much more complex and entertainment screams from every corner to us.

I remember when I was a kid, I came home from school, finished my homework and boom, I had a free afternoon and could play games till dinner. No obligations, just free time. That's why I played Banjo-Kazooie probably 83 times. How was it when you were a kid?

Nowadays I still play every game I enjoy at least twice. I don't feel left behind because VGC keeps me updated. So I can find the time to invest more than 70 hours into a game like The Wonderful 101.

I'm just not a die hard hobbyist. Even movie buffs find time to watch their favorite movies, they don't feel those movies become redundant just because something newer has released. Jim Ryan from Sony sends me a worrying message tbh.

I may like games a lot, but I'm not one of those gamers who buys everything and builds up a huge backlog. I buy games I almost know for certain I'll like or what look interesting. I don't get ahead of myself.

When I was little I'd play Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Mario 64 over and over yeah. But I haven't really changed much in that regard, as I still play those games a lot now. More than I play new games in fact.