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[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

the fuck does a 21 year old need to "relive their childhood" for ahhhhh

[-] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 44 points 1 day ago

when you hit 21 in america, your childhood is closer to the building of the pyramids than it is to the present

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 day ago

Only in America though. 21 is different in different countries

[-] huf@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

Metric vs imperial 21

[-] itsPina@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

By the time I was 21 I had been in the labor market for 7 years lol

[-] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 46 points 1 day ago

i honestly don't know many people who play "current" games anymore. i usually wait a few years before trying a new game myself because most of them are mid

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The people I see mostly staying up to date with new releases are nintendo stuff? I really don't see people getting hype over arena shooter #69 and such.

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago

Video game Disney adults

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago

i wish we were still getting arena shooters angery

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago

It's all extraction shooters now

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i still don't know what that means. when i play warframe i shoot things and then i go to the extraction point

[-] Kefla@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Extraction shooters are a little bit like battle royales except you can leave any time you want at a few contested points on the map and the incentive for staying and risking people shooting at you is randomized loot which you use for meta progression and/or combat gear for future runs

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

sounds like definitely not my kind of thing but i guess i can see the appeal

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

It's basically that, but people can shoot you and steal your stuff

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

not my stuff! stalin-stressed

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[-] moss_icon@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The price is the main issue for me. Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 is like £60 for the standard edition and the campaign is maybe 10 hours if you really push it.

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[-] RondoRevolution@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

My psp's battery is dead and it needs a bigger sd card. Outside of that I need to find a way to better grip it, it get's uncomfortable fast on my big ass hands, tho it's probably best if I just emulate it on my swiech lol.

[-] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

No drift on the joystick? They tend to get that in my experience

[-] RondoRevolution@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

You mean the PSP or the Switch? I'm fortunate enough to never have gotten drift, but I had 2 joycons had buttons just stop working.

[-] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

I meant PSP, mine got some drift and tekken combos became impossible lmao

[-] RondoRevolution@hexbear.net 1 points 10 hours ago

Never knew the PSP was prone to drift, that sucks

[-] MiraculousMM@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

And here I was seriously considering buying a Switch 2 for the last several days. Fuck the modern game industry, embrace playing older games you never even knew existed

[-] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

For what games? There's like 3 and none of them are groundbreaking or good. Its just Nintendo slop we have seen for 10 years but now with a higher price tag

[-] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

"All 3" of these games are among the highest scored on Metacritic this year.

[-] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

I just looked at the top 15 metacritic for switch 2 and only 2 games are exclusive to the switch 2. The donkey Kong game with a premise that barely gets expanded upon and looks boring after the first couple levels and Mario kart that we have had before but with an open world that barely contains anything. Stellar line up for a $500 console that barely improved upon anything from the first iteration nearly 9 years ago.

[-] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

7 out of the top 10 best games this year are available on the Switch 2.

"ThE cOnSoLe HaS nO gAmEs". Grow up dude.

[-] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 23 hours ago

They are also on other stuff dude. You don't need to waste $500 on garbage. Expand your mind and take Nintendo's boots out of your mouth.

[-] hello_hello@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is why we need to buy a brick with shit specs that can be remotely shut off by the OEM at any time.

[-] moss_icon@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

I never bothered with the Switch because I just lost faith in Nintendo, the Wii U was a flop and they keep getting greedier with time. I mean they tried to trademark summoning in battle for fuck’s sake.

[-] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 30 points 1 day ago

Emulation is just so easy these days. You can get a portable device for not too much that will run a pretty big range of systems, or something like a Steam Deck (or similar Steam OS device) that runs pretty much everything, including switch games. There’s just not much of a reason to buy a traditional console anymore aside from maybe brand new exclusives.

[-] microfiche@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

not too much, or a steam deck.

six to seven hundred bucks USD comrade. Be thankful such a cost is something you can be flippant about.

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

You can buy a BattleXP G350 for about 35 USD and go ham on GBA, GBC, NES, SNES, and even PSX games. Emulation devices have pretty much every price point covered from incredibly cheap all the way up to 1000+ USD handheld computers.

[-] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

Almost everyone I know has a smartphone capable of playing PSP games, and Spain isn't particularly rich. They sell decent controllers specific for smartphones for some 20€ off Ali, not too bad either imo

[-] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you read the whole sentence as I originally typed it out, I clearly meant the devices were "not too much" and not the Steam Deck. You can get a portable retro device that runs quite a bit (up to maybe PSX and DS games) for roughly $50-$100, which is a lot less than a Steam Deck or any new console would be.

[-] Blakey@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago

The steam deck is 6-700. The emulation handhelds they mentioned are usually iirc between about 80 and 150. I don't think the "not too much" was in reference to the steam deck.

[-] micnd90@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago

On the other side, nobody can afford the new hardware or microtransactions to play AAA games

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

People in the UK are naming their kids "Kyle" now?

Damn.

[-] unaware@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago

the West has fallen

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[-] moss_icon@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago

I still love my PS Vita and use it regularly. Also very easy to pirate games on it (some of the prices are absurd given the console was never even that popular to begin with.)

[-] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago
[-] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Mine's slowly dying. Gunna' have to replace the screen at some point. But it's like $45+ and then I should change the case when I do that and that's another 40-ish so whatever. I just have the battery taped in at the moment and ignore the slightly foggy screen corner.

[-] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

I replaced my screen but then the motherboard gave out within a year and I wasn't able to fix it. I had a one from mid 00s.

[-] ronweasleysl@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Gotta ask, wouldn't it make more sense to get one of them gaming handhelds and just use PPSSPP on it? Compatibility is pretty much perfect now right?

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

Even inexpensive entry level smartphones can run PSP games these days

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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

You got monster hunter, gran turismo, tekken, mgs, god of war, all the playstation 2 hits on the go.

[-] toarmspunies@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

I'm pretty confident that if someone told me all games are erased from existence except for one of your choosing that Monster Hunter Freedom Unite would survive.

[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

In a similar vein I'm planning on refurbishing my ds lite but all of my games are lost/stolen, does anyone know how hard it is to get pirated games on it? I looked at the second hand market for ds games and I won't pay that much

[-] toarmspunies@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Incredibly easy. Ace3ds X is the flash cart of choice for the DS (works on a 3DS as well to play DS games) and is fairly cheap

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