For people who want to play their favorite games but are unable to, what are you currently doing?

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• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  and as far as I’m aware, I would probably be unable to buy a PC or console ever again.

  I don’t have any suggestions but I am so, so sorry and I really hope things turn around for you for the better.

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  • darkguyman@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hopefully so, the gaming market in my area has gotten rough. Maybe it’ll calm down for the future but that’s likely not gonna happen too soon. I’m thinking of passing the time without a PC for now. I don’t think I’ll able to afford a PC for at least a few years at best. Sorry for making it sound too dramatic in the post.

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• reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If emulation is an option you could play some classics on your phone if it helps.

  Sorry for your situation. Hope the future looks better.

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  • cRazi_man@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    To elaborate on this… phone emulation isn’t just for retro classics. Many phones will have enough power to emulate modern Switch games, and semi-modern games up to Wii/3DS or so. Many modern games are also portrd to phones (Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, Wild Rift, Fortnite, etc).

    Sorry to hear OP is having such a hard time, but SBC gaming is another option if there’s enough of a budget for that. Retroid Pocket 4 Pro (£120 on eBay, upto Wii/3DS/manySwitch), or Retroid Pocket 5 (£190 on eBay, up to PS3 and all of Switch).

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    • darkguyman@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Unfortunately, I have a Mali GPU so it’s highly unlikely any game will work on my phone. As for retroid pockets, I’ll see if there’s any in my area.

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• Sat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If it’s only for one game, you could probably try cloud gaming. I gave a friend of mine who wanted to play Death Stranding 2 but has no PS5 access to remote play, and it seems to be working OK.

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  • darkguyman@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have actually heard about that. Haven’t tried it but I feel like the controls for it on the phone are gonna be messy. I’ll still try it regardless.

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• bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Due to Long Covid I can only lay in bed and most games are too intense for me. So I actually do watch let’s plays.

  I really like Welonz. She has a really nice mix of indies and big titles, regularly tries out a great variety of games. She is very thorough and while she might not find all the secrets she will go out of her way to show alternate endings and stuff. And she has an interesting voice, so rumor has it that she is actually a ten year old boy.

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  • darkguyman@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    While I have no problems with let’s plays, I still feel like they’re kinda subjective. No commentary playthroughs are on the opposite end of the spectrum but I feel really really bored watching them and I can’t say the same for let’s plays.

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• tourist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would probably be unable to buy a PC or console ever again.

  Shit dude, that’s rough
  If I may ask, what happened?

  Otherwise, no nearby gaming cafés? They’re usually reasonably priced

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  • darkguyman@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I haven’t heard of those but I don’t think there’s any nearby anyway.

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• PerfectDark@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you want to reach out to me for a chat, I’m happy to walk you through what your phone is capable of doing. Emulation is such a scene now, even low-low end phones are capable of doing so much now. You might now be getting winlator running to play PC games (which is no problem for some phones), but you can even play some basic Switch games. Or worst case if it’s very underpowered, you’ve got so many games from the golden age of RPG’s to play through

  • SNES
  • Mega Drive/Genesis
  • PS1

  …and so on. I know this won’t be the “…the games I would otherwise want to play on PC…” but it is still playing incredible games. So, as always, let me know. I’m happy to help with that front!

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• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Do you ever hunt around Facebook Marketplace? When electronics drop in value enough, often times, people will just give them away. I have. It’s (sometimes) less hassle than trying to haggle with people over a few dollars for severely outdated hardware, and my goal at that point is to get it into someone’s hands who will use it rather than have the stuff go to a landfill. Even a very outdated PC will still play tons and tons of great games for cheap or free. They frequently won’t be the latest and greatest, but there’s less and less correlation these days with high game quality and high system requirements.

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• Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You could try to get a used Steam Deck. That will let you play most current AAA games and plenty of indie or older titles for not a lot of money. Apart from that, I wish you all the best and I hope things get better for you.

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• ProvableGecko@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You could get monthly subscriptions for services like Geforce Now or Xbox Cloud Gaming. With a decent internet connection and a controller, pretty much any device that can display video becomes a gaming device. Obviously this may work out to be more expensive in the long run and these services have some weird terms of service so a decent research before subscribing is required but if you need to game for a month with minimal upfront investment they are pretty good.

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  • ahornsirup@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Doesn’t GeForce now have a free tier?

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• Drekaridill@feddit.is ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m sitting in a restaurant waiting for my food

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• lorty@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Let’s plays can be okay for new games, but I’d look into emulating something on your phone. If you crave the pc experience (which I totally get), you can probably get an old laptop for very cheap, slap linux on it and have fun.

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• B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m sorry to hear that. Obviously we don’t know your situation but I just want to say that gaming doesn’t have to be expensive so hopefully you’re back to it sooner rather than later.

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• rollerbang@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Reading, enjoying vacation, …

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• AstroLightz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When I was in a situation where I couldn’t play any games I wanted, I would watch no commentary, 100% playthroughs of my games so I could see all the content they have.

  Yes, it’s not the same as actually playing it, but it’s better than not ever seeing what the game is about.

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• SolarPunker@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Used market is great, and I prefer true console hardware anyway when emulators are not optimized.

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• AlexisFR@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_Qyk9DSUw

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