PC Gaming

Not really.

In the enterprise you run on a tight schedule which you're really not going to stretch that because your contracts are signed.

Even good SMB IT doesn't let you run too long as supportability becomes an issue. When rebuilding a machine costs as much in IT hours as half a new machine, it makes sense to simply upgrade rather than spend money on a diminishing resource.

Smaller businesses may hold on, but they're a tiny portion of what gets deployed.

Hi, we (personally)'re various types of queer, and plural, and otherwise don't really have local """"""real-life"""""" community. The internet and such is crucial to our continued existence and we know literally nobody offline.

Don't throw out computers just because "oh Real Life is More Real".

(yes, you didn't technically say "throw out computers in general" but it feels like you're implying it with the "throw out games in general".)

Also singleplayer games exist and those are good too.

Games are not purely a means to be social to other people in the same room with you. They're still good for that! But societally we've moved way beyond that being the only reason.

(English could really use an inclusive and exclusive we, heh)

Games are actually among the LEAST enshittified regions of tech these days. And that's with all the shit Ubisoft and their ilk are pulling. Games are like the one category of proprietary software where you can update relatively safely and expect to not be screwed over. Most of the time.

-- Frost

Might be time to make more browser games again. Doesn't have to be complex. Ohhh... If you get some old flash games, those might even run fairly well on a pi zero. And when they ban non ID verified internet we can trade games on SD cards.