I’ve been having some thoughts lately that I would have believed crazy just a few years ago. I’m starting to think it might be time to move on from my PS5 and triple A gaming as a whole. I’ve had a PlayStation from the PS2 all the way to the latest generation of consoles. I remember fondly time spent roaming the lands of Fallout 4 or getting lost in the great Naughty Dog games Uncharted and the Last of Us. I was giddy beyond belief when Uncharted 4 came out in 2016 and after a recent replay it still holds up. I’m noticing as I’m getting older that gaming isn’t providing me that same excitement like it used to, and I can’t remember the last time I got lost in a game after Last of Us 2 came out.

I’m wondering if it’s time to pawn the PS5 and move on.

I think the main motivation that is killing my drive is the direction the gaming industry is heading. I was a big Madden fan for alot of years, but now EA has effectively killed that franchise with their unwillingness to invest or inovate. Other games now feel like they are becoming like that and selling out to just get you locked into a subscription model with their game (gta online with their recent subscription comes to mind).

Recently I’ve been cutting out subscriptions in my life as I feel it is better to own rather than effectively rent media. Netflix and Spotify are now raising their prices and looking back, I could have just bought the movies I liked and found another way to stream tv. It’s clear these companies just want to take the power away from you and keep you paying forever for the same content.

I look at my PlayStation and I just see a big subscription box. The games don’t even do it for me much anymore. I’ve been finding the games that do excite me are the small indies like Firewatch in the past and Dredge which I have heard great things about. If I want to play indies, a PS5 feels like a bit of overkill for that. I could get my on my Switch and a laptop. Maybe even a steam deck would be a worthy trade in.

Anyway, I wanted to get others thoughts as it sort of depresses me to think about moving on from a system that I’ve had since childhood, but it also feel like it’s time for a change.

  • Goronmon@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Who cares what you play the games on.

    Yeah, I think this is roughly my stance. Who cares about the brand of the thing you are playing games on?

    Are there games you want to play? Then figure out what system those games are on then go from there. If you don’t see any reason to keep the PS5, then get rid of it. If you see games you’ll want to play on it, then keep it.

    I will say, that if you are in a period of “Do I even want to play games right now?” then the last thing you should do is to pick up new devices that primarily play games. Just do other things for a while, and then if at some point you want to hop back into gaming, then again, figure out what games you want play and go from there.

    I’m noticing as I’m getting older that gaming isn’t providing me that same excitement like it used to, and I can’t remember the last time I got lost in a game after Last of Us 2 came out.

    The Last of Us 2 came out 3 years ago. You are barely “older” then you were then. It more sounds like you just need a break from gaming.