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Gamers go offline in retro console revival | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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Rosenau is part of a growing community who are ditching contemporary video games and picking up the consoles from their childhood, or even before their time. And gen Z gamers are following suit, with 24% owning a retro console, according to research by Pringles.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago

modern gaming feels like:

huge download size, then have to update.

oh wait, you gotta register before playing,

now let's show you a bunch of ads inside a game you already paid for.

now wait 10 minutes to connect to a game,

proceed to get demolished by people who spend $100/year for upgrades,

oh wait, now there's a dlc, I have to buy another game within the game,

oops servers down, you can no longer play the game you bought

this is why i emulate