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Are you a patient gamer? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 6 days ago by Nytixus@kbin.melroy.org to c/gaming

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There's no magazine on any instance that I see of such a community on the topic matter. To anyone not familiar, a patient gamer is someone who is immune to FOMO, doesn't get caught up or tied up with current modern gaming. Someone who doesn't care that they've beaten a game from 1996 and here it is 2024. Someone who doesn't care that they're still playing games 40, 20 or even 5 years ago on the present day.

I would personally say that I am. I don't have a level of disposable income where I'm throwing down on buying games. I've spent 10 years between 2011 and 2021 wheeling and dealing on game sales. So much that I've piled on over 1,000+ games combined between GOG, Steam, Battle.net and Epic Games.

I do more often than not, play games from so long ago than I do modern games. I'm at a stage in my life where I am noticeably slowing down on gaming in general, I am also finding myself more comforted in what I play and I again can't simply just keep buying newer games. I also don't really care about buying newer games, the time of the present is rich with game sales all day, everyday.

There will always be a time later to buy a game that is ripened for a good sale. So I don't have to worry at all.

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[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

yes, for the most part. unless im REALLY interested in a game, i generally wait till i find it on 50%+ sale. the last game i bought on full price was hi-fi rush, and the last one before that would have been dmc5, if the rx580 i bought at the time didnt already have a code included

[–] Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Most of the time yes. I've been playing the shit out of Dragons Dogma 1 lately and loving it.

That being said, some games are definitely on-release buys, like the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds

[–] thepiguy@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

In terms of pve, I am not patient at all. I would have not made it through elden ring without bleed. If I have to go through a 15 hour long quest to increase my efficiency in something by 1.5%, sign me up.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 6 days ago

Some games I'm excited enough for to want to spend full price on release. Some games I'll wait for a sale on. Just depends on the game.

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Excessively patient. I've noticed there's basically a 50/50 chance of any game I find interesting showing up for free on Epic eventually, so I mean, fine, I'll wait a couple of years to save $60. Why pay for something that'll eventually be given to you, paid for by some vulture capitalist's dragon horde?

I take some of their money, get a free game: win/win.

...at this point, I'm pretty sure my Epic games library is way bigger than my Steam library, simply from the 3-5 free games a month that Epic tosses at you, of which like 1/3rd are actually pretty good.

[–] Nytixus@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What's getting annoying now is that they've been tossing in like packs for freemium games. Gross. That's not a game, guys, that's an attempt to get us to spend more money if we're to like this EXP/Skin pack you've given away.

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah I've been noticing that. It's probably a case of it being cheaper for them than games, but I've also noticed they've not yet done a cycle where it's ONLY freemium stuff, at least.

Next week, for example, is an Apex skin and a game. If it was JUST the skin I'd probably be less gruntled, but as it is, I find it hard to get too upset that I'm only getting 1 free game instead of 2.

[–] aniki@lemmings.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I have been enjoying the original console I designed and built myself running a raspberry pi 5 and a fully built and compiled retropie that can crank out some dolphin and redream with full 60fps. I have plenty 90s gaming I need to catch up on.

For everything moderately modern, I have a steam deck. If it doesn't or cannot run on my retropie or my deck then I'll wait till the next hardware refresh. If it takes half a decade, all the better.

[–] DdCno1 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Are you using your Deck only as a portable system or also with a monitor or TV? I've done this a few times, but not very often, mostly because I rarely see the need (but I have a PC as well, so my situation isn't the same).

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