Imagine being so shit at making games that kids would rather play something made on a toaster 30 years ago than your 300 million dollar games made with cutting age technology.https://www.bgr.com/2177836/old-gaming-consoles-making-comeback-gen-z-frustration/
how can I spin this into zoomers bad?
>>739759759I only got into 'retro' games because I was poor and emulating old games is easier and cheaper than getting a console/PC capable of playing newer stuffI imagine I'm not the only one like this
>>739759759Did you even read the article you posted. It literally has nothing to do with modern gaming and everything to do with nostalgia, which is not a positive.
>>739759759This is a lie, they're all in roblox
>>739759995I have generation-mentioning fatigue
>>739760223>>739760241>Straight in on damage control, clockwork.
>>739759759wow they're based
>>739759759stop reading these shite articles about what 5 attention whoring zoomers are doing
>>739760318as an accelerationist, that's why I mentioned itsee post above mine
>>739759759probably because every game made now all looks and plays the same it's not magical or interesting
>>739760332>post propaganda >"What you posted is retarded untrue>IT'S DAMAGE CONTROL LOOOL THEY'RE SO MAD AT ME BEING RETARDED Why even post an article if you don't want a discussion. It has statistics for reasons why they're playing retro games, and then an opinion section with no data set bitching about call of duty.
>>739759759Old games had actual gameplay and challenge. New games have nothing but cutscenes and handholding. Young people who never experienced the old stuff listen to older gamers who say old games are better. They go and see for themselves. And boom, it turns out the older gamers were indeed right all along. The industry needs to take heed and start focusing on gameplay again, because now you have multiple generations who are tired of the bullshit
>>739759759>open the link>they define retro as "a console introduced before the year 2000"
>>739759759>Potato chip brand Pringles surveyed 2,000 people in Great Britain and discovered that retro tech is making a comeback. According to the poll, 24% of Gen Z participants (people born in 1997 onward) own a "retro gaming console." This information convinced Pringles to open a temporary "Retro Console Clinic" in London. what fell manner of scheme is he brewing in his insidious mind
>>739760441The consequences of Unreal Engine have been a disaster.
>>739760967It's funny because that's actually a decently large survey size, motherfuckers do Presidential election predictions off of 1,000 people
It's funny how boomers will bitch and moan about modern games while never shutting the fuck up about the ''glory days'' of vidya but immediately get pissy when kids go to check it out and enjoy them too.
>>739760967>Retro tech is making a comeback>No DRM to throttle performance>No draconian TOS to take your game away because the publisher felt like it>Built in splitscreen or couch co-op>Tech built to last not fleece you to buy a new controller thanks to stick drift>Software that works out the gate and doesn't need a 100gb install
>>739761195>unreal engine>look inside>it's real
>>739761662AND, the kicker: no patches etc. it just werx
>>739759759I feel like this is also partly due to companies making games to complex.That might be cool for NEETs who have all the time in the world to keep reading guides and trying to figure out every trick in the game and practice for hours, but most people play to relax a bit for an hour or two.If you first need to go through a 90 minutes tutorial that spams you with 20 different keybinds you need to remember, a lot of people will already not feel like playing this anymore.Super Mario on the gameboy required zero explanation, you just started it and played right away.They need to learn how to split those things again and keep the complexity for games that will have an audience which enjoys this complexity.For the rest, just stick to controls that would fit onto a controller, with minimal need for explanations.Although I think the weirdest abortion for this are Chink games. They are usually easy and self-explanatory, so you could just boot them up and start playing. But then they insist on railroading you with a tutorial to explain the momst obvious shit anyway.
>>739761728>unreal engine>look inside>it's unoptimized instead of unreal
>>739759759>>739761662can you stop making anti-semetic posts? you need to buy the newest slop, you bigots!
>>739761836>unreal engine>look inside>it's a V18
>download the no-intro archives from archive.org in an hour or so>have all the best games ever made>more than you'd ever have time to play>can run on an old toaster laptop that's sitting in a drawer somewhere in retroarch Why would you play modern?
>A whopping 89% of Gen Z gamers said they prefer retro titles because they provide a respite from the internet. Meanwhile, 74% said retro games were "more relaxing," and 77% cited "sentimental value."Luke Malpass (one of the engineers hired for the Pringles repair clinic) echoed this claim toThe Guardian, stating that many Gen Zers are getting into retro games and consoles for distinctive gameplay and an "escape" from social media pressures.No kidding. Nine Sols unironically has a Discord link on its main menu.
>>739761662>No DEI>Bad writing but genuine not post modern irony>no Gacha>no lootbozes>no Paid DLC skins they are bonuses from beating the game>unlock concept art or behind the scenes stuff>cheat codes>No matchmaking but lobbies>No chat filters on old PC games >weird experimental games in all kinds of genres
>>739761805>I feel like this is also partly due to companies making games to complex.
>>739761220All surveys are mainly the top N amount of people in an area who were both asked and bothered to answer, so consensual surveys are always a bit flawed by nature.I'm just wondering what this italian fuck is doing with a tech survey. They're not a subsidiary of a giant megacorp like Nestle or something, just Mars, which does like nutrition and shit.
>>739759995It's zoomers fault Jews stole all the money and turned games into propaganda.
>>739760496>This bullshit study said it's nostalgiaActually it's because nobody wants to play overpriced Jewish propaganda that runs like shit and spies on you.
>>739762490>uh the study is wrong and it's actually (headcanon here) Shut the fuck up retard. Gaming is a literal 200 billion dollar industry. If "nobody wanted to play" it would have died already.
It's not just games this has happened to, internet made it easier to find old shows and music and shit.Like a few years ago when Columbo was suddenly popular again somehow
10 years ago I thought people were stupid for making projects like "playing vidya on a wifi router" but now I understand. That's the kind of attitude you need for vidya going forward.
>>739762798The entire "$200 billion gaming industry" is propped up by four or five massive F2P service gamesEvery fucking month now another $250 million budget AAAA game comes out and nobody at all buys it
>>739762798Yeah Mexicans buying a $900 PS5 and sports games for $90 are definitely the core audience. Cope harder. Nobody wants to play shitty Jewish propaganda.
>>739762967There's a video of someone running debian + xorg on a router with USB display adapter. 64mb ram. Play star craft brood war it's a fun game. Invented the moba genre. Only needs 16mb ram. Has better AI than modern games.
>>739762993>>739763039>Uhhh actually people are spending money b..b..but it doesn't count!!!Concession accepted. No further (You)s will be supplied.
>>739759759>man videos game today are pozzed and gay nobody should play them>WTF WHY ARE ZOOMERS PLAYING OLDER GOOD GAMES AND NOT POZZED GAMES>STOP PLAYING WITH MY TOYS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
>>739763206>WTF ZOOMERS DON'T DRINK ANYMORE??!?!?!?!retarded articles
>imagineI mean they've been remaking and porting the same games for like over 10 years now so I'm not at all surprised.
>>739762414the oldest zoomers were 15 when it happened
>>739763206But I want the zoomers to play Mario 64.
>>739763324Children are stupid and can't defend themselves so it makes sense that it's their fault.
Most sports games are hundreds if not thousands of years old and people still enjoy them.I don't think age factors into whether a game is fun or not, or if it changes. Tetris is still fun for me in the same way Chess is still fun.
>>739763259>>739763206Boomers did the same shit to millennials its all clickbait for old fags to reaffirm their biases. I'll be able to retire with my PS2 collection so that's fine with me
>>739761195The consequences of Ubisoft, Rockstar and Bethesda have been a much worse disaster than whatever engine they're using.
>>739763124>millenial stuck in the past is too poor to move onePity
>>739759759The thing driving me away from modern games is the pacing. I want to play a game. Not watch 40 hours of cutscenes trying to imitate the latest Hollywood trends. Going back to old games, I can get 90% gameplay. Even the old games that had story often had better story. But more importantly, told it in shorter bursts and more NPC interaction instead of triggered cutscenes.
>>739765304>If you don't play Jewish garbage you're poorGood thing I'm not a Jewish consumerist.
>>739765440Keep coping bro. You're gonna go places with that broke third worlder attitude
>>739761662>>Software that works out the gateI wishit's not uncommon for old PC games to need some kind of fan patch to get them working on modern systems, max payne comes to mind
>>739759759Yeah, modern AAA is really, really dogshit, no doubt about it.
>>739765985>it's not uncommon for old PC games to need some kind of fan patch to get them working on modern systems,Not even modern. Back when Sim City 4 first came out a bunch of computers couldn't play it because it was optimized like shit. And would crash on multi-core CPUs. And they never fixed it. Even on the expansion or later releases on Steam.And you just can't play Sim Golf at all.
>play game>its the whole game, nothing locked behind a paywall>there might be an expansion pack but its basically a sequel.>no whack ass political messaging from a starbucks employee shoved in your faceWoooooooooow, why do these antisemites want to play old games??
>>739759759>vintage consolesthey really wanted to avoid mentioning the E word huh
>>739765914This is a brown mentality. Go buy some chains and rims, I'm sure the other homies will respect you.
>Bought a new laptop recently since my old one died>Got it for cheap since it was missing RAM and an SSD (the original buyer also got it for cheap just so that he could salvage the RAM and PCIe SSD out of it)>Put my old RAM and SSD into it>Now have a lappy that is powerful enough to play Monster Hunter Wilds at mixed high settings at 60 fps>Play WC3 (pre-blizz fuckup version) on it instead
>>739766757>Play WC3 (pre-blizz fuckup version) on it insteadunderstandable, it's a masterpiece
>>739760628I think this is starting to be the case. Nothing but hand holding and cut scenes+ massive doses of faggots and niggers.
>>739767564old games like gtasa, deus ex, and gothic had blacks. they just had gameplay
>>739759759why buy a Super Nintendo and it's cartridges?you can download all the good snes games in less than a minute
>>739759759indian hands aren't cutting age technology
>>739759995They're still using rewind and save states.
>>739763206https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Z_starehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2025/07/16/the-gen-z-stare-what-it-means-and-whats-underneath-it-at-work/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/gen-z-stare-explainer-rcna219262https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/17/ceo-one-stunning-data-point-explains-the-gen-z-stare-why-its-going-to-backfire-on-them.html
>>739767683Blacks is fine, but we don't get that, we get niggers.
>>739767716>Nintendo hits you with a c's and d's nutz
>>739767918>Gen Z stare>Kalhan RosenblattJews really want boomers to hate younger generations. Weird obsession with refusing to hand over the reigns of power.
>>739760441The consequences of a century of copyright term extensions, internationalization of copyright, recognizing software as something that can be copyrighted, recognizing mechanics as something that can be patented and the DMCA have torn through western culture.>>739762414This has its roots in the early 20th century when copyright law was used to consolidate publishers and use them to suppress criticism of burgeoning communist and fascist populist movements until those movements could gain more momentum.>>739761805The problem is that games have dynamic, player-controlled cameras now. It is fun to explore how to play a game when all the functions are on the face buttons, less so when the face buttons just do menu shit and all the functions are on the shoulder buttons.
>old games>no boring long cutscenes>no boring long tutorials>no DEI shit>no boring long dialoge shit (which it was only in jrpgs/wrpgs 30 years ago)i'm surprise new games even sell
>>739765985I'll take a fan patch that's 10 mb over a 120gb fay one bug fix. Devs back then couldn't see the future of OS and newer GPU code so I cut them slack on that
>>739759759If I could get a decent crt for a decent price I would be more into older consoles. Zoomers have inflated the fuck out of CRTs
>>739759995You can't, old games are based.
>>739771868until a remake of them comes out then its old bad new good.
>>739767918What does any of this tabloid shit have to do with you having a meltdown over someone younger than you enjoying a video game you like, kike?
>>739772092They like it for less intelligent and thoughtful reasons than I do, okay?!
>>739759995This is a rare case of zoomers good
>>739759759Less hassle, I don't feel like jews are messing with me (Which helps me relax)
>>739759759God I hope normies ruin retro gaming next.
>>739759995>z-z-zoomers are...are....Based? Yes we are, Millennialtroon.
>>739775751If you don't like gaming, you should really do something else dude. Like fix your life and shit.
>>739775869>millennialtroon
>>739776425DELETE THIS
>>739762110I presume that's not the case on the console versions
>>739759759who is retreating to vintage consoles?
>>739762414Most zoomers don't see anything wrong with the current video games industry because they're too young to remember when it was any different than how it is now so they think it was always like this.
>>739776425Zoomers btfo
>>739777440hello?
Part of me wants to say "emulation" but knowing how stupid the average person is I wouldn't be shocked knowing that they're actually buying physical.
>>739759759can't blame them whatsoever
>>739759759/vr/ stays winning
I think it's worth noting that Minecraft and Roblox taught an entire generation (or two) to give zero fucks about muh graphics. So going back to old games is easy for them.Also interesting is that games like Minecraft and Roblox are now old enough to be considered retro themselves.
>>739776083I love gaming. I just said that sarcastically as a joke.
>>739778832>Also interesting is that games like Minecraft and Roblox are now old enough to be considered retro themselves.Lol no. For something to be considered retro it needs to be at least 20 years old.
>>739759995Economic terrorism and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race
>>739759995They are performatively playing Nintendo DS (a retro device) in public to be seen as cool for not being on their phones
>>739759759never forget epstien pushed for MTX in video games to make kids accept MXT in things.The vintage games are kicking the chosen pople's ass
>>739778647ps2 isn't retrods isn't retrogamecube isn't retro
>>739761805Games have gotten easier though, look at fighting games.
>>739780527You're right, they're vintage
>>739780007Quentinbros...
>>739763259that one made me laugh because my zoomer gf is 25 and we make cases of beer disappear so fast.
>>739780527for you
