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Older patient gamers: what is your preferred gaming platform? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by verycoolusername@lemm.ee to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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I used to be a PC-only gamer but the older I get the more I gravitate toward very 'simple' platforms.

Because my gaming time slots can be unpredictable and sometimes short I can't take too much time setting things up.

I was surprised to find that I use the Nintendo Switch a lot because the games are on cartridges (usually few to no downloading needed) and I can continue playing the game when I am away from home. Really surprising, considering I bought it out of curiosity in 2017 and that it is in some ways underpowered compared to my other devices- I never had a Nintendo 'home' console before that.

I thought of adding the PS4 to this mention however recently I've been avoiding playing it due to the constant updates. The worst example was when my SO bought me Red Dead Redemption 2. I sat down, excited to play it, when suddenly it pormpted me to download a HUGE update . It really kind of ruined my first session.

What are your experiences and your preferred devices?

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[–] Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

43 I use GeForce Now. I get made fun of a lot for it. But $17/mo, and no hardware to buy is very affordable. An additional 5ms lag is fine for me.

Unfortunately, it is really buggy. A lot of trouble connecting. So, It is not perfect.

[–] Adeptus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I play only on PC. I like mostly cRPGs and strategy games, so there is no need for console for me.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

Playstations that are old enough to become cheap to get but new enough that the local libraries still have a game collection.

Otherwise a Linux pc and gog, flea markets, local used sellers, or other sources.

You can generally avoid big updates simply by keeping the machine offline.

[–] Redkey@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

Perhaps similar to OP, I gravitate toward whatever's handiest. That's usually my smartphone or one of a number of old-ish Linux laptops. I have a handful of smartphone games that I play pretty much every day, and I've got controllers for both, so there's also lots of emulation of older games, and also some newer indie games on the laptops. After that I have a "gaming" PC (nothing amazing but it does enough for me) for more current games, although I'm finding that I don't turn that on as much as I'd like to, lately. Then I have a handful of less-old consoles that my other devices can't emulate well, but I can't even remember the last time I used one of those.

[–] any1th3r3@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago

I used to be like you OP, PC-only gamer for a long while, but as I'm getting older (and got back into gaming a few years ago), I've mostly been using consoles or equivalents:

PS5 40% of the time
Xbox Series X 20%
Steam Deck 20%
Switch 10%
Super Nt / PS3 / Analogue Pocket / Miyoo Mini Plus / 3DS / Vita, remaining 10%

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