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 6 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.
solok333777@thelemmy.club 4 hours ago
Buddy… I get to decide what my point is, not you.
But I get the context, and i understand what you’re saying. To note, my PC is 5 years old and still going strong. I predict the hardware will last me another 3-4 years of playing the latest games. (Ryzen 5900X, 3080 ti, 32GB DDR4 RAM)
Two of my favorite games of all time were released in 2018 and 2025: Kingdom Come Deliverance 1 & 2.