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Computer parts are expensive. My pc specs are more of a downward graph. ddr3 ftw. Am4 b550 stuff isn’t good enough to warrant an upgrade and b650 motherboards with their stupid overpriced ddr5 ram are too expensive to be worth it.
I already have ddr4 ram from my “old” but newer motherboard that stopped working (before someone points out ram prices and is like uhm ACKTUALLY)
>bought expensive computer for roomscale VR
>mostly play Railroad Tycoon 3 and games that are just maps
To this day the only VR game that looks fun to play to me is beat saber.
Not fun enough to warrant a 3k setup.
I got it in 2016 when the Vive came out and VR development was more of an open question. The first generation titles were wonky tech demos but they showed what would be possible in the next one. Then hardware adoption stalled so the next generation software never came out in any meaningful way.
Haha that’s exactly when I got a good computer! I was a console guy until the release of the HTC Vive, and I kept it up to date until today. Only got a Switch for Nintendo games, and waiting patiently for the remaining exclusives to release on PC (but I spend half of my play time on retro games through emulation 😅).
My PC specs have plateaued as of late, but we’re both in this picture. 😅
Mine haven’t 🥵
I paid scalper’s prices for a 4090fe because the FE is the only 4090 that fits in my FormD T1 case. (there is one other card, but you have to mod it)
Personally I’ve gotten better at this. I’ve managed to control a bit better how much I buy, and I’ve been playing quite a lot of different games in the past year. It’s definitely hard to suppress the monkey brain during a Steam sale tho
Growing up is a double edged sword.
Since my firstborn, 7 yo now, I’m all in board games. Long past are the days of 100+ hours rpgs and grand strategy games.
Having a blast with boards! Love 'em even more than playing on mu PC, including a lot of solo gaming.
What kinda board games do you play solo?
I’ll give you my top 5: Gaia Project, Agricola, Spirit Island, Mage Knight and Terraforming mars. You can try some of those in boardgame arena! Ping me there, same handle, and I can teach you some games :)
Will do :)
I don’t have a kid but the steam deck has been a godsend for me. No need to sit down in front of a computer to enjoy some gaming and the standby mode of it pauses the game. Also helps you being aware of your surrounding.
All of this! As soon as I got a Switch, I knew all of my gaming going forward would primarily be handheld. I always hated being tied to a specific place to play games, be it on an xbox or pc, but there was no other options. The steam deck and similar (I have an ayaneo) have made playing games so much more enjoyable. Being able to play whatever and wherever is just mint (the only downside is I’m reading substantially less than I used to lol)
More like a single edged sword, aimed at me lol
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My green is a flat line…
Kinda impossible for games played to exceed games had though unless you’re not counting pirated games as “games had” or something
This is a qualitative chart
You may have spent more time than necessary thinking about this meme
What’s seemingly more impossible is for the blue line to decline. I assume all lines represent some sort of integral which means number of games played have become negative YoY
But it’s not as funny if you made the graph accurate
Blue line can decline, that’s what happens when you play a bunch of games but then just start loading up paradox bullshit every day
It’s “games I play” not “games I’ve played”
Are we counting replays of games here?
Free time would also bee an interesting metric. Maybe not a very pleasant one 😅
I’d need to add an orthogonal axis for the imaginary numbers.
The main reason I don’t play a bunch of games is that my PC specs have actually gone down a few times…
I had a very nice gaming laptop that died, Got my PC running again, and then had to move, now I only really have room for a laptop, and my backup laptop is… bad. I’ve ordered a new gaming laptop that’s better than anything I’ve had in years… I might actually get to play modern games again. Kind of looking forward to it.
Same, same. I bought my system well over a decade ago and the only thing I’ve upgraded is the GPU. System still works great for general computing, but it’s missing some of the CPU features newer architectures have like SSE[?-4] and AVX.
having responsibilities sucks
This is offensive to me.
I feel attacked.
My dumbass built a PC last year with a 7700x, DDR5 6000 RAM, 4TB PCIe 4.0 NVME, a $250 PSU, a freaking 4090, and stuck it all on a $500 motherboard. Paired it with a 65" 4K 120hz LG OLED with VRR and HDR. All in all I spent over $4K and what do I do with it most of the time? Watch YouTube.
No regrets, though. I could never afford anything nice in my 20s so I wanted to treat myself after my dad died and I collected life insurance. Not to mention that on the rare chance I do play a game, man is it glorious. 100% worth it.
Yeah, you shouldn’t have regrets with things you enjoy.
I feel you. 7950X, 64gb RAM, RTX 4090…and most of my time is videos or playing Factorio.
Hey, Factorio can get pretty demanding on the CPU.
It’s sort of last gift from your dad
I like how you put it. He knew about my love for computers, so it really was. Thanks, dad.
Me too and don’t get me started on my Epic collection.
“I’d play more games, but I’m too busy working to afford the upgrades to my PC, upgrading my PC, and then going online to discuss how much I’ve upgraded my PC! Also, hopping linux distros every time I hear about a new one, and then going online to talk about that!"
You forgot browsing Steam for interesting looking games to buy and then never touch again
“can’t play games, too busy distro hopping”
I think the amount of games you have should increase fast at first and then only grow marginally as you get older. Or is it just me?
