Is gaming fatigue inevitable when you reach 30?

>>713376072 (OP)
No, You've simply stopped developing as a person.

>>713376072 (OP)
Nah. I'm 31 going on 32 soon, still love games, still excited about new releases. Just beat Deltarune Chapter 3, going to finish Chapter 4 this weekend, then play Death Stranding 2 if it's decent. Also been replaying SMT Nocturne, but with the Maniax DLC since Atlus were fucking idiots and didn't include it automatically, so I wasted 10 hours before realizing.

If you get fatigued, play better games, stop playing slop, or just take a break. It's not the industry or your age, it's just you.

I actually like games better now than I did in my early 20s

Perhaps that's because games are better now, but I also play older games.

Not as good as my childhood of course

Childhood brain chemicals and the fact that EVERYTHING is new can't be beat

>>713376072 (OP)
>29
>tired of games
>stop playing for a month
>now it's 75% good again

>>713376072 (OP)
I'm 33 and still love vidya, so no.

>>713376072 (OP)
No, but responsibilities mean you must earn more by gaming. Maybe grow, or maintain, muscle. Consider wrist weights while playing VR, or a dance pad with DDR, or a stationary exercise bicycle while playing flatscreen games.

>>713376072 (OP)
I require an animation of this character doing exactly as anki did during the bar segment.

>>713376072 (OP)
No, burnout can happen to anyone: you just have to take a break for a month or two, and then you'll be ready to play again.

No I have internet fatigue

i'm 32 and playing/finishing more games than ever in my life. i finished almost 30 games in 2024 despite working full time, been NEETing this year and have finished i think 31
it helps that i barely gamed at all in my 20s due to being a drug addicted retard most of the time

this but with jerking off

>>713376072 (OP)
34 and no I still play strategy games shooters. I have become the Old Men me and my buddies used to make fun of, though. Been playing WARNO, Company of Heroes, and Space Marine 2. Waiting for Underrail Infusion. ANY DAY NOW STYG.

>>713376751
This. The new Internet sucks. When 4chan went down I basically quit the Internet altogether.

>>713376072 (OP)
it means that you've matured now, late bloomer.

>>713376072 (OP)
How do you have gaming fatigue? I've played more video games than anyone on 4chan, and even I don't have gaming fatigue. I think you're just tired from something else, like being a wagie, or maybe spending all your time ruining my website.

>>713376072 (OP)
It's evitable, but i think that it depends on your life situation. For a person who has a family to take care of, a job that demands a lot of time or effort, or other things that can build a lot of stress, it's hard to avoid feeling too tired to dedicate time and effort to videogames.

>>713376761
>been NEETing this year
Why are you NEET at 32?

33 and growing increasingly hermit in nature about vidya. I'm more interested in niche Steam and itch.io shit these days, but I've been disillusioned with AAA for about 15 years now anyways. I look at the current crop of consoles and can't help but laugh. Fuck, Vita was more interesting.

>>713377013
As someone who spend their life on 4chan, this is the only kind of fatigue I have. I have NPC fatigue, and I can't be bothered reading the garbage they write. Mainly because every post feels like it was written by one person I don't like.

>>713377072
why not? i have minimal expenses and had enough in savings to chill for a while. i didn't plan on waiting this long to get a job but it's been too comfy. i'm going to start working again soon, sadly

>>713377251
spent their life on 4chan*

>>713376072 (OP)
No, gaming fatigue is an early 20s thing and then you get over yourself.

>>713376072 (OP)
it's millenials whining about anything and everything episode 9000, sucks to be you I guess

>>713376764
This. Sex is a million times better than fucking your hand

>>713376072 (OP)
No, you are just distracted

>>713376072 (OP)
I'm 34. I have living fatigue.

>>713377442
Yes, I wonder what generation is reaching their 30s right now

>>713377442
>sucks to be you I guess

It's actually worse to be you. I may have filtered 99% of the board, but unless you did exactly the same, then you're forced to post in every thread due to my filtering. Reply after the hide, and assume the percentage is a joke.

>>713376072 (OP)
just do something else for a few months.

>>713377072
Median home 1970: $23,000
Median home today: $420,000

1oz gold 1970: $40
1oz gold today: $3410

Minimum wage in 1970 was $1.60

You'd have to make $29.2/h today to match the MINIMUM WAGE of 1970 in home purchasing power.

You'd have to make $136.4/h today to match the MINIMUM WAGE of 1970 in gold purchasing power.

>>713376072 (OP)
Burnout is normal for any long time thing
A couple of the signs are:
>trying to make a joke of the thing anytime you can
>being bitter about it, ie., questioning it and your or others time or attention directed towards the thing
>need booze or drugs to enjoy things
take a break and see how you feel in a couple weeks

>>713376072 (OP)
>30
I'm 25 but I cannot bring myself to get involved in whatever I'm playing like I used to. I find it so weird I've been playing games since I was 7 but all of a sudden I don't find gaming appealing anymore. Those days I either watch Youtube videos, exercise or code on my free time.
I did play some Hades 2 when the update dropped but that's it

>>713376072 (OP)
No, depression isn't inevitable.

>>713377553
>I may have filtered 99% of the board
way to out yourself as a bitch, you faggots whine about good old times and then it turns out you can't stand even a bit of shitposting, loling at you you massive faggot :DDD

>>713376072 (OP)
“Gaming fatigue” is just cope for lack of fulfillment, and a subconscious feeling of guilt that you pissed away your 20s (arguably the best years of your life), and you’re statistically at around the halfway point of your life.

>>713376682
The fuck are you even talking about?

>>713376072 (OP)
No, but you need to realize that fewer and fewer games are made with you as target audience in mind.

>>713377713
>depression isn't inevitable

It is, though. The age at which the depression starts varies based on intelligence. I've been depressed since I was a teenager. For the normalniggers, I would say 30 and after is the normal time. That's why the Wizard meme exists. How old are you?

I've unfortunately spent 15 years on this shithole but I don't have fatigue playing games. I'm 32 and play way too many games. I just don't bother with games I don't enjoy and that I know I won't enjoy. Just play stuff you like and don't play stuff you don't like. Easy

No, what happens in your 20s is you change from playing shit games that are designed to be addictive first instead of fun, and you either give up gaming or you find stuff that's actually fun that you enjoy.

Personally late 20s was when I stopped playing the edgy "mature games for mature gamers" and addictive gay shit like LoL and started playing JRPGs, action games, indies, AA, etc. I just started fighting games in my late 30s.

Just start playing demos and sailing the seas for new shit you wouldn't think you'd enjoy.

>>713376072 (OP)
I just have fatigue in general. Work, wife, kids, parents dying, fixing shit around the house and when I rarely have free time I'm too tired to get motivated for games. Maybe if you're a neet you can avoid that.

>>713377742
I have zero shame or regret for not supporting a dying capitalist system.

In fact, I don't want to be a winner in it.

If you offered me being a billionaire, or the destruction of the capitalist system and USA government, I'd pick the latter.

>>713377980
35

>>713377742
This.

How do I cope with the fact that I wasted my "prime" years?

>>713376315
That's only in the Steam version. Nocturne was released in three versions on the PS2.
>Base game (JP only) - basis for Steam version of HD Remaster
>Maniax (Dante) - basis for PS2 NA/EU release, exists as paid DLC for all version
>Chronicle Edition (Raidou replaces Dante, JP only) - basis for console versions of HD Remaster, exists as free DLC for Steam version
The reason Chronicle Edition is free DLC for Steam is that Raidou has sensitive WWII-era imagery for South Koreans, so that part was made optional. The Steam version is still the best version, not just for the options it offers, but for allowing you to actually PLAY the original vanilla game if you want. I don't think it's totally the same though, because I remember that in the original PS2 version, you start with a different hoodie that doesn't appear in Maniax onward, but the HD Remaster uses the Maniax hoodie in all releases. I also have no clue about balance changes.

>>713378092
35 and not depressed? That's impressive. I'll choose not to believe you, since you replied to this thread. I don't recommend replying because I'm filtering it. I don't care what the NPCs have to say.

>>713377263
>i'm going to start working again soon, sadly
Do you have a job lined up already?

>>713377581
So you're saying just give up? We gotta pay for the roof over our head and the food on our table dude

>>713377742
This might be it when I think about it. I've done everything I ever wanted to do in life. So now when I play vidya I don't guilty anymore. But back when I was a depressed virgin, I did feel guilty about wasting time on vidya.

>>713376072 (OP)
Nope, actually, I had more fun gaming in my 30s when I switched away from AAA slop and multiplayer slop

>>713378074
Quit putting so much pressure on yourself. Clear your head once and awhile. It's ok to stop doing thing to get your life back in order, just don't let other people get used to you not vidyaing cause then they'll expect you to have quit completely and will expect you to've quit completely. They'll try to run and micro manage your life if you let them

>there are people that didn't stop playing AAA and multiplayer shit when they were in their teens
Bros, I'm 32 and gave up on that shit when I was 15.

>>713376315
Based and truthpilled

>>713376072 (OP)
What do you mean by that?
If you mean that it takes tremendous effort to start playing a new game or a modern game, and you mostly replay old games and play 2-3 games you like - then yes, it's inevitable.

>>713378074
>Maybe if you're a neet you can avoid that.
the grass is always greener on the other side, anon

I'm not a NEET anymore, haven't been for 7 years. But one thing I can tell you is that, if you're like me, and have issues finding satisfaction in both the small and big things in life, you're always going to be miserable. The only difference is what kind of miserable you're going to be. From time to time, when you feel like throwing it all away, try to remember the small conveniences from your day to day to life and keep it together. It's mostly placebo, but it helps me with not kissing the end of a gun barrel

>>713378095
It's actually very difficult to get the most out of your prime years. You could be in some shitty apartment by yourself working in some shitty cubicle job surrounded by HR roasties and lazy girl job bimbo girl bosses who all hate you while you make $40k a year.

Western life is a giant battle you will never win, between having no time and lots of money or lots of time and no money. Being able to balance that is nearly impossible. But vidya has an amazing dollar to entertainment value.

>>713379393
>Western life is a giant battle you will never win, between having no time and lots of money or lots of time and no money.
If you don't have rich parents there has to be a sacrifice somewhere along the line. More money and more financial security and assets, but less freedom and memories. Or less money and less financial security, but more memories and events in your life. I chose the latter. I don't regret it one bit even while my peers are ahead of me now in the asset game.

>>713376072 (OP)
I'm 38 and still enjoy a wide variety of videogames

>>713376072 (OP)
33 and i love games more the older i get. if i had to guess you're probably fatigued because you play only a handful of genres and it has become stale for you as a result. go outside your comfort zone, experiment with other stuff even if you think they're not for you and develop your tastes further and further. never stop wanting to explore new things. you'll play a bunch of stuff that is indeed not for you, but you might also discover something so new and refreshing to your usual style that it rekindles your interest in games as a whole. several of my favourite games are from genres i normally would've considered to be not my thing, but i still decided to give them an honest chance and let them surprise me.

>>713376072 (OP)
Only if you have 100% completion OCD. Grinding covenant items in Dark Souls 3 is so goddamn ass, even with an active PVP scene today.

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How tf are you all so old? I just turned 19 lol

>>713380740
idk man, it's almost like I was born earlier than you or something. Weird how things like this works??????? What is this world, dude??? How can these things even happen LOL

>>713380740
Enjoy the hell of being here forever, and it's just going to get worse.

>>713380740
How are you so young? You didn't even enjoyed the PS2 era what the fuck.

>>713380740
you'll be 30 before you know it

what games have you finished this year, anons?

>>713376072 (OP)
I'm trying to play Trails of Cold Steel 1, but I find it kinda boring and play like 2 hours a week. Should I just give up?

>>713381403
did you play the first 5 Trails games? if CS is your first then yes give up

>>713380740
Imagine not remembering 9/11, lololololololol ow, my hip

>>713381287
Dark Souls 3. I still need to finish Metaphor's main story, then hopefully I can rush through to 100% the pain in the ass. Fucking christ I play so much shit that has awful grinding for 100%.

>>713380740
>I just turned 19
God I hate kids. Piss off my yard

>>713380740
I'm 20 years older than you and started posting here 20 years ago. While this place sucks and keeps getting worse every year all the other places suck even more so where are we supposed to go? When 4chan went out it made it obvious how other online communities are even more garbage. The other chans, or kiwifarms where it's full of pathetic schizo stalkers, forget reddit since I refuse to make any account and social medias in general can fuck off. There is only 4chan no matter how shit it is.

>>713378090
That’s the copiest cope that’s ever coped. You’re just not ready to accept the truth yet. You’re the problem, not some system.

>>713384761
Not that Anon and I understand him. Today I'm self employed but before that I had to spend a decade in corporate and it was fucking soul crushing to just be a cog in the corporate machine with the paycheck being the only motivation. Now I'm motivated and what I do has meaning (at least for me, which is what matters) but during those corpo days man? How many nights have I spent imagining a Breivik scenario at my corpo HQ.