Never been a better time to be a gamer! True or false? (Poll)

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SvennoJ said:

Chrkeller said:

True because of PC. Steam and emulation means I can play pretty much any game ever made.

I see that argument made a lot in this thread. Yet that's bypassing the question.

Otherwise the best time to be a reader is now, best time to be a movie watcher is now, best time to be an art lover is now, best time to be a music lover is now, best time to be a collector is now. Every creative industry you have access to all older created stuff. That doesn't make now the golden age for any of those creative industries.

So that argument just renders the question moot.


As far as excitement for gaming, late 90's early 2000s had the biggest dreams come true. Rapid advancements, new genres and IPs springing up monthly. Exciting new hardware coming out and new ways to play. Real competition driving creativity and keeping prices stable.

Today that excitement is mostly gone. Lot of talk about diminishing returns, price of HW, price of games, invasive practices, people getting fired all over the place, studios closing, games taking many years to develop, UE5 woes, and so on.

You're a VR user though, how did the VR train not give you the excitement of those times and more? And you mention creativity, some of the most creative games are in that space... that one time based puzzle game where you play with previous versions of yourself to complete puzzles as one example. There was never anything as creative as that before it.