atomicpoet @ atomicpoet @lemmy.world

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So wait a minute. You cannot enjoy a simple cheeseburger with fries because McDonalds is beneath you?

The only game I own on this list is Amnesia.

But yes, during a weekend, I’ve been known to launch a few titles. 😆

You sure are obsessed with people having fun in only your proscribed manner.

Hey, most games are not meant to be played for thousands of hours. And actually, most games I own can be completed in less than 100 hours. Especially if they’re not RPGs. Then there’s arcade games which are often not meant to be completed at all.

But then again, I’ve already said I’m not a completionist. I only complete games if they’re compelling enough to complete.

You do realize that iOS alone has more paid premium games—without microtransactions—than the entire combined library of NES, SNES, N64, and GameCube, right?

Hey, I’ve played every game I purchased between 2012-15.

I don’t know, you haven’t pointed out multiple examples.

Great idea for a future thread.

Wrong. Not ignored—not played yet.

I definitely don’t complete all of them. My goal is to at least play an hour each, but not every game is worth an hour.

The most time I’ve ever spent on a game is around 100 hours.

I mean, if it’s a trend, you’d think I would have noticed it by now.

A few thousand dollars.

Never bought a single game at full price. Almost all the time, it’s at least 90% off. Lots of game bundles abound. And free games are given away all the time.

Out of the thousands of games I have, not once have I noticed anything like you describe.

Say what you will, every game I’ve bought—I can still play. And I’ve been buying Steam games for over a decade.

Meanwhile, none of my GameCube discs work on my Switch.

Unapologetically, I’m a non-completionist.

Only complete the games you’re compelled to complete.

Oh no, I’m cringe. 😱

That’s great—I love being cringe. It means I’ve hit a nerve and said something so contrary that it actually rattles you.

Funny thing is, you haven’t actually told me how or why I’m wrong—just that I’m cringe.

If that’s all you’ve got, I’m doing something right.

Plenty of devs continue to make games for the Commodore 64. Should they stop just because most people don’t have one?

Sometimes I do buy games on a whim.

But usually, I’m a deal hunter—I scour for discounts, read descriptions carefully, study screenshots, and watch gameplay footage. If it grabs my interest, I pull the trigger.

Surprisingly, most of the games that catch my eye turn out to be pretty good.

You should give it a shot. Ignore the hype, forget word of mouth and influencers. Dive into something completely new and different—you might just be pleasantly surprised.

Have you ever considered that many people make games not just for some arbitrary measure of “success,” but because they genuinely love the craft of creating video games?

Some of these creators simply want to share their creativity with the world—no gimmicks, no exploitative business models.

There’s an entire universe of these passionate developers out there. We call them “indie” devs. You’ll find them on platforms like itch.io, and they’re far more common than most realize.

Many make games for PC, some for the web, and plenty for mobile as well.

If you want to play truly good games—without being at the mercy of marketing machines, no matter the platform—it’s on each of us to seek them out and discover what’s really worth playing.