Why are games not "fun" anymore?

[Bagge]

Alright so I have been a "gamer" since I can remember. I've been playing since the first classic xbox came out, nostalgic games like The Simpsons Hit & run. Built my own custom pc in 2008 / 2009 and have been all kind of games like the classic CoD games, Arma series, Grand theft auto etc. etc. you get it. Today I keep spending, or wasting I rather say on buying the latest PC hardware (Currently got an rtx 3090 and don't ask me why). Back in the days I could spend full days playing games, even today when I have the same time mostly on weekends I only end up playing a few hours if not less in a game before I quit playing it. Am I getting to old for this or am I living in a lie? Right now I feel like I have a love & hate relationship to gaming. I will most likely never end up selling my PC but I will also never most likely continue play games long-term. Am I the only one that feel like the todays game are not to my standard or is it me just hitting my retirement and closer to the computer grave?

Dunno but it's just dosnt have that thrill anymore, even games I'm looking forward like Arma 4, GTAVI and the Settlers, games that takes decades to develop and keeps getting postponed I can't see myself playing these games long-term that I'm so excited about.

Any thoughts?

[BJWyler]

I've been gaming since the birth of computer gaming back in the late 70's. Not much has changed in the last 40 odd years.

Games were released with bugs.
There were good games and there were bad games.
There were a lot of copycats.
There were games designed to immediately drop into the bargin bin.

The same things people complain about now, they were complaining about back then.

There is no such thing as the golden age of gaming. We are in the best times right now, and it will only get better as time and technology advance. From AAA to indie, every year there is something to look forward to and worth playing.

I have never been at the lack for good fun games to play, only the money and time to play them. Not everything needs cutting edge graphics, not every game needs to be a GotY contender to be worth playing.

I used to only play RPGs and SimCitys, but when I opened my mind to other genres, a wealth of multiple lifetimes worth of gaming opened up to me. Hidden Object, Action, Adventure, Strategy, MMO, Competitive Multi-player, Simulation. The list goes on. There has never been a better time than now to enjoy what this industry offers.

[Nimbull]

1. You are getting older and you aren't as bright eyed and alert as you used to be. You may have gone from fast paced shooters to more story book type games because you just can't react like you used to. You tend to play less fast paced games as you gray up like everyone else and miss the days when you could bounce off someone's head using a rocket launcher.

2. SaaS. Games have gone from something fun you can play to Software as a Service beasts. This means that instead of making good game play as a primary concern you focus on virtual items and services that give the game play extra enjoyment. Online stores and gambling loot boxes are the game now instead of actual game play. These games have one goal, drain your wallet and cultivate whales.

3. Your friends got old like you and don't play games anymore. They have lives, wives, and kids to worry about. The true game everyone plays but very few people win at to any great extent. The winners of that game are the ones running #2 on the list as well as banking and other major "to big to fail" companies because we don't go after monopolies like we used to. Hyper Capitalism is the new game and it's a race to the top. You don't really play this game, you work at it for someone elses benefit most times even though you think you are doing it for your own.

There's more but these seem to be the three biggies I can think of off the top of my head.

[timabe10]

It not fun when u play everyday just be exhausted or boring

[Doctor Go-Go]

Games were more interesting when they were simplistic because they captured our imagination. They did really amazing things with limited software and hardware. NOW engines and graphics are so finely detailed and high def they're no longer intriguing.

Games are becoming remakes of classic games. Developers and publishers still trying to go with "GRAPHICS SELL" BUT... now graphics and performance are so outstanding they're no longer the lure, the major selling point, graphics became a minor selling point.

Could be age too, we grow out of things as we develop and mature. New games haven't caught my attention nor interest for ten maybe fifteen years. Still playing the 90's to 2010 now considered to be "classic games"

It's nostalgia for me.

[unskilled-]

Because your not a real gamer.

Real gamers never get tired of playing games!

Step up and git gud!

[Adam]

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