You should play new games for the artistry and quality of gameplay, story, and other elements, same as ever.
But they already knew how to make games with artistry, quality gameplay, story and other elements in decades past. Which is why that person’s point was that you don’t need access to the very latest games for enjoyment and now that graphics have peaked, there’s no real reason to buy a game that runs like shit on what might not be a top of the line PC.
solok333777@thelemmy.club 9 hours ago
Same reason could apply to movies and music to say no one “needs” to watch or listen to newer stuff.
Then you become the old man telling kids to get off the lawn. It’s anyone’s right to be like this.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 8 hours ago
Huh?
You don’t need brand new hardware for new movies. A movie will provide you with 1.5-3 hours of enjoyment at a time and it’ll get old quickly when you rewatch the same ones over and over again. There’s literally no reason not to watch new ones as they come out.
If it cost me 2 grand (price of a passable gaming rig in 2026) every 5 years to be able to watch the newest movies, damn right I’d be way more into discovering old movies.
solok333777@thelemmy.club 8 hours ago
Financial concerns are separate from what I was discussing. Every hobby has different gatekeeping elements for involvement or continued involvement, be it camping or gaming. Obviously we need to live our lives within our individual limits.
However that in no way affects my earlier point, which obviously you are free not to follow or heed. It’s just a point that distinguishes the idea that the straw man argument (“there is no need to play the latest games because graphics have peaked in 2015 and old games already contain good things i want from games”) doesn’t address the fact that new games come out with valuable elements that that person themselves demonstrably values.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
But they’re really not when we’re discussing the necessity of building a new PC or buying a new console every few years just so you could play the latest games.
If you’ve got the finances to do so, go right ahead and do it. But if you’re broke, like half of Lemmy seems to be, maybe skip on it and play older games that provide just as much entertainment value and look maybe 5% worse… You’ll be able to play the current newest games on mediocre new hardware in 5 years.