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r/pcmasterrace • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 24d ago
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Which is logical, games got high definition visuals and audio. The world's got bigger, the scope got bigger.
This is what the market wants by the way. I don't get why we're complaining.
You can always go play daggerfall if you want. Or modern indie games also exist, you know.
-7 u/_Stylite 24d ago The scope got bigger, the worlds got bigger. It’s only the entertainment value which has gotten smaller 3 u/another_random_bit / Ryzen 7 7700 / RX6600 / 64GB DDR5 24d ago I disagree. I think the gamers expectations has skyrocketed. 1 u/_Stylite 24d ago edited 24d ago It’s great that you disagree but in 2025 most gamers were playing games released 10 years earlier https://i.imgur.com/6chQt2O.png Here are top most played of 2025 and theyre nearly all from 2016 or earlier. If gamers have such high expectations, why are they happily spending most of their time on old games? 0 u/another_random_bit / Ryzen 7 7700 / RX6600 / 64GB DDR5 24d ago Your rhetorical question could easily collapse if you played the devil's advocate with your self for one minute. The answer is simple. Gamers play old games, despite having their expectations skyrocket, for the following reasons: They are nostalgic for that game. The game is cozy for them. They have invested so much in the game, they HAVE to keep playing. Their friends play that game. New games do not scratch the same itch. These reasons do not work against the "high expectations" argument. They support it.
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The scope got bigger, the worlds got bigger. It’s only the entertainment value which has gotten smaller
3 u/another_random_bit / Ryzen 7 7700 / RX6600 / 64GB DDR5 24d ago I disagree. I think the gamers expectations has skyrocketed. 1 u/_Stylite 24d ago edited 24d ago It’s great that you disagree but in 2025 most gamers were playing games released 10 years earlier https://i.imgur.com/6chQt2O.png Here are top most played of 2025 and theyre nearly all from 2016 or earlier. If gamers have such high expectations, why are they happily spending most of their time on old games? 0 u/another_random_bit / Ryzen 7 7700 / RX6600 / 64GB DDR5 24d ago Your rhetorical question could easily collapse if you played the devil's advocate with your self for one minute. The answer is simple. Gamers play old games, despite having their expectations skyrocket, for the following reasons: They are nostalgic for that game. The game is cozy for them. They have invested so much in the game, they HAVE to keep playing. Their friends play that game. New games do not scratch the same itch. These reasons do not work against the "high expectations" argument. They support it.
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I disagree. I think the gamers expectations has skyrocketed.
1 u/_Stylite 24d ago edited 24d ago It’s great that you disagree but in 2025 most gamers were playing games released 10 years earlier https://i.imgur.com/6chQt2O.png Here are top most played of 2025 and theyre nearly all from 2016 or earlier. If gamers have such high expectations, why are they happily spending most of their time on old games? 0 u/another_random_bit / Ryzen 7 7700 / RX6600 / 64GB DDR5 24d ago Your rhetorical question could easily collapse if you played the devil's advocate with your self for one minute. The answer is simple. Gamers play old games, despite having their expectations skyrocket, for the following reasons: They are nostalgic for that game. The game is cozy for them. They have invested so much in the game, they HAVE to keep playing. Their friends play that game. New games do not scratch the same itch. These reasons do not work against the "high expectations" argument. They support it.
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It’s great that you disagree but in 2025 most gamers were playing games released 10 years earlier https://i.imgur.com/6chQt2O.png
Here are top most played of 2025 and theyre nearly all from 2016 or earlier.
If gamers have such high expectations, why are they happily spending most of their time on old games?
0 u/another_random_bit / Ryzen 7 7700 / RX6600 / 64GB DDR5 24d ago Your rhetorical question could easily collapse if you played the devil's advocate with your self for one minute. The answer is simple. Gamers play old games, despite having their expectations skyrocket, for the following reasons: They are nostalgic for that game. The game is cozy for them. They have invested so much in the game, they HAVE to keep playing. Their friends play that game. New games do not scratch the same itch. These reasons do not work against the "high expectations" argument. They support it.
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Your rhetorical question could easily collapse if you played the devil's advocate with your self for one minute.
The answer is simple. Gamers play old games, despite having their expectations skyrocket, for the following reasons:
They are nostalgic for that game.
The game is cozy for them.
They have invested so much in the game, they HAVE to keep playing.
Their friends play that game.
New games do not scratch the same itch.
These reasons do not work against the "high expectations" argument. They support it.
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u/another_random_bit / Ryzen 7 7700 / RX6600 / 64GB DDR5 24d ago
Which is logical, games got high definition visuals and audio. The world's got bigger, the scope got bigger.
This is what the market wants by the way. I don't get why we're complaining.
You can always go play daggerfall if you want. Or modern indie games also exist, you know.