(08-31-2023, 12:55 AM)Svejk wrote: Honestly, I've had a few gaming purges since the beginning. Whether it was a desperation for money, selling stuff off, or getting a new system with no BC (PS3 -> PS4), going back to a clean slate is refreshing to me. It's hard to accept half the time, but I never regret doing it in the long run.
That being said, this subscription service BS is always a hard pill to swallow. This recent PS+ price hike maneuver could be the straw that broke the camel's back. I have so many games on there, it's almost overwhelming... It's a double-edged sword though, because it makes it harder to focus on one game at a time. On Steam, I got maybe like 20-30 games. It would be nice to have a fresh library to focus on one game while it lasts.
The other toppler, is the success of the steam deck. PC gaming finally getting to a comfortable convenience with it, it's definitely a grand swing for heading to sole PC gaming.
AND, now that they're selling refurbished ones, it's even more tempting..
I dropped Xbox after that disastrous 2013 E3 and don't miss it one bit- PC has everything Xbox has anyway. With Playstation, things slowly got worse to me and I lost interest in the majority of their first-party games. I shouldn't have bothered with the PS5 -it's a literal dust magnet that just sits there unplayed- and even Sony is releasing their games on PC anyway. Nintendo is the only one with a console still worth buying for their own games. I used to buy a lot of stuff on Switch, but now if it's on Steam, I go for the game on there instead- it feels pointless building up digital game libraries on consoles when you don't know if those titles will be playable on their successors or if access will be removed in the future. I'm at the point where I could just drop consoles all together and be happy.