That only works if you already own the hardware and/or the majority does NOT do that model. The moment most people jump on board, the cost of old hardware will skyrocket too.
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dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 8 hours ago
I think the “patient gamer” model could be the way through don’t buy new shit and encourage your friends to play older games too. Hardware can be not great and the games are cheap.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 8 hours ago
How long is that going to work though? Today’s slop is not going to unslop in 5 years, and it seems like every big name game publisher is exclusively doing slop now. Especially the optimization issue won’t go away, and it looks like the times where you could just wait for a generation or two of more powerful hardware are over, too - hardware might be getting more powerful, but the performance per dollar isn’t improving because the performance is only improving incrementally and the prices are getting higher and higher.
blarghly@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Still plenty of indie devs making good games. Really, you could just work through all the good games made up to this point and be fine for the rest of your life.
Otoh, if what you really care about is the social connection you get from playing games and talking about them with other people, you can just take up gardening or community service or pole dancing to get that.
toad@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
We’ll just mod the old games.
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 7 hours ago
I have enough unplayed games for years. And I haven’t even bought all games that interest me on my wishlist.
So to answer your question: I think it will work long enough till AI either implodes or is big enough that the state forces you to connect your brain implant to it.
DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 5 hours ago
Which games are slop nowadays?