Thread 717832620

When did gaming become so serious?
And why has the gaming community become so whiny over the years? Nothing pleases gamers anymore. Even the old ones just complain.

I'm pleased

>>717832620 (OP)
I play on Steam, therefore I'm satisfied

>>717832620 (OP)
>When did gaming become so serious?
it didn't
>And why has the gaming community become so whiny over the years?
because everything is getting worse

>00s
>you go to the shop with some random arcade
>oh yeah a fighting game
>you play it and make some friends
>the game is modified allowing the span of some moves but no one cares they're all having fun
>ok time to go home
>no one complains about nothing

Gaming became serious when normies entered gaming sphere, happened somewhere around early 2000 or something. Before that it was more of a nerd hobby, for some autists to have some fun, escapism. Then it gradually evolved to become some kind of competition among normies. Xbox Live, while cool invention, was the beginning of the end of online gaming (since it's when normies started to get into gaming). I do miss the PSO tho

Focusing only on the negatives, that's what you're doing right now so you're not any better than them. Though you need a little bit of both of healthy stance on anything, to be able to think for yourself and not just blindly follow opinions of others you may deem authoritative or likable.

>>717832820
>because everything is getting worse
assuming that every retro game is playable these days
like 95% of those game are a trash experience today

>>717832767
you own nothing and you're happy

>>717832767
would rene be a gamer?

>>717832620 (OP)
Self proclaimed gaymers have always been a loud and whiny minority. People who don't make playing video games their entire personality can enjoy most things.

globalism destroyed everything
I'm 108% serious

>>717832620 (OP)
because you know, deep down, that gaming is wasting your prime years so you are turning into a bitter and nasty person

let's turn it around, why are you complaining right now? why are you so serious?

>>717832937
yes, but will only play Portal

>>717832620 (OP)
>why has the gaming community become so whiny over the years?
Because the whiny ones are the vocal ones. Plenty of people don't complain and just play what they enjoy, but they are not vocal about it coz they're just chilling and gaming, so all you hear are people complaining but that doesn't mean everyone is.

>>717832620 (OP)
??? humans have always been like this in every space. even early on the internet, people did the same thing we do. look at old usenet posts

>>717832620 (OP)
gamers are manchildren so they're the first to complain(and suck corpo cock), the thing is that all media has been incredibly shit since the late 2000's with very few glimmers of gold here and there, i can count on my hands the number of games and movies worth playing and watching released in the last 15 years

>>717832937
Would rene have a pc or console?

>>717832620 (OP)
>Even the old ones just complain

>>717832931
my HDD says otherwise

>>717832620 (OP)
because most people use games as a form of escapism. The shittier the life in reality gets, the more bitter people will be; both irl and online.

are you sure you aren't just inflating your biased opinion as being the common viewpoint rather than an obscure thing

>>717832620 (OP)
Matchmaking induces severe mental illness.
People were never meant to be randomly placed among people with whom they have no connection only to be separated at the conclusion.
It causes people to view everyone as the enemy and seek social connections outside of the game, effectively reducing their investment in the game to habit-forming addictions and parasocial relationships with streamers.
As for the rest of the gaming sphere, we are currently in a state where 90% of major releases are just scams by major corporations to get money out of pseudo-asset flips, because the paradigm of large publishers that was the foundation of modern copyright law is completely defunct, it is literally more profitable for a publisher to be a non-producing-entity than it is for them to seriously engage in game development.
>>717832931
If the DRM can be easily stripped, then you own it in every way that matters.
Ownership of data is a cuckold paradigm, the data belongs to The People(tm), therefor it belongs to (you).

>>717833571
This anon gets it. But also, increase in normies, and increase of non-high iq internet users (including normies, but also 4th countries, because technically even US is 3rd country)

>>717833835
>People were never meant to be randomly placed among people with whom they have no connection only to be separated at the conclusion.
LAN always superior

>>717833998
>that pic
yikes

>>717832620 (OP)
When most “gamers” stopped actually playing games and instead began worshiping ecelebs and obsessing over them online drama and controversies involving games they have never bought in the first place.

>>717834152
that's the true face os gamers and it's based

>>717833835
>People were never meant to be randomly placed among people with whom they have no connection only to be separated at the conclusion.
This retard never took a bus ride or went to any event ever.

>>717832620 (OP)
This is a bit lengthy, but hear me out:

YouTubers have ruined gaming's morale. It's very difficult to create a review video that's objective, engaging, and fair.

It's much easier to create videos that are negative, since it's easier to complain about the features that a game DOESN'T have, than it is to take the time to examine the features and positive gameplay aspects that a game DOES have.

This is exacerbated by the need to be "first" on YouTube for more views.

Also, a lot of gamers are straight up incapable of thinking for themselves and having their own opinion. This is exacerbated by reddit's upvote/downvote psyop.

There is a period of time for games:
>Brand New Phase
The game might be buggy. But it is super hyped, and any reviews will be positive to flow with the algorithm
>Stable Phase
Bugs have been fixed. The game is solid now. Despite this being the best time to play, negative reviews will start coming in.
>Established Phase
This is where a major YouTuber can literally destroy a game. Lonely faggots have 100%'d the game and are now whining about 'lack of updates/content' (despite regular, sexually active gamers still being satisfied and working through the content). The games Steam reviews are now 'Mostly Positive'.
>Smeared Phase
YouTubers can now easily shit on the game and make low effort videos that play on negativity to get free clicks. Depending on how much traction a review gets, the game might literally be abandoned by simple minded faggots who can't think for themselves. The Steam reviews are now "Mixed". This phase doesn't always happen, but it's extremely common now.

Basically, reddit and faggot youtubers is the cause of many more problems in the gaming community than people are willing to admit.

I don't know why people aren't talking about this more.

pic unrelated

>>717834714
switch youtubers with streamers and you'r right

>>717834714
>>717835075
also what this kid said about matchmaking >>717833835 . matchmaking (espebially sbmm) has been cancer to online gaming

>>717834380
>Take 10 20-40 minute bus rides every day
>Go to 5 random conventions you might not even be interested in every day
>In addition to either of those, also expect everyone to act the way you want them to, because it will be detrimental for you if they don't
>Also the bus and conventions are mostly minimum viable product shit and are barely tolerable if you don't spend loads'a'moneh
You're not making a good point.

>>717834714
And these days it isn't just for attention or being the review guy or whatever. Its straight up for money and since it is actually lucrative many people on youtube, twitch, even social media, etc talk in ways to get the most engagement possible.