• xelar@lemmy.ml
    18·
    4 months ago

    You can jump into backlog of older game titles. Its never late to discover GOG gems.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      4 months ago

      It is weird to see people obsess over the price of a new release AAA game when the classics tend to be better made, less buggy, have a bigger mod community, and much lower specs.

      Go back and play the Halo series. The opening scene of the first game still gives me chills. Play Portal. And then play Portal 2.

      Check out some old school RTS titles. Planetary Annihilation is a reworking of the old Total Annihilation game and absolutely stands up.

      Go try some indies - Blue Prince or Slay the Spire or Darkest Dungeon.

      There’s no reason to spend more than $20 on a game anymore

    • JadenSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Well, I mean, technically if you’re not eating you won’t be experiencing any real shits. Maybe if they’re down to hot dogs, although at that point starvation may seem appealing.

  • eezeebee@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    4 months ago

    Luckily there are loads of good indie games at low prices with low spec requirements

  • pticrix@lemmy.ca
    7·
    4 months ago

    This is the reason I didn’t know I was building that Steam backlog all along

  • NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    6·
    4 months ago

    I get slightly bummed about this possible future, but then look at my crazy backlog from over the years and all of the old spare hardware I have kicking around. I could spend years just going back through emulators, let alone the literal thousand Steam titles built up and waiting to be rediscovered. Plus all the fan projects and indie studios that don’t require frame gen as part of their base spec.

    We’ll be ok, we just may have to revisit the Old Ways a bit.

  • davepleasebehave@lemmy.world
    6·
    4 months ago

    picked up a steam deck as a piece of insurance a drew months ago.

    it has simply become a darksouls 1 machine.

    I love to hate it.

  • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    4 months ago

    I basically don’t buy games anymore. I started to get the free epic games 2 years ago and this got me like 200 games. I don’t play much but when I want, I try a couple until I find something interesting. Playing Disco Elysium now.

  • Mwa@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    32·
    4 months ago

    .> unemployment is increasing
    that sucks :(
    but unemployment is just companies betting it all on AI right??
    . > PC component prices are increasing
    glad i dont need to upgrade.
    .> game prices are increasing
    am happy with my current games,and i dont think indie games prices are rising.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      51·
      4 months ago

      Depends: are you referring to the official US government numbers?

      Because I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the people who have been in charge of that government for the majority of that time are about as reliable as a toddler on crack giving dietary advice.

      Besides, starting decades BEFORE that, political strategists started fiddling with the numbers by not counting long term unemployed people who are no longer actively job seeking.

      That’s a demographic that’s gonna be ESPECIALLY big in hopeless times like right now.

      In conclusion, it’s as likely that REAL unemployment numbers are flat as it is that Donald Trump is going to win the polka dot jersey at the 2026 Tour de France.

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          6·
          4 months ago

          So, just vibes then?

          No, verified facts

          There is zero reason to believe the unemployment numbers have been altered by political actors.

          Other than the FACT that "The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics does not define people as “unemployed” unless they are actively looking for work.“.

          All non-government reporting matches the BLS figures

          Because they’re reporting based on the same skewed criteria.

          There is an ongoing correction massacre in the tech labor market

          Fixed it for you.

          healthcare profit is growing rapidly,

          And again.

          and manufacturing remains flat. historically low

          And one more 'gain.

          If you want be in your sads and just dream up some conspiracy, I can’t stop you

          Gee, thanks! Likewise, I can’t stop you from pretending that everything is hunky dory and that mass layoffs is a “correction” rather than the deprivation of throngs of blameless workers, but someone should.

          But, you should know it’s willfully stupid.

          Right back at you.