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

Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨darkguyman@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

I sold my PC yesterday because of financial struggles and as far as I’m aware, I would probably be unable to buy a PC or console ever again. That said, I still want to somehow experience the games I would otherwise want to play on PC. I’m thinking of watching let’s plays but of course, that’s not the same as actually playing them. For those in the same boat, what do you do? Do you just let go? Or maybe watch playthroughs? I’m curious.

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bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨19⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ 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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B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨57⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ 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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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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Sat@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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tourist@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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ProvableGecko@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  Doesn’t GeForce now have a free tier?
  
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reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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AlexisFR@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
Why would you not buy a PC again? It’s not that expensive. Did you sell it because you lacked space?

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