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I can identify with playing games less as I age, and I agree with a lot of what they are saying. When I was in high school, A lot of my hobbies/social activity
by kop316 8y ago
I can identify with playing games less as I age, and I agree with a lot of what they are saying. When I was in high school, A lot of my hobbies/social activity were built into schooling, so at the end of the day, I had time to come home and play.
As an adult, I have social circles both within and outside of my job, a relationship (though she likes playing video games too), I have new hobbies, and hobbies that I can't do at work. I also have time and money to be able to go out and do new things that I couldn't do when I was younger.
As a result, when I do play, usually it is in 30 to 45 minute spurts, usually the weekend. Even then, it is usually a social thing. My siblings and I have Switches, and we have been bonding over playing online with each other (we don't live near each other), or I will play with my significant other.
The competitive one is an interesting thing. I have never been a competitive person, but I think the competitiveness drops off because off bad experiences. I completely stopped playing Magic the Gathering because of dealing with toxic players, and I played online with strangers for exactly one session, and that was soured by toxic gamers. I imagine a lot of others have had similar experiences, and that sours that sort of competition for the majority of people.
EDIT: I forgot to add, being on a computer for 8 hours a day at work also really kills my desire to stare at another screen for even more time.
- zrobotics 8y agoI can concur with the lack of patience for dealing with other players. I spent entirely too much time with counterstrike, but having a prepubescent kid call me a noob because my skills have atrophied is the last thing i want to do in my spare time. I've actually gravitated towards single-player, mainly due to time constraints. That is one of the reasons I still love FTL, I can actually do an entire playthrough in one sitting. And the only multi-player game I play is Elite Dangerous, which is boredom personified (and I haven't seen another player in game in over 9 months). I don't agree with the doom and gloom tone of the article, however. In my experience, there has never been a better time to be a gamer with non-mainstream tastes. Especially if you are on PC, the indie market and kickstarter have revived things like CRPGS.
- kop316 8y agoI agree %100 with the indie market. I think the two most played games on my Switch are Overcooked 1/2 and Stardew Valley. Overcooked 2 has been awesome in that my siblings, our significant others, and I can get on a phone chat then play it as if we are on the couch together. We have been carving out a night a week so we can do it, and it has been a great experience. Sadly, we wanted to do that with Super Mario Party and Super Smash Bros (we played those games extensively as kids), and both of those games online mode are hampered to the point that we tried playing it once, then going back to Overcooked.