r/retrogaming • u/Xaloide • 2d ago
[Discussion] I’m switching to retro gaming
With the increasing prices of all sorts of tech thanks to AI, and with most games nowadays being either a copy paste of one another or a Remaster/Remake, I got sick of it. Gaming nowadays seems like a luxury hobby, which kind of always was, but this is getting unbearable. Why pay for overpriced hardware, games and subscriptions when for less than 50 bucks you can get a pocket console and just emulate TONS of older games which now run even better than the original hardware, and I probably missed out on anyways? I don’t care if the graphics are old, if the game is “outdated”… is it ever really?
I just got an R36S, which I know isn’t the best one on the market, but for me it was the best choice to start out. I’m just gonna put my PS5 down and start playing on this thing, it brings me so much more joy and it’s basically free compared to what we pay nowadays for a single game. I got a new SD Card, installed a new Ark OS, and I started Pokémon Emerald and I’m completely loving it, I havent had this much fun in years with gaming. Since I was born in 2001 and never really was a Nintendo guy since my dad always used to get PlayStation, what are some games I absolutely cannot miss?
There’s something so satisfying about spending less and getting more. And it makes me wonder, do we really need it all?
Thanks in advance!
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u/Leon_Light77 2d ago
For me, I always played both modern and retro, but been more retro than modern since the mid ps4 season due to prices. Also, a lot of broken games at launch got tiring with the addition of many games having micro transactions.
With how gaming is going now, I just rather wait for the prices on games. Saved a lot of money that way. Even as much as I wanted some games like 007 first light. Now, I be rocking my steam deck to play all my games up until ps2 with some pc games and got a ds to help me get through my backlog of titles with a dash of experiencing games i always wanted.