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I saw a recent post that 60% of playtime in 2023 was spent on games 6 years or older. What 6+ year old games are you playing? (lemmy.world)
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I haven't stopped playing Overwatch since it came out, still getting on with friends 2 or 3 nights a week and putting in a few hours (and I'm still awful lol). I also still log on to Battlefield 1943 from time to time to get in a few matches.

I also collect retro games so there is a good bit of time there. If anything I've struggled to find new games that I'd want to play more than something older and cheaper. I just picked up Dark Messiah for like 2 bucks and its amazing, hard to justify a $60-70 purchase when you can find deals like that on older but still great games.

I saw a lot of the playtime goes to still updated online games like Fortnite and Apex, but I wonder if part of it is that as time goes on there is a bigger pool of games to play. Sure there will always be cutting edge graphics and gameplay, but many people wouldnt be able to tell which indie dropped in 2010 and which dropped in 2024.

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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’ve still been playing Civ V because up until recently I didn’t have a computer that could run Civ VI. Once I finish my current campaign I’m going to finally try out VI, but I think that actually might also be 6+ years old.

I’ve also gotten back into playing the old original Star Wars Battlefront games. And I’ll usually play through both Portal games every few years.

[–] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have V on my switch and don't feel any need to go to VI. I still lose entire days to that game on the reg.

[–] Menagerie@pawb.social 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

VI comes with a clock up in the corner of the screen so you actually have something tethering you to reality.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I remember when V came out the lack of a clock caused a lot of commotion. Someone made a mod to display a clock but then most achievements became unavailable because you were using a mod. I run dual monitors now so it’s not as much of an issue.