Is gaming dying? Or are we outgrowing it?

It's a question I find myself asking from time to time. On those days when I glance at my x-bone and look at the games I once enjoyed, but then I remind myself how obsolete and slow it is in comparison to my PC. I usually shy away from consoles now, even as much as I enjoyed it back in the day. I usually stick to PC because its and all in one system I can do day-to-day tasks with and play games on when I'm bored. However when I am bored I only really every play older games to scratch the nostalgic itch. Newer games don't excite me too much anymore other than the graphical enhancements always being something to marvel about in some instances.

Much of gaming has just seemed to have taken a turn with the all digital/multiplayer only/microtransactions. That isn't to mention the whole having a physical copy of a game but still needing to download it onto your console because piracy bullshit. That alone infuriates me and is enough to keep me from going back to console main.

Would I be feeling this way you think because I am outgrowing the hobby? Or is gaming somewhat of a dying trend? Does anybody else ever feel the same?

more like gayming lol

No the gaming industry has just gotten shittier.

You're just looking at the microtransaction-infested trash.
2017 was one of the best years for games in recent memory.

Maybe you're just burned out.

I'm so glad i was a kid back in the days where you could get pirated PS1 cds for a dollar. :^)

It's not dying, it's just that mainstream games are changing.

You as a person may outgrow it, but there will probably always be a market for good games that focus on a single player experience on top of the library of classics that already exist

Gaming isn't dying and you aren't "outgrowing" anything
You just waste so much time on this contrarian shit hole that you've become a jaded faggot that desperately seeks the bad in everything to get a quick feeling of self-satisfaction

>Xbone
Well there's your problem muh dude, it's a western shooter machine.

The problem with the game industry currently is that it's more focused on making money and finding ways to weasel in extra charges along with your initial $60 game, $80-$120 depending on editions. Doesn't matter that you've already bought the game, the season pass, and the little extra cosmetic DLC, they want more and will do whatever it takes to do so.

Growing up the only people who played games were, kids, teens, and some young adults. Now it has a much wider audience and companies know this, thus attempt to take advantage of the situation.

>2017 was one of the best years for games in recent memory.
Having fun being exploited by cheap sex (Nier Automata, Xenoblade 2? Overwatch) and nostalgia (Yooka Laylee, A Hat in Time, Cuphead) pandering? Go back to the consumerist hellhole you came from.

I feel ya user, im not PC master race anymore tho due to bad financial situations, i dont think we outgrew gaming though. I think the social aspect of it has really changed. I grew up in the 16 & 32 bit eras and social gamin was much different back then. Plus with more companies producing the same cookie cutter games/interactive movies nowadays, alot of games either have no actual fun aspects or mechanics and rather are too easy, too hard (in b4 git gud you know what i mean) or just too damn political to actually be fun anymore.

>Zelda, Mario, Splatoon 2, Mario vs Rabbids
Quite honestly, I loved all those games and my backlog is jam packed with shit I'm not even close to getting through.
Enjoy your joyless self-created hell you've created for yourself.

>rehash, rehash, rehash, meme game

It's not games, it's you. Don't let anyone tell you different.

Yea that what I figure, and honestly something doesn't change gaming might just become a subscription service in itself that appeals to kids who hope they're parents buy them into. So many games used to appeal strictly to adults/young-adults; Halo, CoD, Fallout, but now you can just swing by your local Toys R Us and pick up action figure merchandise for your favorite character of any series. Different developers get their hands on an IP and suddenly the market shifts and a new audience is framed.
Maybe this too, I just don't know. I haven't really picked up and played too many games. Probably because the best ones don't seem to market themselves anymore. All we get are nonstop CoD commercials. The newest game I own would have to probably be RE7 and Wolfenstein A New Colossus .
Yea that was a blast. 3 discs of MGS1. I never cared much for piracy, I utilized the tool all the time as I'm sure most of us have. Downfall is always not having the legitimate copy if you actually cared.
Thanks for your input shithead
>the only people who played games were, kids, teens, and some young adults. Now it has a much wider audience and companies know this, thus attempt to take advantage of the situation.
Thats actually a pretty valid and reasonable explanation. Never thought of it like that. But to me it was more the aspect of games being taken seriously BECAUSE of the way they were marketed. Halo at its prime was usually teen adult saturated, those game nights were the best.

You sound like you're fun at parties

>Games can't have sequels unless being called Rehashes.

there's no doubt in the industry has sank to new lows but there was some good games last year. also never ever buy anything on day 1.

>lalala I can't hear you
Face the facts, faggot. You're posting frogs.

Bit of both games are just shit and getting older. For me it's also my bipolar disorder

>not shimmying the demo CD's out of vidya magazines leaving minimal damage to the plastic seals
never gonna make it. i had like 10+ ps1 demo discs i would cycle through

Modern games just to play a game.
>Buy the game, Edition you want.
>Download the game (Exception being Physical Switch, 3DS).
>Download the Day 1 patches, extra patches if bought later on.
>Barely guaranteed if the game is going to be full of bugs, glitches, or even be a finished product.

Im not saying a crash is coming, but it's similar to the days of Atari.

It's funny considering Toys "R" Us filed for bankruptcy 4 months ago.

yes but these companies are wrong. this whole "call of assassins: 20" fad to cater to everyone will pass, actual competent companies will emerge, and in 10 years the way vidya is handled now will all seem like a distant bad dream

I'm having a lot of fun playing NWN 1, so I'll vote it's dying

It's not dying. It's growing at an alarming rate. AAA studios are corrupt, the gaming market is now aimed at a far more casual audience, and indie games are more polished than they use to be.

He's got a point though. But I agree, Nintendo is making a comeback, those games seem to prove it. Still doesn't really make me want to go out and fork over $400 for a Switch+ those games just to scratch that "New Fun Game" itch and be reintroduced back into the new gaming age.
>never ever buy anything on day 1
Exactly, I made the moronic mistake of purchasing a pre-used Day 1 Edition X-bone, and while it still works, the thing sounds like a fucking quinjet. I made the same mistake with GTAV/online too when that came out. I don't know if anybody properly remember GTAO the first year, but let me tell you now that GTAO is an entirely new game and that GTAV is buried in web and locked in the attic.
You sound like someone who belongs in Sup Forums, you should probably return to your cellar.
You know what I mean, erase and replace. Walmart.
>actual competent companies will emerge
Maybe not man, if things keep on, most "Competent" company's may sink just as low. If you can't beat em, join em. Hell. PS online used to be absolutely free before they realized how much money Xbox was making even with payed online.
>indie games are more polished than they use to be.
Absolutely, everything's backwards.

Oh course they're wrong, no one is going to debate you on that, it's just the fact that these companies are making shitty products and people actually buy them. I work retail and it's staggering to see how many people get "Hyped" when they see a new Assassins Creed or Destiny and are willing to buy the DLC or season passes for them.

Honestly it's about as much fault on the consumer as it is the company, as it's like a Drug Dealer to a Drug addict. One sells a below average product that gets people hooked, then has them coming back for more despite the product continuing to get worse.

Gaming is getting bigger every year and the media is evolving like every other media, from newspapers to cinema.

You're just full of shit

Video games are now a business instead of a game. On the bright side that means we can take our time and get all the information we can. Sometimes we don't even have to play them to understand what kind of experience they have to offer. I just keep an eye out and buy like one game a year or so while replaying or sifting through libraries of old(er) games. I'm pretty damn content all things considered.

Try to focus on games other than your standard big budget titles. All the issues with modern games that people complain about on here are mostly prevalent in triple A titles (they can sometimes be in smaller games as well though).
There are some good big budget games now and then (DOOM, Nier, Persona, etc being the most recent), but for the most part mainly pay attention to indie titles and niche stuff. If anything I think video games are getting better in a lot ways after the shitfest that was the 7th gen, especially with people finally getting fed up with the shit the big companies have been pulling.

>now

I could never agree with the out grow argument because I can play games from the old days that I never played or even games before my Era and I still enjoy them. New games occasionally are good but the amount of good ones isn't near what it used to be. I think it mainly to do with the rise of multi-player and meme transactions.

A lot of games now focus way to much on story and a shiny presentation before the gameplay.
Having a story in a game is a wonderful way of keeping people's interest compare to the game being a simple arcade shooter.

Gameplay needs to be the number one focus, from there Story and Graphics can fight over the second spot.

>Is gaming dying?
no, its a too big to fail hollywood hype machine now. games have nine figure advertising budgets. games got too big and outgrew their perception as some loser nerd activity now everyone plays something and we have actual award shows for video games and even worse everyone is in rush to get on youtube and whore themselves out to advertise them. if anything its all gotten too big.

Yes user, when comparing and contrasting the past and present that is a common word to use to describe the changes occurring. Regardless of whether that "now" is "right this second", "very recently" or in this case an "extended era".

I agree about Mario vs Rabbids, Nintendo must've been desperate for cash to even consider a crossover with the Rabbids franchise

>turned 30 last year
>enjoy games now more than ever

I rarely come here anymore. I think that might be why you hate games or feel tired of them.

Pretty much this, there's a lot of good,stuff lut there. Dont force yourself to buy the latest multiplayer trend game; try stuff you might actually enjoy
Simple really

Aside from zelda which was raped into a shitty open world game all those seem like trash.

Its not dying but its focusing more on the people who play a game for a few hours a week and then never touch it again so faggots like us who take it too seriously are left in the cold. Honestly all I want is another rpg like fallout new vegas but even obsidian sucks now.

Games have been objectively shit since at least the ps2 era

Big gaymen companies are releasing fewer games, but sell more

i'm outgrowing life honestly
i use sleep as a form of escapism
because in reality i'd rather just not wake up

>mfw this cringelord emo tumblr post

Go the fuck outside, bud, lmao.

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Games are dead to me. Too much dlc and micro transaction trash. That's why I'm gonna try making my own games and they will be complete. I have little experience and zero money so I'm gonna be doing everything myself and honestly I don't know how long it will take me.

But, My first project will be the complete WW1 experience. I've have a design doc with over a thousand pages of research into ww1. The most historically significant battles, the most famous battles and battles that I just find interesting.

Also I've identified about 250 weapons to include(no attachment sorry too complicated). About a hundred vehicles. That includes blimps, battleships, land vehicles and planes(again no customization).

I'm not going to announce anything until I have something concrete. I do not want to go down the kickstarter route. I've been burned too many times and I hate that fucking site because they skirt all responsibility while still taking a cut. I know it seems ambitious but I wanna already try. Also I'll probably distribute it myself like notch did to avoid paying anyone a cut. That includes my own engine because cryengine, UE and unity don't do shit for me.

In 20 years we will have game developers that are raised from literally infancy on today's mobile games. Imagine the shit they'll churn out.

Most level headed post here.

I think you have a point too. Not disparaging OP specifically, but many people on this board seem to get their self worth from not liking well-liked games. Almost as if they’re superior for not enjoying something popular. It’s an unhealthy mindset that most boards on this website perpetuate.

>also never ever buy games

>evil incarnate post, making fun of someone who feels bad.

>is [X} dying/dead?

No. The answer is always no.
You don't need to find some weird justification for "moving on" or "bettering your life". Just stop playing games and go do whatever it is you'd rather do. It's not like there's this grand amazing world full of adventure out there for you to explore. It's actually pretty mundane and dull. You're really not missing out on much.
anyway...

lol....This must be bait...You are gonna fail nigga. Hell, you are gonna fail even before you start doing anything.

PC shat the bed hard. If it was my gaming platform of choice, I would say gaming is basically dead.

You're not outgrowing shit. You're depressed.

Get some meds, work out, eat healthy shit, sleep regularly. This shit gets repeated so much that it gets easy to ignore but it works.

>my x-bone
It's gaming that's dying, it's your console.

>outgrow

so tired of this horseshit. you're not mature for stopping playing games. also, you don't see threads like this other places. you don't see threads in /o/ going "is interest in cars dying? should I take up videogames as a hobby instead? meh. :/"

fuck outta here.

>xbone dying
Wew lads look all the 3 consoles are dominated by PC & Mobile.

Yes games are dying. And so is anime, and anything else you used to remotely enjoy, because fuck liking things. You need a "proper" hobby like swimming or golf. Grow up already. And no, you can't do both. That's not allowed for some reason.

AAA games are dying. Practically zero innovation that improves the gameplay because that's too hard and expensive, all the effort goes into lootboxes, microtransactions, psychological manipulation of players etc. as much as the law allows these companies to do, to make billions more money than these multibillion dollar corporations make already.

It's evil, but understandable, when you read that ActivisionBlizzard makes billions from that kind of shady shit in a year.

I still enjoy some new games. That said, most new games really don't excite me as much as they used to. I think I need a new hobby for when I don't feel like playing vidya which is becoming more and more often.
Any suggestions? I've been doing this in my spare time all my life and I don't know where to go.

>if a game panders in anyway to any demographic it's automatically bad regardless of how it actually is as a game
Ok

There won't be another Atari crash
The industry is larger and broader than ever

I'm learning man. I want to make it right the first time. Also no singleplayer I can't write believable characters for shit.

So it's going to be a story driven indie pixel sidescroller gaym?

It isn't dying, and we haven't outgrown it, but it sure as hell has been ruined.
It has been taken over. Nu-males have taken over game development. Kikes have taken the reins due to it becoming more lucrative than Hollywood. Casuals and normies have become the main target audience due to their sheer numbers.

The results is games designed by faggots, marketed, priced and distributed by faggots, designed to cater to retarded mouth-breathing faggots.

Gaming isn't dead, it's just been dragged through the mud by normies. Like everything else.

It's too big to die right now, it'll take over the films industry in a few years, I guarantee you.
However, the industry itself has been ruined by a flood of uncreative people wanting to enter the industry for no good reason. I recently started playing Metal Gear Solid 1 on my PS3 and it's a blast, I'm having more fun than with any other recent game.

>that feel when you realise normalfags are the reason the world is going to hell due to their greed and lack of forsight.

Should have taken the blue poll

Well, AAA publishers are releasing less games every year
And there are barely any new IPs from AAA publishers anymore

No. FPS game only. No third person. One game mode. No battle royale bullshit. Not a milsim. Fuck Arma and Verdun. I'm trying to go for a game in between classic battlefield(pre frost bite) and classic call of duty(MW1 and earlier). I want vehicles because I want big maps for them to be used on. No walking sims though. I want big maps so you'd be able to hit people at least 1 mile away with your rifle using volley sights. It's doable I've done it with a 308 rifle on a 1 yard road work sign with a 3 power scope at 1750 yards(almost a mile). I know it's ambitious but I wanna try.

P.S. PC only because I can't use thumbsticks to aim for shit. I haven't owned a console since the PS2.

Hey good on you for having goals to reach for in life. But fuck if you don't sound dumb.

Sorry I'm not good talking to people. Anything more than a quick conversation my brain short circuits. I'm very good with numbers. That's why I hope I can make this work. First step the engine.

Nah, it's fine. You're just jaded/depressed. Just go do something else and don't worry about it.

>just lift some weights, brah
>just pop some pills brah

You act as though all depression is a chemical imbalance.

Essentially the industry is the direct opposite of how it used to be. During the 20th century video games sold almost entirely on their own merits, and you were assured that its quality was directly proportional to is popularity in the vast majority of cases, and if a game was shit it would pass the public eye with little fanfare.
Nowadays, however, the mainstream is riddled with garbage that are given artificial acclaim from the public and the journalistic world thanks to billions of dollars spent in marketing and bribes brainwashing people into deeming "good" what they would have once seen through, and actual quality games are doomed to obscurity without the recourse to cut through the wall of their competitor's advertising and bought bias.

>gaming

You should be more worried about the fact that rates of cancer in people below the age of 30 has become common place.

I dont enjoy videgames anymore too
I find them too expensive and boring for me

The Magic is lost

Just keep posting self deprecating memes and give up on improvement before trying, I'm sure you'll get better that way.

But not because of games

If you have a chemical imbalance pills will work. If you know why you are depressed then you can fix your depression without pills.

You just listen to Sup Forums too much
This place is used to trash talk games and nothing else

Remember: If you like games, you're reddit cancer

It's so bizarre to me that so many people who claim to hate video games or have no interest in them spend all day hanging around on a video game board.

Gaming has never been better you retards
The amount of great games coming out is insane
Every possible kind of game is being made
Hardcore, casual, point and click, racing games, so many games
You jaded faggot

>2017 was one of the best years for games in recent memory.
What? Can you name some good games released in 2017?

You could name a shitton but this board isn't about video games it's about being a jaded cuck

kinda
sjws pretty much killed all the fun aspects of video games for me

according to you what where actually some great games that came out last year?

ITT: people born after 2000 talk about gaming in the 80s and 90s like they experienced it

How?

you just how characters look and act.
there was fun escapism to those universes.
nowadays it´s just all "too pc"

Then don't play those games.

Nier Automata and Persona 5 don't exist then?

I guess your talking about western AAA games. You shouldn't be giving those games attention at all if you feel that way.

And most of those games you are referring to also happen to be rather disliked too.

Gaming in itself is dying. Publishers only make shitty rehashes, and lootboxes while catering to the lowest common faggots. I thought i burnt out so i began playing some older games. Somewhere in Bonehoard I realised the problem wasn't me: there are just no good new games anymore.

>Owning an Xbone
Gaming isn't dying, you're just a retard

I'm not sure if you're serious or not but aside of political horseshit and shitty business practices like microtransations gaming really is the best its ever been.

Ok, let's play another game: Name at least 3 titles from any genre released from 2012 until now, that in 30 years will be still considered as the to-go game in the genre they belong to. Games that made history and broke new grounds, "I remember gen 8 for that game".

>inb4 I said GOOD games released in 2017

Hollow Knight - Metroidvania
Bloodborne - Action RPG
The Witcher 3 - WRPG
Persona 5 - JRPG
Bayonetta 2 - Action game

gee, that was hard

Rather than being made for artistic pursuits, games are being made to generate profit. This intern means that quality (generally). You'll find nuggets of games which do try to show a good story but most of the time, games are designed from the start to be full of micro-transactions or try and get the maximum return from the consumer. For me, gaming is fine, it's constant. There are new and old games to try. I have more than enough to keep me satisfied, in between real life work. The amount of games I am excited for has lowered.

You're not old enough to remember gaming going to shit in the early 80s. Gaming isn't dying, it's actually pretty great right now, there's just more negative elements in play than in the past because publishers don't know how to deal with the shift in the way we consume games. The only thing dying is the profitability of AAA games and the necessity of consoles.

Indie games are filling every possible gameplay niche and they are constantly coming out. The reason this is different from the shovelware crisis of the 80s is that we now have efficient distribution platforms that make it easy for people to find the kinds of games they like and discuss them; trash is readily identified as trash, and while you might regret a purchase here or there, it at least doesn't cost you an arm and a leg.

Games themselves were lootboxes back in the day. You were essentially gambling significant dosh on a box and hoping the game inside wasn't a waste of time and money. And when the odds of finding something worthwhile were staggeringly low, most people were right to write off video games as a whole, thus pushing the industry to the brink of collapse. We don't have to worry about that anymore, games are here to stay no matter how shitty the business practices get.

>popularity of video games is exploding
>"is gaming dying?"

Just keep supporting Japanese, western indies and eastern European games, ignore western AAA as much as possible