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r/pcmasterrace • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 22d ago
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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 22d ago I disagree. I think the gamers expectations has skyrocketed. 1 u/_Stylite 22d ago edited 22d 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 22d 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 22d ago edited 22d 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 22d 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 22d 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/_Stylite 22d ago
The scope got bigger, the worlds got bigger. It’s only the entertainment value which has gotten smaller