Gamer gratitude

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#1 Alexander2cents
Member since 2012 • 764 Posts

There is lots of excess negativity in gaming these days. And I can't stand to see it.

So let's have some gaming gratitude in these hard hours.

I'll start, I'm grateful for:

My gaming PC

All my Sony consoles

All my Nintendo consoles

My Xbox

My handhelds

Super Mario 64

PS store is open

My front room PC

Ridge Racer

Crash Bandicoot OG trilogy

Steam

7th guest

Half-Life

Silent Hill

Resident Evil

Final Fantasy

The Legend of Zelda ocarina of time

Oculus VR head Set

All the good times and bad times with games

The fact that I can buy these things

What are you grateful for, Gamestop?

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#2  Edited By RSM-HQ
Member since 2009 • 12104 Posts

Grateful for the fun games played across any and all systems that have come and gone in my life from the arcades to the modern generation. Hard working developers making amazing games, and yes even the companies that help get these projects off the ground with financial support.

*I've never really disliked hardware honestly (maybe VR but for very particular reasons) have spent much of my gaming time playing many platforms and found fun with many. Owned Xboxs, Nintendo hardware, PlayStations, and a few P.C. rigs.

Yet feel a lot of the negativity is due to brand loyalty (which itself is ********) and buyers remorse. Which could be for a variety of reasons, my guess on forums like these is they had childhood bullies that played games on competitive platforms, so feel the need to dismiss or lash out at anything those rival brands bring-out (butthurt mentality)

& yes we've all seen these too: when someone invests heavily into a top of the line P.C. then feel the need to justify the purchase and shame anyone who spent less on a P.C. "Potato P.C" or 'gasp' those who play on a console. Usually attempting to justify petty small-dick energy with "I want a 'playable' framerate".

It's all kinda stupid. Don't care what the persons preferred platform is SEGA, MicroSoft, Nintendo, Sony, Valve, SNK.. It's all games, why be so narcissistic and egotistical to not value what matters; gaming. Instead focusing on the pieces of plastic you invested in.

At the end of the day regardless what you value in gaming, we all like gaming. Stop being a bitter **** and enjoy chatting about games.

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#3 Poarstman
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The oddity of Drakkhen for the snes

I'm grateful that Arcades were a thing

Super Mario Galaxy

I'm grateful for Emulation,gog, and abandonware for making older games more available

Spyro The Dragon Trilogy

The pure cheesiness of the House Of The Dead games

Splatterhouse

Donkey Kong Country 2

The 3ds

Ps2

DOOM from id Software

Gitaroo Man

Parappa the Rapper series and Um Jammer Lammy spinoff

Katamari Damacy

The Discovery of Earthbound

Final Fantasy 7

Deadly Premonition

The vibes of Grand Theft Auto Vice City and San Andreas

Metal Gear Solid

Soul Reaver

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#4 mrbojangles25
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Things I am grateful for:

  • My gaming PC, and being a PC gamer.
  • Crossplay support, so I can play with my friends that are on console.
  • The growing trend of more games being multiplat, and the diminishing trend of forced exclusivity.
  • Independent and small-scale developers.
  • Games that might release in poor shape, but through support and determination and a vocal community, manage to get it right. Diablo 4, No Man's Sky, WH40K: Darktide, Helldivers 2, and so on and so forth.
  • Early-access. With one or two exceptions, I have enjoyed playing these games in early builds and watching them grow and become more feature complete. It's fascinating to read updates from developers, hear feedback from players (especially when it echoes your feedback), and seeing this feedback implemented into a game you care about.
  • The huge amount of choice we have, and the variety within those choices we have.
@Alexander2cents said:

There is lots of excess negativity in gaming these days. And I can't stand to see it.

...

Yeah, I really do not understand it.

There are some things to take issue with, of course, but honestly my biggest problem with gaming these days is there's just TOO MANY GOOD GAMES TO PLAY!

Oh what a terrible, terrible problem 😋🤣

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#5 Solaryellow
Member since 2013 • 7336 Posts

@Alexander2cents

I think this is Gamespot and not Gamestop. Just sayin' as some people might find that insulting.