Chris Trottier on Nostr: It bothers me when people say gaming isn’t good nowadays. Okay, compared to when? ...
It bothers me when people say gaming isn’t good nowadays. Okay, compared to when?
The Atari days when lack of quality caused video game crash?
The NES days when only a grand total of 716 games were released in the entire console’s lifespan—which, by the way, was on the market for 12 years?
The PlayStation days when no one released 2D games and all the 3D games looked janky and ugly? And yes, I was alive at the time, and it was ugly to my eyes even then.
The Xbox 360 days when too many games were an FPS that could only manage 30 frames per second?
My point isn’t that old games used to suck because there is indeed gems made in every era. It’s that gaming is better now than people may realize.
Sure, AAA games have become bloated, excessive, and obsessed with micro transactions. But if that’s all you’re playing, might I suggest looking a little harder and not getting swept up in hype cycles.
Because the truth is that there’s a lot of gold out there if you’re willing to go mining for it.
The Atari days when lack of quality caused video game crash?
The NES days when only a grand total of 716 games were released in the entire console’s lifespan—which, by the way, was on the market for 12 years?
The PlayStation days when no one released 2D games and all the 3D games looked janky and ugly? And yes, I was alive at the time, and it was ugly to my eyes even then.
The Xbox 360 days when too many games were an FPS that could only manage 30 frames per second?
My point isn’t that old games used to suck because there is indeed gems made in every era. It’s that gaming is better now than people may realize.
Sure, AAA games have become bloated, excessive, and obsessed with micro transactions. But if that’s all you’re playing, might I suggest looking a little harder and not getting swept up in hype cycles.
Because the truth is that there’s a lot of gold out there if you’re willing to go mining for it.