can you even play all games on one console anymore?

[Sinsic30]

i say this because even some of the older consoles like nes is still having nes carts made and develop - dreamcast as well - there is just to many - way to many to play in a single persons life time - combine that with japan only games that never got a English release - and is being fully translated by either a fantastic fanbase/well known developer - and I'm
a bit overwhelmed :-/ - how do yall feel about this - how do you plan out how to enjoy all the games your interested in

 

[Aldia Aldia]

I don't plan out games I want to play anymore. It's easier for me to just sweep through my library and think "Hey I want to finish that one!".

 

[PrismRed]

Technically possible but for what purpose?

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

That’s a great question. Even if you discount the games you aren’t interested in there’s a really high chance that you won’t be able to the remaining catalog of the said console.

Not unless you’re not going to finish it , but still regarding my current state where I can only play a total average of 10 hours a week I don’t think I’ll be able to play all those games.

 

[RageBurner]

I think planning for something such as this kinda makes it like a chore and takes the ability of someone to just whimsically decide to play something at any given time.

 

[MajesticSiN]

It's easier to just play what you want then to play everything.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

I play what I feel like playing, because having to pick among the ones I'm interested in means I'd never decide on anything.

 

[diet_orange]

One thing I noticed with my Mega Everdrive cart for my Genesis was that I was terribly overwhelmed by choice. My main go-to for piling roms on there was doing everything A to Z with a few games from other regions peppered in. But that kind of made it somehow less enjoyable

Then I started the task of making a "favorites" folder. Took me a couple of days of cycling through all the games that I actually liked (as well as remembering ones that I had completely forgotten about), but when I finally finished, I got that serine feeling that I can honestly only equate to "pure zen" and the list encompasses everything that I ever liked about the console (though some are only on there purely out of nostalgia like "Izzy's Quest For The Olympic Rings" and "Virtual Bart")

In short, I don't think in the end it should be about "playing every game humanly possible", just playing the games that matter to you personally and discovering new ones that made you fall in love with gaming to begin with

 

[Kovlak]

You can most likely play all the games on one console to the seventh generation included, with capable enough hardware.

Personally, I have a PSP, a Vita, a Switch Light, a Xbox 360, a PS4, an Anbernic 40XX H, two different Android systems and an alright speced PC. I can play a bit of everything until the sixth generation and a lot of the stuff till the 8th gen included.

I was thinking of getting a homebrewed PS3 to play also PS2 and PS3 stuff, but I think it's overkill with the amount of stuff I can play already and the fact that there's not that much I want to play on those consoles that I can't play already in some way, either in a lesser form or a sequel. Like DBZ Tenkaichi 2 with Tenkaichi Tag Team and DBZ Raging Blast or Infamous 2 with Second Son.

I just play what I'm in the mood for, from all the games I have.

 

[Fietto!]

You don't. You act upon it without plan or emotion.
Like the concept of motivation.

 

[contrail_]

Same goes for books, oldschool anime, tv series, music, etc, all from before y2k.
One day, they will all be gone. Picture yourself as a curator monk (or whatever their official job title was) at the great library of Alexandria around the time of the first fire. Imagine also getting to witness the whole library become defunct. You had all that shit there available, but there was just too much of it, available for a limited amount of time. There have been many such cases in different parts of the world, during different times.
As for me, I've played a bunch of ps1 games since the console first came out, and there's still a bunch of classics that I haven't played yet. Japan-only games are still getting english translations to this day, so it feels like 'new games' for the system are still coming out. I'm pretty happy with that, since I really like that platform. I doubt I'll ever play as many games on the Saturn, the PS2, the N64, not to mention the Gamecube... All despite the fact that I like all of these consoles, and the different types of games on them look extremely appealing to me.
It's nice to have a bunch of stuff to look forward to! I'm not much into existentialism; the thought that I probably won't get to play all the games that caught my fancy, all the books that I heard about in different places and through different people... all the conceivable pleasant experiences, big and small, that make up your real life when you're not in front of a screen... If you make a bucket list, you're already standing with one foot in the grave.

 

[moon200218]

Lets see, i plan to play

Half life 3

Otherwise, my steam library has enough games to last three light years easy, and i go one game at a time. No real planning necessary there. If i dont have time to properly play a game, i just skip game time altogether and enjoy other things. No need to force it

 

[bobsaget30]

i say this because even some of the older consoles like nes is still having nes carts made and develop - dreamcast as well - there is just to many - way to many to play in a single persons life time - combine that with japan only games that never got a English release - and is being fully translated by either a fantastic fanbase/well known developer - and I'm
a bit overwhelmed :-/ - how do yall feel about this - how do you plan out how to enjoy all the games your interested in

if you wanna keep it super simple you could do like
pc handheld/emulator device
desktop pc
and then 1 or more consoles
i think having all the old consoles with flash carts or cfw is fun tho
i have 3ds+ds cart cfw psp vanilla switch oled (lost email rip) vanilla ps3 gba + cart n64+cart
and a few pcs i gotta fix and a laptop
i think for me all id really want is a pc handheld and more hacked consoles

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Same goes for books, oldschool anime, tv series, music, etc, all from before y2k.
One day, they will all be gone. Picture yourself as a curator monk (or whatever their official job title was) at the great library of Alexandria around the time of the first fire. Imagine also getting to witness the whole library become defunct. You had all that shit there available, but there was just too much of it, available for a limited amount of time. There have been many such cases in different parts of the world, during different times.
As for me, I've played a bunch of ps1 games since the console first came out, and there's still a bunch of classics that I haven't played yet. Japan-only games are still getting english translations to this day, so it feels like 'new games' for the system are still coming out. I'm pretty happy with that, since I really like that platform. I doubt I'll ever play as many games on the Saturn, the PS2, the N64, not to mention the Gamecube... All despite the fact that I like all of these consoles, and the different types of games on them look extremely appealing to me.
It's nice to have a bunch of stuff to look forward to! I'm not much into existentialism; the thought that I probably won't get to play all the games that caught my fancy, all the books that I heard about in different places and through different people... all the conceivable pleasant experiences, big and small, that make up your real life when you're not in front of a screen... If you make a bucket list, you're already standing with one foot in the grave.

yeah but we still have stuff from like 11k years ago
who knows maybe it will all last forever lol

 

[Bakuma1997]

"If you see your game collection as a backlog to play them all, your hobby will be a chore, instead see it as a buffet, you aren't meant to play them all, only the ones you like little grasshopper"

Confusius...maybe