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A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.

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Anyone else playing on a 5-20 year lag? (xkcd.com)

submitted 1 year ago by sparr@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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I tried a couple of times to make https://www.reddit.com/r/cuttingedgegaming/ happen, but never reached many people. This community seems to mostly folks playing 1-2 year old games, I wonder if there are more of us who are playing older (but not "retro") games, particularly PC games?

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[–] kelvinjps@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me, Mainly because I was/am poor. Most old games and consoles are already cracked, or easy to do so. For example, my Dad gifted me Xbox 360 hacked. Which allowed me to purchase game copies whenever it was possible, I didn't have internet while growing up. So my Xbox was a godsend for me.

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I bought the 360 way after it's postmortem, truly loved Red Dead, Halo OST and Alan Wake in 2016. The graphics and gameplay were still a joy

[–] kelvinjps@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I sold it in December, I miss it

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Shame, I still regret selling my N64