So true. Jailbreak a Vita. With emulation, the library and the awesome ports (total library quality has more than doubled thanks to homebrew Devs porting stuff 🎉) it's the perfect system.
I remember, back in the 90s, dealing with "now loading" screens on disc-based consoles, and thinking, someday in the future, consoles will be so powerful that we will never have to wait to play a game ever again. I was wrong.
With PS5 you can jump into a game directly in some seconds into your last savegame (skipping most loading icons, depending on how well it is implemented)... loading times ingame are nearly instant in many cases. And also... not all new games are bad. There are many great games (indie or japanese titles as example) that are more game than the typical mainstream stuff. If you are bored or bothered, try some other game genres or game series you never tried before. Not the biggest mainstream stuff, maybe some niche games. And most physical games are playable (as long you go with PS5 or Switch) without needing a day1 update (just install it from disc and play, on Switch instantly :P). Doesitplay shows what is playable without updates. On PS4 & 5 you can start the game even earlier, before the whole disc is isntalled.
@@Da-iken appreciate the advice, Xbox does have ‘quick resume’ but, with how little I play games lately, I find I have to go through loading updates for the chosen game still. Gotta say I like the ps5 controller, going for a ps5 might be a good shout, cheers
I heard, that loading screens are compete nonsense. It's just a way to prolong gameplay. So they add loading screen for players to play their games longer. But I don't know if I believe that... Maybe that's true for *some* games.
@@leozar69 No... it is just for the time that the slow hdd and memory speed need. These Days loading times nearly instant in many cases. So fast that you can´t read text boxes in the loading screens.
ain't that a trip! crazy! Little did my 16 yr old self playing the 360 on the xmas release realize that i was playing the pinacle of gaming and what it would be even 20 years later. it really did feel great though. i remember playing madden 06 like crazy that xmas break and the first game i downloaded the demo for from the marketplace was condemened. and fell in love with that game as well. made great firends. some of which i met in person and still talk to today. incredible memores.
@@razorstargazer Glad I'm not the only one. The Series X was one of the biggest mistakes of my life, so much money wasted. May as well have just bought a 360 for 40 quid and 200 games for pennies.
I feel this…modern gaming is nothing but a cash grab anymore. They used to actually release complete games that worked properly and didn’t need day one patches or always online requirements to play…really sad in its current state. I mainly play older games myself now, there’s good replay-ability in them. Also, sweet collection behind you!
Huge thanks for watching! I too am getting so tempted to just concentrate on retro games, it’s such a shame, modern gaming could be so much better. Your right it all seems a cash grab, how many times do we need the same old games to be remastered, or a game is released broken! 😉👍
i got a ps4 but hardly play it, i'm still playing ps3 and my ps2 slim. trouble is everytime i go in on ps4 there's usually a game update to do, those recent call of duties were the worst as it could be like 90gb and you have to wait and your friends be sending invites but you can't play until update is done lol alot of players don't like the idea of in game charges, it's no wonder more are going back to the simpler times where you can just play and no fuss.
It's so derivative. All the open-world games now seem to consist of finding a tower or location to reveal the map and the same old collection and small battle activities.
Fetch quests. Collect 150 wood and 30 stone. Find this person for a special upgrade.... Yep. Its all been done a thousand times and a lot of open world stuff has done this to death and there is little innovation. Technology is such that they can build all these massive and detailed worlds, but fill them with mundane tasks and "time sinks". It just gets boring and time consuming and there is little in the way of a dopamine hit. There are exceptions of course but i do think modern games are built with a multiplayer focus in mind.
Yeah it all seems like now it’s all been done before already, I guess we have been so spoiled over the last couple of decades with such great imagination from developers that we are now finding there is not much left that hasn’t been done! Cheers for watching 😉👍
You’re bang on there… It’s either you need to devote your life to a full on immersive story or the games have all been done before, they seem to hold your hand through them too…. That’s after your have had to load them in and all the patches that make them playable too. Long live the retro Thanks for watching 😉👍
I've been surprised how well the original Gameboy games have held up (screen woes aside). They are so simple, but they respect the players time incredibly well. I can lick up and play them in seconds from boot up, and Pokémon aside, there are very little pointless dialogue or exposition to get past.
I miss the days off just selecting a cartridge and when the system turns on the game starts. PS2 was the last good run, no downloads required. Anymore I find myself playing old gameboy ps1 games.
Wii - Wii U - and Switch is simple like that. And also, modern gaming requires you to have modern and fast internet connection, if you do the updates and downloads are done usually in less than a hour. And getting a larger SSD is easy to do.
Your right, that’s exactly what I am so missing…I started gaming on nes way back…I’ve never really experienced having the loading times like this, it feels a massive step backwards. Cheers for watching
PC gaming really is the way to go. Basically every game you could ever want to play on one system with emulation and easy storage expansion... I've got like 100 games installed, including PS3, PS2 and xBox 360 games, all work pretty well.
Don't forget all the glorious mods for games. Or the ability to access console commands in many PC games, which often allow the player to tweak so many things within the game/game engine. So much fun to be had. Like last week, just for the hell of it, I fired up Doom Eternal, opened up the console, and entered the 'noclip' console command. So I just flew around the map exploring 'out of bounds' areas that the player is not supposed to have access to or view up close. It was a lot of fun. Can't do that on console 😉
Yep. I switched to PC because I was tired of the “always online” and “install every game” bs consoles pushed. Tired of that shit. I pay for the console so I want full control. Last console I truely enjoyed was Xbox 360. I enjoyed some early titles on the Xbox one but after the first 2 years I was like hell with it
Im 41. I've been gaming as long as i can remember. More and more, I've been buying and playing older games. Adding them to my collection. I haven't bought many modern games tbh. Last one i picked up was FF7 rebirth. Huge Jrpg fan.
Same here. Pretty much all I play now is retro games like Doom, Quake, and other retro shooters. And you know what? I couldn't be happier with it. So much joy.
Right there with you. My PS4 single player offline Tintin game arrived last week. Right there, printed on the cover, "internet required". Must be a multiplayer option. Nope. It turns out the game discs were printed before the game was completed and the missing levels have to be downloaded before you can start the game. Who thought that was a good idea? So they knew soon enough to print the instructions onto the game cover but, not soon enough to hold off printing the discs until the game was finished. Crazy.
The digital vs physical discussion is one thing (and I'm very much pro physical), but this is one thing that the "early access" plague could actually solve. Release your faulty product. Let it debug itself in due course for one month. THEN print the discs, with the most necessary patches already on the disc. I wonder what will happen with all digital games in the future. All these server parks running worldwide 24/7 just to provide access to a 200 MB digital game from 1998? I doubt it. And before you know it, 2024 will be just as long ago as 98 is today. Go physical.
Yup. And now if you want to play that game in the future (assuming your ps4 will still be working) you better hope the servers are up to actually be able to download that update, so they essentially sold you an unplayable disc.
Modern games shouldn't need all these updates or installations, absolutely no need for it. I come from the tape era and even now I will load a game from tape....but thats because it was how I was brought up. I don't mind that. These days there is no excuse for it - install, patches, updates, hard drive size, yadd yadda yadda. It puts me off totally. At this time in my life I just want to put something on and play it. I barely use my PS4, Switch or Xbox One and no desire to buy the latest gen. I am stuck in the past and very happy to be 😊👍🐻
🐻 your a legend! I am really starting to think retro is the way to go…it’s so disheartening having to load a game in, load updates (especially with the limited ssd memory capacity of new gen systems). Long live the retro, cheers for watching RetroBear 😉👍 I completely missed out on the tape based era but I still feel hard done by!
Discs are pretty slow. Better to download the game to the ssd and have fast loading when ur playing, then putting a disc and and stare at a "now loading" screen over and over lol
Turn on Dev Mode on your Xbox, and turn it into emulation device. Have 100s of great Games ready for you. No storage issues, no updates, just pure fun with good games.
I spent 2 hours trying to get my PS5 connected to the WiFi, it’s been happily connected the the WiFi for two years, But no, it didn’t want to know, it found the WiFi and it even paired with it but it wouldn’t go online. I did eventually get it to connect only to find that I had to sign into all my apps. And the PS Network again 🤷🏻 Around 3 hours wasted. I should have just pushed Mario Kart into my SNES and put a smile on my face 👍
I feel like anybody's experience of modern gaming all depends on your internet speed. For me its not great, probably 10-15 mbps tops. I've noticed I've kind of weaned off of triple AAA game releases due to the large data that usually comes with those games on top of microtransactions ect. Overall, I think as long as you barley touch big titles and more go for smaller development/indie games the modern gaming experience is much better. BTW keep up the great videos man you're killing it brother, much love from the US!
Thankfully my internet is not too bad, 40-45 mbps on average…yeah the micro transactions is also a great point, they are a real low blow when you wish to play everything a game can offer! Thanks for watching! 😉
i have the same problem plus theres a 1.5TB cap per 30 days, i invested in a bunch of large capacity local 3.5 hard drives, over the course of over a year i've downloaded most of my entire library, i mostly only get 'updates' now
5:45 I’m kinda the same, I play video games also for the art, the worldbuilding, the visuals as well as the challenge. When you said:”thrill of the chase” it reminded me of delboy from OFAH haha.
Where do i start? Well today i sold my series S. I am also getting to the point myself where im finding it an effort to play. Give me retro anyday of the week. Pick up and play. And i also love that my daughter loves the old mario and sonic games from when i was a child. Takes me right back.
8 / 16 / 32 bit generations is where gaming was the best, so many legendary classics! It’s great when the family get involved with retro gaming too. Thanks for watching
Im 25 and am feeling super burned out with video games nowadays. Grew up mainly on the PS2 and Xbox 360, being able to put in a disc and just unwind. Nowadays I pay 60/70 quid on a game (either on my xbox series x or ps5), throw the disc in to wait a hour for the main install and update to play an obviously unfinished game. Finding myself going back a lot and playing older games and having no complaints.
GameCube I think is perfect balance, one of the last offline system and with incredible games. Nowadays is perfect for chilling. Everything nowadays is too much… just put the disc and enjoy. 100% no updates no BS
I hear ya! …i feel the same with the original Xbox, the new gen stuff is such a let down. It’s always a pleasure to see how well most of the games hold up from that era. Cheers for watching 😉
Sounds like burn out to me……if it’s an effort or feels like a chore you need to look to do something else…..I have these downtime moments where it feels nothing is keeping my interest, and then I seem to find a game that completely grabs my attention….although all day benders are much more rare these days….and bought a 4TB external HDD where I have put all my back comp games, although you can’t play XSX games off a HDD (only transfer to free space on the SSD)
I lasted up to 2016. I didn't see the point of the Xbox One. I loved my 360 and me and the lads still up to 2016 played Black Ops daily. Fast forward to this year, I got an Xbox Series S. Out of maybe 40 people I gamed with regularly online with, maybe 1-2 are occasionally online. Likewise, online games feel lonely. Nobody is really using microphones. There's no real sense of community on consoles unless you want to use Discord but that takes knowing where to go and hanging with people you already have a connection with. I ended up moving over to the Switch because the indie titles there piqued my interest and I feel a better sense of that childhood thrill with the console. Breath of the Wild really did bring back that positive feeling I had for gaming. Now that I got a a 9th gen? I'm just catching up with titles I missed out on from years ago and then I'll probably switch it off and my Game Pass. I think the next move will be back to PC gaming, my PS2, PS1, and Xbox 360.
The online multi-player feature has become a money grab. They sell you a game and then try to sell you all the cool shit later. Whatever happened to just giving us cool shit? Worse thing I see is people who defend it by saying that it helps support the service which is BS. There are games on PS3 that still have online multi-player working. You are giving them money for cosmetics and or buffs while the service still has bugs and cheaters. Make it make sense.
Game developers behind HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST have done it completaly right. HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST COMPLETE EDITION IS EXACTLY WHAT GOLDEN- COMPLETE EDITION REALLY MEANS. REPRINTED DISC ALL UPDATES, PATCHES AND DLC BURNING SHORE INCLUDED ON THE DISC WITHOUT HAVING TO CONNECT ONLINE ' PLAYSTATION 5 OFFLINE PLUG AND PLAY. JOY TO SUPPORT THIS " HOPE MORE GAMES developers would do this!
@@heavensea141 wow all on the disk, that’s how it really should be, I’m all for that! I played a bit of the Horizon first release but, was easily distracted and never got back to it. Now I do not have a ps5 (it was the mrs, we split and parted ways). Cheers for watching 😉👍
I'm 38 with two young kids. My time to play games is very limited. I don't play enough anymore to be competitive in multiplayer games. I don't have time to play single player games for 40+ hours for a single playthrough. Plus my play times are spaced too far apart for me to even remember what I need to do, what buttons I need to press, etc. I may not turn on my Xbox for weeks at a time -- most of the time the system, the game, and even the controller need to be updated. Another thing is that most AAA don't feel different/unique anymore. I grew up cutting my teeth on the NES but I still look back at the first generation of 3D games on the PlayStation with great fondness. Every game, for better or worse, offers such a unique experience. A lot of games just feel tedious anymore -- a never-ending fetch quest that I've done 100 times before but now with a new coat a paint. Edit: Look at the games behind you. Every one of those games feel unique compared to the one next to it. Faery Tale Adventures is legit one of my favorite games on Sega Genesis.
Absolutely, finding the time, then finding the effort to put into a game once you have got past all the updates etc does dull out the highs you get from having a blast on a game. I am totally with you on the retro games being they pinnacle of gaming times… the trouble is we have been treated often to such great playability, awesome graphics that I yearn for that within a new game that pulls me in yet, as you say so many games are fetch quests or just feel so ‘been there done that before’ For now I will just take a step back and play some older titles until something releases that appeals…which are few and far between. Cheers for watching 👍
I feel ya brother. I think part of it is we’re getting older, and the new shifty business of gaming turns our stomach. We still remember when games were more pure and fun. I feel bad for the next generation of kids who never got to experience it
Yeah totally, they were pure and fun alright. There is a lot the youngsters will miss out on with gaming, even the going to ‘Toys r us’ searching the isle stacked with games to pick out the one title where the box art is screaming awesome at you … now it’s either click and download or go and pick up a download code card from a store! Cheers for watching 👍
I feel the exact same some times, over the last say 4-5 years the only new games I get excited about (and preorder) are fighting games like King of Fighters XV, Mortal Kombat 1 or Street Fighter 6. There’s been plenty of times where I’ve decided on a game I want to play but by the time the game has installed and done all the updates I’ve changed my mind and fancy playing something else. Our time is too valuable to be waiting for game installs and then game updates, where the older games (cartridge based) can be played instantly- what a step backwards. Great video and very thought provoking. Have a good weekend dude 🫡
Hope you’re having a great weekend buddy, thanks for watching and your thoughts! That’s exactly where I’m at now fella…definitely losing faith in all this modern gaming business. Mk1 is the only game I have completed this year and actually really enjoyed that. The situation is pushing me more and more towards retro gaming…chuck in the cart and have a blast straight away!
Gone of got all the consoles and a PC. Since having a baby this year and time being more limited I have decided to go back to the 360 recently. Have not regretted it since. Also nice walking the high street and picking up 10 games for £20 😎 One word for modern gaming these days and the downloads like you said... CBA!
I've abandoned by far the most AAA modern games. I will say that modern gaming is amazing if you look outside of the AAA stuff. There's so many fantastic indie games if you just look for them and many of them don't require powerful pc's. I remember when I first dipped my toes into these smaller games and lamenting the fact I was leaving behind high-fidelity graphics and crazy high production value and scale, but I think it was super worth it and has kept my passion for gaming alive. Some of my favorite smaller games that bring back my love for gaming are: - Orcs Must Die 1-3 (defense shooter) - Deadlink (fast paced sci-fi shooter) - Dusk (Quake style shooter) - Mechabellum (round-based strategy) - Diplomacy Is Not An Option (Castle defense strategy) - Redout (Wipe-out inspired racing game) - Talos Principle 1 & 2 (puzzle games in the style of Portal) None of these games have crazy updates that take any time to download and no micro transactions beyond a few cosmetics in Orcs Must Die and Mechabellum. All of them I think are easy to start playing and have fun with within minutes. I think GTA 5 holds up really well, though I have not played the multiplayer.
@@starstruckjoker yeah those metroidvanias have certainly been done to death now. A step back in time to the older retro stuff for a break might just be help I need
@@starstruckjoker I'm tired of a range of genres also, but there's soooo many games that I feel like there's always some games for everyone these days :P Personally I'm very tired of crafting/survival stuff and I also groan a little when i see more of those. Doesn't mean all the other things don't exist though.
Remarkable how many videos of this topic I have seen recently and how many people feel this way and I'm feeling the exact same way too. Modern gaming sux!
The old era was definitely more of just load up a game to entertain yourself quickly for a bit before needing to do something else. The new era just wastes all your time. The games are massive and require constant troubleshooting or downloading, and it all takes away so much time. I mean, i'm used to it these days, but I can definitely understand the disaster modern gaming is. Hell, when i was using Xbox 360, i just pop in a disc and get going on it within minutes. No updates, no downloads, no extra strings attached. As a kid, I had an hour or two a day on the game. Those days saved so much time for me. It took a max of 5 minutes to get a game up and playing without being installed. Nowadays, it takes an hour or two of install, and then you get into the game. I downgraded my xbox recently to the One S. I don't do modern games much anymore. I have a PS5 which I will use for modern games when needed tho.
Hard target was me and my mates fav film as kids. Well good I had really bad internet until starlink came out and id often finish work and chores and turn on the xbox to see a 2gb update. That would take a couple days. So that would be the end of that, and id sod off to the pub, which i bought the console to cut back from
Agree with you mate, modern game is a let down, and good to hear about having time to yourself always important me its usually thursday night haha great video mate 😊😊
It really is….its such a shame as it’s such a lost opportunity with the abilities game developers nowadays we should be overwhelmed with awesome immersive games. Cheers for watching 😉
Modern games: A almost picture perfect guy with a Cape standing at the edge of a mountain looking at a huge open world with a mountain with snow far away
The easy solution for this would be to make the updates optional, just like patches used to be on PC games. Then you could just download the patch manually whenever you felt like it. There's no reason to mandate an update for a single-player game. It doesn't make any sense.
'' this modern gaming shit is doing my head in'' never related to something as much as that i miss when you put a disc in you would just start playing, now everything is 100gb + needs 12 updates been on my 360 for several months now loving it, also love finding small channels like this
@@MSDLT0XIC thanks for watching! That’s just how I feel about modern gen games but, I’m definitely with you, the 360/ps3 era is much less frustrating and user friendly, this could have a lot to do with why the prices for that era are on the rise too. 😉👍
@@rodgyretro highly recommend a RGH Xbox 360 if you haven't got one, not only for video game preservation but also you download something once and you got it for life
I’ve always been a AAA gamer until I’d say 2022. The new games recently have underwhelmed. Randomly looked into indies and created wishlists on PS, Switch and Steam and have loved it. Even downloaded games from the last 10 that Ive played and forgot about and they just seem better.
I bought a *Steam* Deck OLED and I can honestly say it is my favorite console I ever played. I wait for Steam sales and pay about $5 to $10 per game. It's very easy to emulate games for older systems on it as well. It also doubles as my portable PC.
as someone that was born in the 00s. i fancy the older gen. i love the fact that i can just pop in a disc and play without deleting or updating anything. the xbox 360 and ps2 (my favourite's) was the last of its kind that had that ability. even i in my early 20s don't see anything really interesting about this current gen of consoles. if i want to play something new i'll play it on pc or the ps4.
If you haven't done so already, I recommend playing the following games: *Shogun* 2 Total War *Rome* Total War Half Life 2 Saints Row 3 and 4 Soul Calibur 1, 2, and 6 Team Fortress 2 Dead or Alive 5 Last Round Dragon Ball FighterZ War Hammer 40,000 - Space Marine Guns Gore and Cannoli Power Stone MotorStorm Apocalypse Empire Earth Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection and Tekken Tag 1 Hyrule Warriors 1 Pacer Brutal Doom Battlefield 1 (Anti-Cheat Servers) Return to Castle Wolfenstein Worms Armageddon
oddly i understand how you feel. its not a cool feeling if you dont have enough space on your console and feel like playing a game u havent played inwhile. espcially if its 100GB game. kills the whole thrill.
I feel exactly the same way about modern games as you do. I miss just flipping a switch and the game is started and on the screen. You can't just sporadically put in a modern game into your system and play, it's like an investment of installing (hopefully having enough hard drive space), downloading patches, and loading screens before you can actually play the game. By the time all that is done, my excitement to play has died down quite a bit. 😫
Whats with all the man babies crying about games not being what they grew up with? Just play indies, get out of your comfort zone, there is literally no better era for gaming than right now.
Interesting take on things, I will have a search through for indie games that will hopefully appeal, you may have the right idea. Cheers for watching 👍
Personally I think people just take things for granted these days there are so many brilliant games still being made look at Elden Ring for instance, I am 35 now and began gaming on the NES with my dad when I was 3 all the way back in 1991. PS5 for me is the golden age of console gaming, great price and so many amazing games to enjoy, they even updated most of the PS4 library for free. Finally we have rid ourselves of the 30fps standard that we had on previous generations, games play so much better at 60fps, I am really enjoying the improvements overall and the graphics in some games just blow my mind sometimes, have a Nintendo Switch also which I do like a lot but they really need to make a more powerful system as soon as possible. I know there are issues with live service and predatory practices in gaming these days, things have changed a lot over the years with the introduction of online gaming, was a very different world back in the 90's. With regard to fully enjoying a game I get what you mean, what I like to do is commit to one main story heavy game until it is finished like say Resident Evil 2 or Horizon Zero Dawn for example then have side games like Helldivers 2 or Battlefield
I've definitely experienced this lull and frustration with modern systems before. Sometimes I'm not sure whether it's modern gaming's fault or just me getting older and being less interested in gaming overall. As a huge fan of the Metal Gear Solid series, I mostly just find myself playing through those games on loop. I'm looking forward to gaming with my son when he gets older, as hopefully it'll respark my passion a bit! P.S. Liking the Sega collection btw!
I agree mate. Being a family man my gaming time is limited (when the kids are in bed) cant spend my free time waiting for updates then have an hour playing 🤦♂️ Retro i can load it up and playing within 5 mins.
Totally agree with you pal ...my series x is used for youtube only cose when I get time for bit of gaming (not that much cose too busy) i go to 360..ps2 or ps3..my golden era of videogames with wast libraries..enhanced graphics and massive diversity while you still get to throw disc in and play instantly with 95% of your games I do like retro games..and most likely I'll get ps5 eventually..for certain titles and out of curiosity...but i fully understand by now that 6th and 7th gen. Is my definite golden era... .. hoping to retire catching up ... got massive bucket list 😬 ... thank you for the video... couldn't agree more
I think we gotta specify we're tired of 'modern corporate gaming norms' like always online, DRM, MTXs, planed obsolesence of discs, tracking etc. Modern indies like Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, and smaller but still known games like Armored Core 6 that are one of many good games releasing now, they shouldnt be buried with other big games that are falling in quality, gotta expand the horizons, was hard for me cause all I want to do is stick to halo 3 and forza 4 lol. I was always on xbox till the one (specifically the X) which was my first buyers remorse. Series has dropped the ball further and for the first time ever I bought a PS console. I could boot it up and play physical games and movies entirely offline, DoesItPlay helped me see which games could be played offline without patches (or not), definitely worth looking into if you buy new physical games. Lots of good still out there, gotta take chances cause you may very well hit gold, dont give up🤟
I've been like that for quite a while now.. Sold off a massive amount of games off recently. From gaming all the time for decades to not being bothered about it anymore. Modern gaming is just too faffy. I don't get any satisfaction from playing games anymore.. Thanks for the video
I've got a 4tb drive hooked into the Xbox and still space is an issue. It's just pushing the problem forward as you will still hit a point that you want to play something but still don't have the space. It's the installs and updates that do my head in. I don't live in an area with the greatest internet and I think it was Forza horizon 3 took me a week to play after getting it on day one. It would download so slow that when I went to boot it the newer update was out and it started all over again with like 70gb files. I just wish the patches were short and snappy like they were on the 360 again. I didn't have any troubles with dirt 4 difficulty wise, but I have found with some modern racers and just games in general a lot don't allow you the range of control to the difficulty they did a generation ago. For example I love the dirt rally games but they are tough, but the first one doesn't give you much choice in difficulty. It's just play it this way and If your having trouble get better. I dunno where I'm going with this now I've typed too much haha
Great points raised dude, these new consoles are supposed to be super powerhouses and capable of almost anything…however, they seem to have forgotten what made older generations awesome….’almost’ instant put the disk/cart in and get amongst it. Thanks for watching fella 😉👍
You got a thumbs up as soon as you said you watched Hard Target 🤩 Modern gaming has its perks and definitely the cons too, such as long install times, the bloody updates and things losing charge. I think if you have the right game to grab you then it’s all good, if not then you can fall out of love very quickly. 😊
I tried playing spider-man miles morales and the horizon, and I was just like....I don't feel like it. I feel like I have already played these games a billions times. Don't get me wrong in recent years I loved playing Breath of the wild, RDR2, ghosts of tsushima and last of us part 2, but lately I have been all about Ps1 and N64 era.
11:03 I would make the same choice haha. Big GTA fan here. If you want to, I also recommend Red Dead Redemption 2; a wonderful game where you can do almost anything (just like GTA) but in the Wild West era. Another notable mention is the latest Hitman World of Assassination, if you're into stealth / combat games. These are my top picks. I hope you have a great time with GTA 5!
Oh my god, your Mega Drive collection behind is amazing. My childhood right there. I remember my dad getting me a little cash in hand Sunday job working on a market stall that sold video games, belong to someone at his workplace. My first job, must have been around 1993. I was about ten… memories. Good old days. Oh yeah, modern gaming is just crap 😂 Agree, modern gaming requires too much preparation to get started. Just want to plug in and play, once all the installs and updates are done the mood and time is gone and before you know it the evening is gone and gotta get to bed for work in the morning.
I can't relate. I understand why the new games are garbage, but it's a lot better than arcades, or a scratched disc, or a moisture problem on the cartridge... I prefer online purchases. I don't jump around from game to game either. Maybe try buying tons of 1TB hardrives and have all the games already downloaded and ready to go. Sometimes the updates are preshader caches so the game doesn't do shader compilations during gameplay (loading textures, animations, lighting, etc), but those are usually 1 minute updates.
If you've got hundreds, or thousands of games, you're probably just overwhelmed with choice. I personally would just sell or give away the games that I don't feel like I wanna replay and just stick with the ones that I consider all time favorites, and genres that are more to my taste. Having much less choice makes it easier to decide what to play. When I was a kid, that's how it was. I probably had no more than 30-40 games in total, throughout my whole childhood and teenage years, so I really took my sweet time with them.
How To Modern Game For Gamers: 1. Get a PS5 with disc drive. 2. Get a 2tb Fanxiang M.2 Ssd 2tb for about £80. 3. Organize your games into folders on the PS5 eg Racing, FPS, To-Play ect. 4. Leave system on standby mode when powering off to download updates when not playing. 5. Enjoy your modern games instantly with a push of a button 😎👍
The state of modern gaming….my ps5 won’t accept any of my payment methods and won’t give me an error code to know what’s going on. It just says try again in a few moments hahaha. I call support and they have no resolution and their best advice is to either add funds through the app which of course also doesn’t work with an error (obviously) or keep buying psn gift cards. Absolute joke, I think that’s the nail in the coffin for me and gaming. I have other hobbies I can pursue
Ah gutted for you, investing in a new gen console for it to go wrong is a killer, I still have my Xbox one x gears of war edition that after 14 months since purchase just died…that was almost enough for me to give up but, the seriesX is my last chance…hopefully it holds out! We never had the hardware issues with the Megadrive or SNES-the systems are too clever nowadays…I am certain they build them not to last now! Good luck with sorting your system. Cheers for watching 👍
@@rodgyretro Ah thanks I really appreciate it. Was hard to commit to but I ended up creating a new profile/account. My payment method immediately worked with the new one so I know it wasn't me lol. Luckily I buy physical copies but lost a lot of saved progress and two digital games. That's brutal to hear about your GoW edition those are a nice piece of hardware. Yeah exactly had no hardware issues with so many generations before. So many moving parts and software updates feels like anything can go wrong.
@@KenoNoir chuffed you got it sorted, glad it’s not bricked! A good excuse to get playing games and building up the game score again on your new profile 😉👍
Been playing PlayStation 3 games and loving it. For as much time as I have to play and how much I'm willing to pay per game, it's absolutely perfect. Games look reasonably good enough visually that I'm not wanting, gameplay is modern, many "big" franchise games, SSD upgrade makes the system fast and gives me 16x more storage. Really scratching the gaming itch in a way I couldn't with a modern, current generation console.
I was born in June 1996, my first console was playing the Dreamcast with my parents when I was about 3-4 years old playing NFL 2K. I've played gaming semi-hardcore from them all the way to about 2014 when the 8th generation gaming consoles debut. I didn't have the money so I stayed with my GameCube, Wii, Xbox 360, etc from 2014 until 2018 when I finally got my first Xbox One and re-entered modern gaming. I felt like I teleported to a different world I tells you. Microtransactions were normalized, Free-to-play games were taking over, physical media was dying, and worst of all, gamers were divided. So much from them to now that has made me not just hate modern gaming but modern gamers. Everyone is either a sell out for big corporations or charged by politics to divide gamer culture and make us look bad. Gaming companies no longer putting gamers first. Social Media has overexposed us and now we hate everything. I just can't take it anymore. I'm tired of being hated for anything I say now. When this 9th console generation era ends, I am staying behind for good. It's clear this is the way gaming culture is going and will not go back anytime soon. Gaming isn't for me and no, it's not because I'm older like many will cry about, gaming isn't for gamers anymore. It's for politics. I want no more with this. Let modern gamers get scammed, be politically-charged, be divided, I will happily stay behind and have a set gaming collection and enjoy all my freedom.
@@BrokenToy jeeez, I was born 15 years before then. Many great points there for sure, yeah I get where you’re coming from, Xbox one gen onwards has just been so backwards. It seems the big companies are oblivious to the way they are shaping gaming and collecting and not sure they would care if they did see it all! Thanks for watching 😉👍
As a 41 year old I can relate to this. The only modern game I find myself coming back to is now after all the fixes Cyberpunk 2077. No other game has kept me interested, but that one, it's a fucking gem.
I agree mate the frustration of modern Xbox/PS5 is a nightmare but what I would say is the switch is amazing for not holding you up so I normally play games on that And if that fails I would go back to that awesome collection behind you Great video mate 👍
Great advice buddy, I have dabbled with the switch in the past but, as a family it didn’t really get used…maybe it is time to try it again! I will always dip in and out of playing retro, especially the SEGA…it’s in the blood! Cheers for watching 😉
My problem is that I'm a huge Elden Ring addict with over 2300 hours over the past 2 years and now that I've finished the DLC 6 times, I'm feeling a ton of burnout and can't find any other games that make me go "WOW, that was amazing!" I'll then download a few games to try out, and I just end up not finishing them due to not enjoying it. While I consider myself a very picky gamer, I just feel like the industry standard is set so low nowadays. There's a lot of "good" games to play for one time and then there's a very little amount of "great" games that can be played tons of times.
I know the feeling of uninstalling a game just to play another, but then I was forced to buy the western digital memory card, I found one on Amazon usa, for 75 dollars, but it’s a 512 gb memory card. There expensive but saves me the headache of transferring games in and out of the Xbox series x and an ssd drive. Now at least all I do is swap out the memory car and play games on them. It sucks that Xbox series x has priority type memory cards for there system. I sure they did that on purpose to charge a hell of a lot of money for them. And they know eventually your going to cave in and buy those, just like me.
It’s a challenge isn’t it. I find that one can’t be spontaneous when playing these modern titles. Need to play ahead for downloads / updates and random errors. Ole skool is so much easier. Can’t remember the last update for gameboy Tetris 😉. Have a top weekend mate.
Went to go play some Assassin's Creed Valhalla got it downloaded off the disk Launched a game just to realize that it needs another 91 gigabytes Just to make the game playable. Now mind you, I don't have to update it. I can play it as it is, but it ain't playable. You're telling me it takes 91 gigabytes to fix a game and make it playable? Crazy
This is so relatable! Things were waaaaay better when they were simple. The thing I find most annoying is how dependent games are of the internet. I have some great games for modern consoles but often find myself pulling out the psvita to avoid all the messing about. I'd still consider this handheld as modern gaming but it eliminates my the main pitfalls of modern consoles/games.
@@Hogan-sw1py cheers for watching! You’re bang on, it has definitely diluted the excitement of getting a new game…you get home with ya shiny new disk, pop it in- downloads, takes hours, console needs an update, the the game needs patching updates, then ya controller needs a update…then you finally play the game….and then find its glitchy…oh wait it will get more patches a number of weeks later! It’s all messed up! 😉👍
I only play old games and jrpgs and indie games these days. The Japanese know how to make make their games fun, while older games and indie games were made with passion and have a certain kind of charm to them.
I’m with you. Modern gaming is a pretty soulless experience. I have the series x with a 2tb usb drive with a ton of 360 games on it aswell as the seagate expansion drive. There’s hardly any games coming out I’m actually interested in anymore.
@@IanMartinScreenwriter I feel that pain… I’m currently just going through all my games one at a time to thin out what I don’t like and hopefully find some gems that will reignite my modern gaming…your right though there is nowt coming out soon that I’m crazy for unfortunately. Cheers for watching 😉
@@rodgyretro I bought myself a ps5 a few months ago in an Amazon sale. I wanted it for those juicy ps4 and ps5 exclusives I've missed out on being an ebox gamer. I've got maybe 6/7 games. I've used it more for watching 4k blu rays on.
Play games from 1990-2013. That’s enough to last a lifetime.
Hell yeah!
Great advice, cheers for watching
So true. Jailbreak a Vita. With emulation, the library and the awesome ports (total library quality has more than doubled thanks to homebrew Devs porting stuff 🎉) it's the perfect system.
Xbot logic lol 😂. Tell Phil get you some games
This is the way.
agreed, for me peak would be 2000-2014 these new gens bring quite a bit of sadness for some reason
The Dana White of retro games
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Needs a _little_ more cursing.
I thought that crazy haha
@ImUrZaddy was never my friend
I was thinking that or Jason Statham.
I remember, back in the 90s, dealing with "now loading" screens on disc-based consoles, and thinking, someday in the future, consoles will be so powerful that we will never have to wait to play a game ever again. I was wrong.
Yeah modern gaming is a major step back imo, I too remember thinking and hoping way back for the same one day!
Cheers for watching 😉👍
With PS5 you can jump into a game directly in some seconds into your last savegame (skipping most loading icons, depending on how well it is implemented)... loading times ingame are nearly instant in many cases. And also... not all new games are bad. There are many great games (indie or japanese titles as example) that are more game than the typical mainstream stuff. If you are bored or bothered, try some other game genres or game series you never tried before. Not the biggest mainstream stuff, maybe some niche games.
And most physical games are playable (as long you go with PS5 or Switch) without needing a day1 update (just install it from disc and play, on Switch instantly :P). Doesitplay shows what is playable without updates. On PS4 & 5 you can start the game even earlier, before the whole disc is isntalled.
@@Da-iken appreciate the advice, Xbox does have ‘quick resume’ but, with how little I play games lately, I find I have to go through loading updates for the chosen game still.
Gotta say I like the ps5 controller, going for a ps5 might be a good shout, cheers
I heard, that loading screens are compete nonsense. It's just a way to prolong gameplay. So they add loading screen for players to play their games longer. But I don't know if I believe that... Maybe that's true for *some* games.
@@leozar69 No... it is just for the time that the slow hdd and memory speed need. These Days loading times nearly instant in many cases. So fast that you can´t read text boxes in the loading screens.
"Modern gaming is a bit of a let down"
Huge understatement.
As a kid playing the 360, the future felt exciting. Little did I know that future me would rather stick to the 360/ps3 era
I felt the same thing lol. Nearly my entire library on steam is just games I used to play on the xbox360 cuz modern games just kinda suck now
ain't that a trip! crazy! Little did my 16 yr old self playing the 360 on the xmas release realize that i was playing the pinacle of gaming and what it would be even 20 years later. it really did feel great though. i remember playing madden 06 like crazy that xmas break and the first game i downloaded the demo for from the marketplace was condemened. and fell in love with that game as well. made great firends. some of which i met in person and still talk to today. incredible memores.
@@razorstargazer Glad I'm not the only one. The Series X was one of the biggest mistakes of my life, so much money wasted. May as well have just bought a 360 for 40 quid and 200 games for pennies.
I feel this…modern gaming is nothing but a cash grab anymore. They used to actually release complete games that worked properly and didn’t need day one patches or always online requirements to play…really sad in its current state. I mainly play older games myself now, there’s good replay-ability in them.
Also, sweet collection behind you!
Not true when I was growing up it was just sent as was with bugs.
Huge thanks for watching!
I too am getting so tempted to just concentrate on retro games, it’s such a shame, modern gaming could be so much better.
Your right it all seems a cash grab, how many times do we need the same old games to be remastered, or a game is released broken!
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i got a ps4 but hardly play it, i'm still playing ps3 and my ps2 slim. trouble is everytime i go in on ps4 there's usually a game update to do, those recent call of duties were the worst as it could be like 90gb and you have to wait and your friends be sending invites but you can't play until update is done lol alot of players don't like the idea of in game charges, it's no wonder more are going back to the simpler times where you can just play and no fuss.
It's so derivative. All the open-world games now seem to consist of finding a tower or location to reveal the map and the same old collection and small battle activities.
Fetch quests. Collect 150 wood and 30 stone. Find this person for a special upgrade.... Yep. Its all been done a thousand times and a lot of open world stuff has done this to death and there is little innovation. Technology is such that they can build all these massive and detailed worlds, but fill them with mundane tasks and "time sinks". It just gets boring and time consuming and there is little in the way of a dopamine hit. There are exceptions of course but i do think modern games are built with a multiplayer focus in mind.
Basically walking simulators lol.
Yeah it all seems like now it’s all been done before already, I guess we have been so spoiled over the last couple of decades with such great imagination from developers that we are now finding there is not much left that hasn’t been done!
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you just described botw
@@gtvrossa I've just tried playing Death Stranding and that is all that game is. It 🥱
There is no pick up and playability anymore. That’s why I mainly play the old stuff now. I just don’t have the time.
You’re bang on there…
It’s either you need to devote your life to a full on immersive story or the games have all been done before, they seem to hold your hand through them too….
That’s after your have had to load them in and all the patches that make them playable too.
Long live the retro
Thanks for watching 😉👍
Yes. I personally tired of open world game. I play more 2D side scrolling nintendo game or just linier game.
I've been surprised how well the original Gameboy games have held up (screen woes aside). They are so simple, but they respect the players time incredibly well. I can lick up and play them in seconds from boot up, and Pokémon aside, there are very little pointless dialogue or exposition to get past.
I miss the days off just selecting a cartridge and when the system turns on the game starts. PS2 was the last good run, no downloads required.
Anymore I find myself playing old gameboy ps1 games.
Wii - Wii U - and Switch is simple like that. And also, modern gaming requires you to have modern and fast internet connection, if you do the updates and downloads are done usually in less than a hour. And getting a larger SSD is easy to do.
Your right, that’s exactly what I am so missing…I started gaming on nes way back…I’ve never really experienced having the loading times like this, it feels a massive step backwards.
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@@Milkiy-Hazard it doesn't "require", it "incentivizes" And SSDs get expensive with games requiring massive amounts of storage.
When I start feeling this way I find it best to take a break from gaming until I have the desire to get back into it
Good advice, I’m happy enough just tinkering around with the collection for now.
Thanks for watching 😉
Well every now and then there will be a great triple a game, I find indie games to house the most creativity in the modern era.
PC gaming really is the way to go. Basically every game you could ever want to play on one system with emulation and easy storage expansion... I've got like 100 games installed, including PS3, PS2 and xBox 360 games, all work pretty well.
Don't forget all the glorious mods for games. Or the ability to access console commands in many PC games, which often allow the player to tweak so many things within the game/game engine. So much fun to be had. Like last week, just for the hell of it, I fired up Doom Eternal, opened up the console, and entered the 'noclip' console command. So I just flew around the map exploring 'out of bounds' areas that the player is not supposed to have access to or view up close. It was a lot of fun. Can't do that on console 😉
You are correct.
Yep. I switched to PC because I was tired of the “always online” and “install every game” bs consoles pushed. Tired of that shit. I pay for the console so I want full control. Last console I truely enjoyed was Xbox 360. I enjoyed some early titles on the Xbox one but after the first 2 years I was like hell with it
Pretty well... meaning all the good games have glitches in them 😂
After I got the Steam Deck, it was very hard trying to get back into consoles afterwards.
I just learned recently you can emulate games on the Xbox series, pretty sick
Im 41. I've been gaming as long as i can remember. More and more, I've been buying and playing older games. Adding them to my collection. I haven't bought many modern games tbh. Last one i picked up was FF7 rebirth. Huge Jrpg fan.
Same here. Pretty much all I play now is retro games like Doom, Quake, and other retro shooters. And you know what? I couldn't be happier with it. So much joy.
41 👀 Bro, shouldn't you be getting your affairs in order... Choosing a nursing home etc?
Nice game collection in the background 👌👌
Right there with you. My PS4 single player offline Tintin game arrived last week. Right there, printed on the cover, "internet required". Must be a multiplayer option. Nope. It turns out the game discs were printed before the game was completed and the missing levels have to be downloaded before you can start the game. Who thought that was a good idea?
So they knew soon enough to print the instructions onto the game cover but, not soon enough to hold off printing the discs until the game was finished. Crazy.
The digital vs physical discussion is one thing (and I'm very much pro physical), but this is one thing that the "early access" plague could actually solve. Release your faulty product. Let it debug itself in due course for one month. THEN print the discs, with the most necessary patches already on the disc. I wonder what will happen with all digital games in the future. All these server parks running worldwide 24/7 just to provide access to a 200 MB digital game from 1998? I doubt it. And before you know it, 2024 will be just as long ago as 98 is today. Go physical.
Ah that is gutting to hear, very disappointing, sorry to hear that!
I’m definitely not sold on modern day gaming!
Cheers for watching 😉
Yup. And now if you want to play that game in the future (assuming your ps4 will still be working) you better hope the servers are up to actually be able to download that update, so they essentially sold you an unplayable disc.
Modern games shouldn't need all these updates or installations, absolutely no need for it. I come from the tape era and even now I will load a game from tape....but thats because it was how I was brought up. I don't mind that. These days there is no excuse for it - install, patches, updates, hard drive size, yadd yadda yadda. It puts me off totally. At this time in my life I just want to put something on and play it. I barely use my PS4, Switch or Xbox One and no desire to buy the latest gen. I am stuck in the past and very happy to be 😊👍🐻
🐻 your a legend! I am really starting to think retro is the way to go…it’s so disheartening having to load a game in, load updates (especially with the limited ssd memory capacity of new gen systems).
Long live the retro, cheers for watching RetroBear 😉👍
I completely missed out on the tape based era but I still feel hard done by!
Discs are pretty slow. Better to download the game to the ssd and have fast loading when ur playing, then putting a disc and and stare at a "now loading" screen over and over lol
Turn on Dev Mode on your Xbox, and turn it into emulation device.
Have 100s of great Games ready for you.
No storage issues, no updates, just pure fun with good games.
Interesting, although to be fair I can just about be trusted to switch it on without messing with settings etc!
Cheers for watching
Wait how ?!?!?
@@Marathon_Gaming It's easy, look up some RUclips tutorial.
I spent 2 hours trying to get my PS5 connected to the WiFi, it’s been happily connected the the WiFi for two years,
But no, it didn’t want to know, it found the WiFi and it even paired with it but it wouldn’t go online.
I did eventually get it to connect only to find that I had to sign into all my apps. And the PS Network again 🤷🏻
Around 3 hours wasted.
I should have just pushed Mario Kart into my SNES and put a smile on my face 👍
Hell yeah… great idea to bust out the trusty SNES…within seconds you could have been flying round the track living ya best life 😉👍
Thanks for watching
I feel like anybody's experience of modern gaming all depends on your internet speed. For me its not great, probably 10-15 mbps tops. I've noticed I've kind of weaned off of triple AAA game releases due to the large data that usually comes with those games on top of microtransactions ect. Overall, I think as long as you barley touch big titles and more go for smaller development/indie games the modern gaming experience is much better. BTW keep up the great videos man you're killing it brother, much love from the US!
Thankfully my internet is not too bad, 40-45 mbps on average…yeah the micro transactions is also a great point, they are a real low blow when you wish to play everything a game can offer!
Thanks for watching! 😉
i have the same problem plus theres a 1.5TB cap per 30 days, i invested in a bunch of large capacity local 3.5 hard drives, over the course of over a year i've downloaded most of my entire library, i mostly only get 'updates' now
Mordern gaming is soo greedy
Yup. I can remember in the 80s paying £9.99 for a Spectrum game that lasted 10 minutes. Now that was value for money!
Microtransactions ruined everything !
5:45 I’m kinda the same, I play video games also for the art, the worldbuilding, the visuals as well as the challenge. When you said:”thrill of the chase” it reminded me of delboy from OFAH haha.
😂
Thanks for watching
Where do i start? Well today i sold my series S. I am also getting to the point myself where im finding it an effort to play. Give me retro anyday of the week. Pick up and play. And i also love that my daughter loves the old mario and sonic games from when i was a child. Takes me right back.
8 / 16 / 32 bit generations is where gaming was the best, so many legendary classics!
It’s great when the family get involved with retro gaming too.
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Im 25 and am feeling super burned out with video games nowadays. Grew up mainly on the PS2 and Xbox 360, being able to put in a disc and just unwind. Nowadays I pay 60/70 quid on a game (either on my xbox series x or ps5), throw the disc in to wait a hour for the main install and update to play an obviously unfinished game. Finding myself going back a lot and playing older games and having no complaints.
Yeah I feel ya pain, gaming has definitely changed and not for the better!
Cheers for watching 👍
Multiplayer gaming now it's way to sweaty ! People play like their life depends on it !
I hear that, my XSX went from being a GTA/RDR2/Forza box to a RUclips box.
Moved to the steam deck and just loaded up all the emulsion roms.
GameCube I think is perfect balance, one of the last offline system and with incredible games. Nowadays is perfect for chilling. Everything nowadays is too much… just put the disc and enjoy. 100% no updates no BS
I hear ya! …i feel the same with the original Xbox, the new gen stuff is such a let down. It’s always a pleasure to see how well most of the games hold up from that era.
Cheers for watching 😉
Throw the cube in the bin and use the Wii mate 😅
Sounds like burn out to me……if it’s an effort or feels like a chore you need to look to do something else…..I have these downtime moments where it feels nothing is keeping my interest, and then I seem to find a game that completely grabs my attention….although all day benders are much more rare these days….and bought a 4TB external HDD where I have put all my back comp games, although you can’t play XSX games off a HDD (only transfer to free space on the SSD)
I lasted up to 2016. I didn't see the point of the Xbox One. I loved my 360 and me and the lads still up to 2016 played Black Ops daily. Fast forward to this year, I got an Xbox Series S. Out of maybe 40 people I gamed with regularly online with, maybe 1-2 are occasionally online. Likewise, online games feel lonely. Nobody is really using microphones. There's no real sense of community on consoles unless you want to use Discord but that takes knowing where to go and hanging with people you already have a connection with. I ended up moving over to the Switch because the indie titles there piqued my interest and I feel a better sense of that childhood thrill with the console. Breath of the Wild really did bring back that positive feeling I had for gaming. Now that I got a a 9th gen? I'm just catching up with titles I missed out on from years ago and then I'll probably switch it off and my Game Pass. I think the next move will be back to PC gaming, my PS2, PS1, and Xbox 360.
Hard Target is absolute legendary classic, same with Sega Rally Championship on Saturn.
Great collection you have there in the background.
Huge thanks!
Cheers for watching 😉
_Hard Target_ - director John Woo’s first Hollywood movie.
While his Hong Kong work is still superior, _Hard Target_ still has a lot to like about it.
The online multi-player feature has become a money grab. They sell you a game and then try to sell you all the cool shit later. Whatever happened to just giving us cool shit?
Worse thing I see is people who defend it by saying that it helps support the service which is BS. There are games on PS3 that still have online multi-player working. You are giving them money for cosmetics and or buffs while the service still has bugs and cheaters. Make it make sense.
Game developers behind HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST have done it completaly right.
HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST COMPLETE EDITION IS EXACTLY WHAT GOLDEN- COMPLETE EDITION REALLY MEANS.
REPRINTED DISC
ALL UPDATES, PATCHES AND DLC BURNING SHORE INCLUDED ON THE DISC WITHOUT HAVING TO CONNECT ONLINE '
PLAYSTATION 5 OFFLINE PLUG AND PLAY.
JOY TO SUPPORT THIS "
HOPE MORE GAMES developers would do this!
@@heavensea141 wow all on the disk, that’s how it really should be, I’m all for that!
I played a bit of the Horizon first release but, was easily distracted and never got back to it. Now I do not have a ps5 (it was the mrs, we split and parted ways).
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I'm 38 with two young kids. My time to play games is very limited. I don't play enough anymore to be competitive in multiplayer games. I don't have time to play single player games for 40+ hours for a single playthrough. Plus my play times are spaced too far apart for me to even remember what I need to do, what buttons I need to press, etc. I may not turn on my Xbox for weeks at a time -- most of the time the system, the game, and even the controller need to be updated.
Another thing is that most AAA don't feel different/unique anymore. I grew up cutting my teeth on the NES but I still look back at the first generation of 3D games on the PlayStation with great fondness. Every game, for better or worse, offers such a unique experience. A lot of games just feel tedious anymore -- a never-ending fetch quest that I've done 100 times before but now with a new coat a paint.
Edit: Look at the games behind you. Every one of those games feel unique compared to the one next to it. Faery Tale Adventures is legit one of my favorite games on Sega Genesis.
Absolutely, finding the time, then finding the effort to put into a game once you have got past all the updates etc does dull out the highs you get from having a blast on a game.
I am totally with you on the retro games being they pinnacle of gaming times…
the trouble is we have been treated often to such great playability, awesome graphics that I yearn for that within a new game that pulls me in yet, as you say so many games are fetch quests or just feel so ‘been there done that before’
For now I will just take a step back and play some older titles until something releases that appeals…which are few and far between.
Cheers for watching 👍
Cod is the worst when it comes to updates. I've spent almost as much time downloading updates than playing the damn game
Pretty much stopped gaming now. Will come back for gta 6.
I feel ya brother. I think part of it is we’re getting older, and the new shifty business of gaming turns our stomach. We still remember when games were more pure and fun. I feel bad for the next generation of kids who never got to experience it
Yeah totally, they were pure and fun alright. There is a lot the youngsters will miss out on with gaming, even the going to ‘Toys r us’ searching the isle stacked with games to pick out the one title where the box art is screaming awesome at you … now it’s either click and download or go and pick up a download code card from a store!
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Modern games are typically not designed to be fun, they’re designed to make you play as much as possible and spend more and more.
I feel the exact same some times, over the last say 4-5 years the only new games I get excited about (and preorder) are fighting games like King of Fighters XV, Mortal Kombat 1 or Street Fighter 6. There’s been plenty of times where I’ve decided on a game I want to play but by the time the game has installed and done all the updates I’ve changed my mind and fancy playing something else. Our time is too valuable to be waiting for game installs and then game updates, where the older games (cartridge based) can be played instantly- what a step backwards. Great video and very thought provoking. Have a good weekend dude 🫡
Hope you’re having a great weekend buddy, thanks for watching and your thoughts!
That’s exactly where I’m at now fella…definitely losing faith in all this modern gaming business.
Mk1 is the only game I have completed this year and actually really enjoyed that. The situation is pushing me more and more towards retro gaming…chuck in the cart and have a blast straight away!
Gone of got all the consoles and a PC. Since having a baby this year and time being more limited I have decided to go back to the 360 recently. Have not regretted it since. Also nice walking the high street and picking up 10 games for £20 😎
One word for modern gaming these days and the downloads like you said... CBA!
I've abandoned by far the most AAA modern games.
I will say that modern gaming is amazing if you look outside of the AAA stuff. There's so many fantastic indie games if you just look for them and many of them don't require powerful pc's. I remember when I first dipped my toes into these smaller games and lamenting the fact I was leaving behind high-fidelity graphics and crazy high production value and scale, but I think it was super worth it and has kept my passion for gaming alive.
Some of my favorite smaller games that bring back my love for gaming are:
- Orcs Must Die 1-3 (defense shooter)
- Deadlink (fast paced sci-fi shooter)
- Dusk (Quake style shooter)
- Mechabellum (round-based strategy)
- Diplomacy Is Not An Option (Castle defense strategy)
- Redout (Wipe-out inspired racing game)
- Talos Principle 1 & 2 (puzzle games in the style of Portal)
None of these games have crazy updates that take any time to download and no micro transactions beyond a few cosmetics in Orcs Must Die and Mechabellum. All of them I think are easy to start playing and have fun with within minutes.
I think GTA 5 holds up really well, though I have not played the multiplayer.
That’s a great shout there, I’m very intrigued by your suggestions.
Thanks for watching 😉👍
I mostly agree, however indie games are starting to lack ambition too. If yet another Metroidvania is announced I'm going to scream.
@@starstruckjoker yeah those metroidvanias have certainly been done to death now.
A step back in time to the older retro stuff for a break might just be help I need
@@starstruckjoker I'm tired of a range of genres also, but there's soooo many games that I feel like there's always some games for everyone these days :P
Personally I'm very tired of crafting/survival stuff and I also groan a little when i see more of those. Doesn't mean all the other things don't exist though.
The Gaming Industry has ruined our wonderful hobby, but thank the Gaming God’s for my radical retro collection:-))
Great video. I like both retro and new games. I just finished Demons Souls on the PS5 and it was great. I am playing Super Mario World 2 on the Snes.
Remarkable how many videos of this topic I have seen recently and how many people feel this way and I'm feeling the exact same way too.
Modern gaming sux!
So much wasted opportunity and it’s as if the industry knows it’s dying out and doesn’t wish to change it!
Cheers for watching 😉
The old era was definitely more of just load up a game to entertain yourself quickly for a bit before needing to do something else. The new era just wastes all your time. The games are massive and require constant troubleshooting or downloading, and it all takes away so much time. I mean, i'm used to it these days, but I can definitely understand the disaster modern gaming is. Hell, when i was using Xbox 360, i just pop in a disc and get going on it within minutes. No updates, no downloads, no extra strings attached. As a kid, I had an hour or two a day on the game. Those days saved so much time for me. It took a max of 5 minutes to get a game up and playing without being installed. Nowadays, it takes an hour or two of install, and then you get into the game. I downgraded my xbox recently to the One S. I don't do modern games much anymore. I have a PS5 which I will use for modern games when needed tho.
I wish those instant play times were now but, if anything, with it all eventually going digital it will be worse more likely!
Thanks for watching 👍
Completley agree id rather go back to the old sonic games loads up in secs 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@GentleJames777 it’s what I keep doing lately, can’t beat an instant nostalgia hit!
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Not many recent games I enjoyed could count on one hand still trying to catch up with games I got years and years ago - great video brother 👍
Hard target was me and my mates fav film as kids. Well good
I had really bad internet until starlink came out and id often finish work and chores and turn on the xbox to see a 2gb update. That would take a couple days.
So that would be the end of that, and id sod off to the pub, which i bought the console to cut back from
Agree with you mate, modern game is a let down, and good to hear about having time to yourself always important me its usually thursday night haha great video mate 😊😊
It really is….its such a shame as it’s such a lost opportunity with the abilities game developers nowadays we should be overwhelmed with awesome immersive games.
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i miss the 5th gen. The saturn/psx/n64 was a golden age.
Truth. All I play these days is RE4 (2005) and FFXII Zodiac Age, both of which have original releases during the PS2 2005/6 era games.
Same experience with Dirt 4. Fired up Outrun 2 Coast to Coast and was having a blast from the start.
Modern games: A almost picture perfect guy with a Cape standing at the edge of a mountain looking at a huge open world with a mountain with snow far away
The easy solution for this would be to make the updates optional, just like patches used to be on PC games. Then you could just download the patch manually whenever you felt like it. There's no reason to mandate an update for a single-player game. It doesn't make any sense.
'' this modern gaming shit is doing my head in'' never related to something as much as that
i miss when you put a disc in you would just start playing, now everything is 100gb + needs 12 updates
been on my 360 for several months now loving it, also love finding small channels like this
@@MSDLT0XIC thanks for watching!
That’s just how I feel about modern gen games but, I’m definitely with you, the 360/ps3 era is much less frustrating and user friendly, this could have a lot to do with why the prices for that era are on the rise too.
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@@rodgyretro highly recommend a RGH Xbox 360 if you haven't got one, not only for video game preservation but also you download something once and you got it for life
I'm still playing ps2 in my ps5
Are you re-buying the games on the PlayStation store or can you insert PS2 discs into a PS5?
I’ve always been a AAA gamer until I’d say 2022. The new games recently have underwhelmed. Randomly looked into indies and created wishlists on PS, Switch and Steam and have loved it. Even downloaded games from the last 10 that Ive played and forgot about and they just seem better.
I've been playing Chrono Trigger for the first time and having a blast.
I bought a *Steam* Deck OLED and I can honestly say it is my favorite console I ever played. I wait for Steam sales and pay about $5 to $10 per game. It's very easy to emulate games for older systems on it as well. It also doubles as my portable PC.
Much respect to a man that understands himself.
as someone that was born in the 00s. i fancy the older gen. i love the fact that i can just pop in a disc and play without deleting or updating anything. the xbox 360 and ps2 (my favourite's) was the last of its kind that had that ability. even i in my early 20s don't see anything really interesting about this current gen of consoles. if i want to play something new i'll play it on pc or the ps4.
I'm 48.
I love gaming.
Gaming doesn't love me.
I picked up The Suffering on Gog not so long ago, what a enjoyable blast from the past.
If you haven't done so already, I recommend playing the following games:
*Shogun* 2 Total War
*Rome* Total War
Half Life 2
Saints Row 3 and 4
Soul Calibur 1, 2, and 6
Team Fortress 2
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
Dragon Ball FighterZ
War Hammer 40,000 - Space Marine
Guns Gore and Cannoli
Power Stone
MotorStorm Apocalypse
Empire Earth
Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection and Tekken Tag 1
Hyrule Warriors 1
Pacer
Brutal Doom
Battlefield 1 (Anti-Cheat Servers)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Worms Armageddon
oddly i understand how you feel. its not a cool feeling if you dont have enough space on your console and feel like playing a game u havent played inwhile. espcially if its 100GB game. kills the whole thrill.
I feel exactly the same way about modern games as you do. I miss just flipping a switch and the game is started and on the screen. You can't just sporadically put in a modern game into your system and play, it's like an investment of installing (hopefully having enough hard drive space), downloading patches, and loading screens before you can actually play the game. By the time all that is done, my excitement to play has died down quite a bit. 😫
You're an absolute unit man
Cheers for watching…. Thanks 😉
Whats with all the man babies crying about games not being what they grew up with? Just play indies, get out of your comfort zone, there is literally no better era for gaming than right now.
Interesting take on things, I will have a search through for indie games that will hopefully appeal, you may have the right idea.
Cheers for watching 👍
Personally I think people just take things for granted these days there are so many brilliant games still being made look at Elden Ring for instance, I am 35 now and began gaming on the NES with my dad when I was 3 all the way back in 1991. PS5 for me is the golden age of console gaming, great price and so many amazing games to enjoy, they even updated most of the PS4 library for free. Finally we have rid ourselves of the 30fps standard that we had on previous generations, games play so much better at 60fps, I am really enjoying the improvements overall and the graphics in some games just blow my mind sometimes, have a Nintendo Switch also which I do like a lot but they really need to make a more powerful system as soon as possible.
I know there are issues with live service and predatory practices in gaming these days, things have changed a lot over the years with the introduction of online gaming, was a very different world back in the 90's. With regard to fully enjoying a game I get what you mean, what I like to do is commit to one main story heavy game until it is finished like say Resident Evil 2 or Horizon Zero Dawn for example then have side games like Helldivers 2 or Battlefield
I've definitely experienced this lull and frustration with modern systems before. Sometimes I'm not sure whether it's modern gaming's fault or just me getting older and being less interested in gaming overall. As a huge fan of the Metal Gear Solid series, I mostly just find myself playing through those games on loop. I'm looking forward to gaming with my son when he gets older, as hopefully it'll respark my passion a bit!
P.S. Liking the Sega collection btw!
Personally I am more often than not playing old games I've beaten. Playing stuff I had a blast with. Even though I bought about 11 games this month.
I agree mate. Being a family man my gaming time is limited (when the kids are in bed) cant spend my free time waiting for updates then have an hour playing 🤦♂️
Retro i can load it up and playing within 5 mins.
Long live the retro! 😉👍
Cheers for watching
Totally agree with you pal
...my series x is used for youtube only cose when I get time for bit of gaming (not that much cose too busy) i go to 360..ps2 or ps3..my golden era of videogames with wast libraries..enhanced graphics and massive diversity while you still get to throw disc in and play instantly with 95% of your games
I do like retro games..and most likely I'll get ps5 eventually..for certain titles and out of curiosity...but i fully understand by now that 6th and 7th gen. Is my definite golden era...
.. hoping to retire catching up ... got massive bucket list 😬
... thank you for the video... couldn't agree more
Old games are the best. I think they always will be. I fear for the future of gaming!
I think we gotta specify we're tired of 'modern corporate gaming norms' like always online, DRM, MTXs, planed obsolesence of discs, tracking etc. Modern indies like Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, and smaller but still known games like Armored Core 6 that are one of many good games releasing now, they shouldnt be buried with other big games that are falling in quality, gotta expand the horizons, was hard for me cause all I want to do is stick to halo 3 and forza 4 lol.
I was always on xbox till the one (specifically the X) which was my first buyers remorse. Series has dropped the ball further and for the first time ever I bought a PS console. I could boot it up and play physical games and movies entirely offline, DoesItPlay helped me see which games could be played offline without patches (or not), definitely worth looking into if you buy new physical games.
Lots of good still out there, gotta take chances cause you may very well hit gold, dont give up🤟
I've been like that for quite a while now.. Sold off a massive amount of games off recently. From gaming all the time for decades to not being bothered about it anymore. Modern gaming is just too faffy. I don't get any satisfaction from playing games anymore.. Thanks for the video
I've got a 4tb drive hooked into the Xbox and still space is an issue. It's just pushing the problem forward as you will still hit a point that you want to play something but still don't have the space.
It's the installs and updates that do my head in. I don't live in an area with the greatest internet and I think it was Forza horizon 3 took me a week to play after getting it on day one. It would download so slow that when I went to boot it the newer update was out and it started all over again with like 70gb files. I just wish the patches were short and snappy like they were on the 360 again.
I didn't have any troubles with dirt 4 difficulty wise, but I have found with some modern racers and just games in general a lot don't allow you the range of control to the difficulty they did a generation ago. For example I love the dirt rally games but they are tough, but the first one doesn't give you much choice in difficulty. It's just play it this way and If your having trouble get better. I dunno where I'm going with this now I've typed too much haha
Great points raised dude, these new consoles are supposed to be super powerhouses and capable of almost anything…however, they seem to have forgotten what made older generations awesome….’almost’ instant put the disk/cart in and get amongst it.
Thanks for watching fella 😉👍
You got a thumbs up as soon as you said you watched Hard Target 🤩
Modern gaming has its perks and definitely the cons too, such as long install times, the bloody updates and things losing charge. I think if you have the right game to grab you then it’s all good, if not then you can fall out of love very quickly. 😊
I tried playing spider-man miles morales and the horizon, and I was just like....I don't feel like it. I feel like I have already played these games a billions times. Don't get me wrong in recent years I loved playing Breath of the wild, RDR2, ghosts of tsushima and last of us part 2, but lately I have been all about Ps1 and N64 era.
11:03 I would make the same choice haha. Big GTA fan here.
If you want to, I also recommend Red Dead Redemption 2; a wonderful game where you can do almost anything (just like GTA) but in the Wild West era.
Another notable mention is the latest Hitman World of Assassination, if you're into stealth / combat games.
These are my top picks. I hope you have a great time with GTA 5!
Oh my god, your Mega Drive collection behind is amazing. My childhood right there. I remember my dad getting me a little cash in hand Sunday job working on a market stall that sold video games, belong to someone at his workplace. My first job, must have been around 1993. I was about ten… memories. Good old days. Oh yeah, modern gaming is just crap 😂 Agree, modern gaming requires too much preparation to get started. Just want to plug in and play, once all the installs and updates are done the mood and time is gone and before you know it the evening is gone and gotta get to bed for work in the morning.
I can't relate. I understand why the new games are garbage, but it's a lot better than arcades, or a scratched disc, or a moisture problem on the cartridge... I prefer online purchases. I don't jump around from game to game either.
Maybe try buying tons of 1TB hardrives and have all the games already downloaded and ready to go. Sometimes the updates are preshader caches so the game doesn't do shader compilations during gameplay (loading textures, animations, lighting, etc), but those are usually 1 minute updates.
If you've got hundreds, or thousands of games, you're probably just overwhelmed with choice. I personally would just sell or give away the games that I don't feel like I wanna replay and just stick with the ones that I consider all time favorites, and genres that are more to my taste. Having much less choice makes it easier to decide what to play. When I was a kid, that's how it was. I probably had no more than 30-40 games in total, throughout my whole childhood and teenage years, so I really took my sweet time with them.
How To Modern Game For Gamers:
1. Get a PS5 with disc drive.
2. Get a 2tb Fanxiang M.2 Ssd 2tb for about £80.
3. Organize your games into folders on the PS5 eg Racing, FPS, To-Play ect.
4. Leave system on standby mode when powering off to download updates when not playing.
5. Enjoy your modern games instantly with a push of a button 😎👍
The state of modern gaming….my ps5 won’t accept any of my payment methods and won’t give me an error code to know what’s going on. It just says try again in a few moments hahaha. I call support and they have no resolution and their best advice is to either add funds through the app which of course also doesn’t work with an error (obviously) or keep buying psn gift cards. Absolute joke, I think that’s the nail in the coffin for me and gaming. I have other hobbies I can pursue
Ah gutted for you, investing in a new gen console for it to go wrong is a killer, I still have my Xbox one x gears of war edition that after 14 months since purchase just died…that was almost enough for me to give up but, the seriesX is my last chance…hopefully it holds out!
We never had the hardware issues with the Megadrive or SNES-the systems are too clever nowadays…I am certain they build them not to last now!
Good luck with sorting your system.
Cheers for watching 👍
@@rodgyretro Ah thanks I really appreciate it. Was hard to commit to but I ended up creating a new profile/account. My payment method immediately worked with the new one so I know it wasn't me lol. Luckily I buy physical copies but lost a lot of saved progress and two digital games. That's brutal to hear about your GoW edition those are a nice piece of hardware.
Yeah exactly had no hardware issues with so many generations before. So many moving parts and software updates feels like anything can go wrong.
@@KenoNoir chuffed you got it sorted, glad it’s not bricked!
A good excuse to get playing games and building up the game score again on your new profile
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Been playing PlayStation 3 games and loving it.
For as much time as I have to play and how much I'm willing to pay per game, it's absolutely perfect. Games look reasonably good enough visually that I'm not wanting, gameplay is modern, many "big" franchise games, SSD upgrade makes the system fast and gives me 16x more storage. Really scratching the gaming itch in a way I couldn't with a modern, current generation console.
I was born in June 1996, my first console was playing the Dreamcast with my parents when I was about 3-4 years old playing NFL 2K. I've played gaming semi-hardcore from them all the way to about 2014 when the 8th generation gaming consoles debut. I didn't have the money so I stayed with my GameCube, Wii, Xbox 360, etc from 2014 until 2018 when I finally got my first Xbox One and re-entered modern gaming. I felt like I teleported to a different world I tells you. Microtransactions were normalized, Free-to-play games were taking over, physical media was dying, and worst of all, gamers were divided. So much from them to now that has made me not just hate modern gaming but modern gamers.
Everyone is either a sell out for big corporations or charged by politics to divide gamer culture and make us look bad. Gaming companies no longer putting gamers first. Social Media has overexposed us and now we hate everything. I just can't take it anymore. I'm tired of being hated for anything I say now. When this 9th console generation era ends, I am staying behind for good. It's clear this is the way gaming culture is going and will not go back anytime soon. Gaming isn't for me and no, it's not because I'm older like many will cry about, gaming isn't for gamers anymore. It's for politics. I want no more with this. Let modern gamers get scammed, be politically-charged, be divided, I will happily stay behind and have a set gaming collection and enjoy all my freedom.
@@BrokenToy jeeez, I was born 15 years before then.
Many great points there for sure, yeah I get where you’re coming from, Xbox one gen onwards has just been so backwards.
It seems the big companies are oblivious to the way they are shaping gaming and collecting and not sure they would care if they did see it all!
Thanks for watching 😉👍
As a 41 year old I can relate to this. The only modern game I find myself coming back to is now after all the fixes Cyberpunk 2077. No other game has kept me interested, but that one, it's a fucking gem.
Cyberpunk 2077…..that’s the most modern game you can play 😂
I'm the same way it's just puts me off playing games have been a gamer for decades.
I agree mate the frustration of modern Xbox/PS5 is a nightmare but what I would say is the switch is amazing for not holding you up so I normally play games on that
And if that fails I would go back to that awesome collection behind you
Great video mate 👍
Great advice buddy, I have dabbled with the switch in the past but, as a family it didn’t really get used…maybe it is time to try it again!
I will always dip in and out of playing retro, especially the SEGA…it’s in the blood!
Cheers for watching 😉
My problem is that I'm a huge Elden Ring addict with over 2300 hours over the past 2 years and now that I've finished the DLC 6 times, I'm feeling a ton of burnout and can't find any other games that make me go "WOW, that was amazing!" I'll then download a few games to try out, and I just end up not finishing them due to not enjoying it. While I consider myself a very picky gamer, I just feel like the industry standard is set so low nowadays. There's a lot of "good" games to play for one time and then there's a very little amount of "great" games that can be played tons of times.
I know the feeling of uninstalling a game just to play another, but then I was forced to buy the western digital memory card, I found one on Amazon usa, for 75 dollars, but it’s a 512 gb memory card. There expensive but saves me the headache of transferring games in and out of the Xbox series x and an ssd drive. Now at least all I do is swap out the memory car and play games on them. It sucks that Xbox series x has priority type memory cards for there system. I sure they did that on purpose to charge a hell of a lot of money for them. And they know eventually your going to cave in and buy those, just like me.
It’s a challenge isn’t it. I find that one can’t be spontaneous when playing these modern titles. Need to play ahead for downloads / updates and random errors.
Ole skool is so much easier. Can’t remember the last update for gameboy Tetris 😉. Have a top weekend mate.
Went to go play some Assassin's Creed Valhalla got it downloaded off the disk Launched a game just to realize that it needs another 91 gigabytes Just to make the game playable. Now mind you, I don't have to update it. I can play it as it is, but it ain't playable. You're telling me it takes 91 gigabytes to fix a game and make it playable? Crazy
To be honest…Valhalla was one of the last games I sank too many hours into, absolutely loved that…well worth playing!
Thanks for watching 😉
This is so relatable! Things were waaaaay better when they were simple. The thing I find most annoying is how dependent games are of the internet.
I have some great games for modern consoles but often find myself pulling out the psvita to avoid all the messing about. I'd still consider this handheld as modern gaming but it eliminates my the main pitfalls of modern consoles/games.
@@Hogan-sw1py cheers for watching!
You’re bang on, it has definitely diluted the excitement of getting a new game…you get home with ya shiny new disk, pop it in- downloads, takes hours, console needs an update, the the game needs patching updates, then ya controller needs a update…then you finally play the game….and then find its glitchy…oh wait it will get more patches a number of weeks later! It’s all messed up! 😉👍
I only play old games and jrpgs and indie games these days. The Japanese know how to make make their games fun, while older games and indie games were made with passion and have a certain kind of charm to them.
I'm into action jrpgs myself (I'm playing Fate/Samurai Remnant at the moment). Still, my interest is waning everyday sadly. :(
Same, solo quiero ver Netflix y relajarme, 😵💫
I mean theres still occasional bangers that come out, from indie devs and some big devs. But 5th 6th and 7th gen were my favorites.
I’m with you.
Modern gaming is a pretty soulless experience. I have the series x with a 2tb usb drive with a ton of 360 games on it aswell as the seagate expansion drive. There’s hardly any games coming out I’m actually interested in anymore.
@@IanMartinScreenwriter I feel that pain…
I’m currently just going through all my games one at a time to thin out what I don’t like and hopefully find some gems that will reignite my modern gaming…your right though there is nowt coming out soon that I’m crazy for unfortunately.
Cheers for watching 😉
@@rodgyretro I bought myself a ps5 a few months ago in an Amazon sale. I wanted it for those juicy ps4 and ps5 exclusives I've missed out on being an ebox gamer. I've got maybe 6/7 games. I've used it more for watching 4k blu rays on.