Current Events > 1 thing old consoles will always have over new ones is the ability to play games

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80/80

Doesn't matter what your opinion is on the game, this is not a subjective thing. It's objective.

Slam in any game on the Gensis and you're playing that game.
Slam in any game on the PS1 and after a brief logo you're playing that game.

Now Xbox one and PS4 and PC first you gotta install, then update, then every single game takes ages to install, then you gotta download the patches and you have to go through 14 logos, 3 loading screens and a dozen liscense agreements.

Then you don't get to play the full game, to do that you have to pay for whatever X service subscription to do multiplayer and also buy the on disc DLC to play half the game and then during the game be prompted for Lootboxes and Microtransactions.

I was reflecting on this the other day when I went to a friends house and he wanted to show me a game and it took over 3 hours before he got to the point where he could press buttons. He couldn't even leave it on the background and watch something else because you keep having to input stuff and there's different varations of things that need to updated or installed.

In that time we could have gone though a dozen Genesis Classics.

Somewhere along the way the game developers stopped caring about that and now young gamers and fanboy older games just are attuned to accepting it.
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yeah i never had to spend ten minutes blowing into a cartridge and slapping the console

AlternativeFAQS posted...

yeah i never had to spend ten minutes blowing into a cartridge and slapping the console

My NES takes closer to an hour to get going.
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AlternativeFAQS posted...

yeah i never had to spend ten minutes blowing into a cartridge and slapping the console

true but it is still a lot quaster.
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DocileOrangeCup posted...

AlternativeFAQS posted...

yeah i never had to spend ten minutes blowing into a cartridge and slapping the console

true but it is still a lot quaster.

you're a quaster

Also wiring my Genesis is the worst. I have to set it up through a VCR.

Anyway just jailbreak your shit.
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Welcome to modern gaming.

Next gen you'll be lucky to find a game without some kind of subscription system
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3ds FTW (I know it's not old, but at least it's also pretty easy to get going)
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P4wn4g3 posted...

Also wiring my Genesis is the worst. I have to set it up through a VCR.

Are you using an RF connector or something? There are composite cables for most models.
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Switch is the closest thing to that these days. But even that has a few exceptions already.
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To be honest, as much as I love the Genesis I hardly play it anymore because (most) of the greatest games on it are also on the PS2.

I have the Genesis collection, the Sonic Collection, 3 Midway Collections and more that pretty much contain every popular Genesis game ever that wasn't a sports game.

Man the PS2 was such a great console. I think it might be the greatest console of all time and people who claim N64 or Dreamcast or X-box can suck a pinecone frankly.
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Same here. I have a full-borg Genesis/Sega CD/32X system just gathering dust though I play a lot of Genesis games emulated on other systems. Same with my Super NES and most of my other systems.
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SpiralDrift posted...

Same here. I have a full-borg Genesis/Sega CD/32X system just gathering dust though I play a lot of Genesis games emulated on other systems. Same with my Super NES and most of my other systems.

Ouch you actually got a 32X,

I heard nothing but bad things about how shit that and the games were back in the day.
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apocalyptic_4 posted...

Welcome to modern gaming.

Next gen you'll be lucky to find a game without some kind of subscription system

yup
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UnfairRepresent posted...

PC first you gotta install, then update, then every single game takes ages to install

the majority of PC games install as they download and it's usually the most up to date version.

so yeah, instead of download > install > patch, it's download = install = patch
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AsucaHayashi posted...

so yeah, instead of download > install > patch, it's download = install = patch

Or just slam in game, play game.

I miss those days.
I was super pissed that Windows X made Empire Earth unplayable for no apparent reason
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Thats why I still have my Dreamcast, Snes, OG Xbox, N64, PS2 and Gamecube hooked up. I know I can just slam in a cartridge or dvd and start playing within a minute.

With that said, I had a lot of fun with The Evil Within 2. No microtransaction or loot boxes. All around a complete fun game by Shinji Mikami.
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I agree TC.

I put in a game the other night, and as an adult(and homeowner), I have less time than I ever have before. I start thinking about starting something back up I originally played earlier this year and I think "oh god I haven't turned on my PS4 in months...It'll take an hour to update first, then update the game...."

And it takes the enthusiasm out of it for me.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Or just slam in game, play game.

of course, but the point was that PC doesn't deserve to be dragged down with ps4/xbone since it takes way less time to get a game going past the initial download.
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AsucaHayashi posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Or just slam in game, play game.

of course, but the point was that PC doesn't deserve to be dragged down with ps4/xbone since it takes way less time to get a game going past the initial download.

i pfft at that

I can't remember the last PC game I got that was made north of 2005 that took less time to get to the point where you press buttons than it takes to beat Sonic 3
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"B-but developers can patch bugs!"

You know buggy games are still buggy no matter how much they're patched