My father had a saying from G. K. Chesterton: 'When a new book comes out, read an old one.'

I feel that holds more true about video games than books.

I never played the games you're talking about, but I have so many unplayed games on Steam (hundreds) that I see no necessary reason to even purchase another game, knowing that I won't even play most of those.

The PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 eras were quite something. The PlayStation 3 era was when the DLCs and microtransactions really picked up, and the PlayStation 4 era was when I really felt the degeneracy seeping in.

Physicality is fast disappearing - gone are the days of cases, manuals, and, growingly, even discs - indeed, most PlayStation 4 games did not contain a manual, and the PlayStation 5 is already split between models that have and do not have a disc drive, foreshadowing a soon-to-be discless future. I don't imagine any real improvements other than the technological - the graphical, maybe the player counts in online games. So there is no real appeal to even buying the PlayStation 5 for me. I imagine, for instance, that subscriptions will cost more and more and from them you will get less and less. Or that the console will simply be inoperable whenever your internet goes down. Or that simply not even playing a game for a few years will lead to both an erasure of your save games from the cloud and your loss of said game - the logical next step from what the OP's topic is.

If you use PCSX2 - nowadays very good as long as you have a decent PC - or similar software, there is no real reason why any gamer can't greater explore the myriad games of that time period rather than being constantly disappointed by, having his bank account drained by, and having his mind warped by, all the DLCs, microtransactions, degeneracy, etc. in whatever comes out these days. You don't actually need a PlayStation 2 to enjoy those games anymore. Some young gamer born in the 2000s or 2010s is far better off - better for his mind and his bank account - putting down the latest games that his Mum bought him last Easter, getting a good PC, and going back to playing those games from before his time, because he has no idea what he has missed.

The 'latest' games I played on PlayStation 4 were Mad Max (2015), Metal Gear Solid V (2015), and Far Cry: Primal (2016). Of those, I'd only recommend MGS:V to other gamers. The other two games are purely okay. That means that there's now ten years of video game releases where I've played nothing except the odd Android game or remaster. And, as previously stated, nor do I care. I have simply have too little curiosity about all that has came out since.

My father had a saying, probably a simplified paraphrase of an older quote: 'When a new book comes out, read an old one.'

I feel that holds more true about video games than books.

I never played the games you're talking about, but I have so many unplayed games on Steam (hundreds) that I see no necessary reason to even purchase another game, knowing that I won't even play most of those.

The PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 eras were quite something. The PlayStation 3 era was when the DLCs and microtransactions really picked up, and the PlayStation 4 era was when I really felt the degeneracy seeping in.

Physicality is fast disappearing - gone are the days of cases, manuals, and, growingly, even discs - indeed, most PlayStation 4 games did not contain a manual, and the PlayStation 5 is already split between models that have and do not have a disc drive, foreshadowing a soon-to-be discless future. I don't imagine any real improvements other than the technological - the graphical, maybe the player counts in online games. So there is no real appeal to even buying the PlayStation 5 for me. I imagine, for instance, that subscriptions will cost more and more and from them you will get less and less. Or that the console will simply be inoperable whenever your internet goes down. Or that simply not even playing a game for a few years will lead to both an erasure of your save games from the cloud and your loss of said game - the logical next step from what the OP's topic is.

If you use PCSX2 - nowadays very good as long as you have a decent PC - or similar software, there is no real reason why any gamer can't greater explore the myriad games of that time period rather than being constantly disappointed by, having his bank account drained by, and having his mind warped by, all the DLCs, microtransactions, degeneracy, etc. in whatever comes out these days. You don't actually need a PlayStation 2 to enjoy those games anymore. Some young gamer born in the 2000s or 2010s is far better off - better for his mind and his bank account - putting down the latest games that his Mum bought him last Easter, getting a good PC, and going back to playing those games from before his time, because he has no idea what he has missed.

The 'latest' games I played on PlayStation 4 were Mad Max (2015), Metal Gear Solid V (2015), and Far Cry: Primal (2016). Of those, I'd only recommend MGS:V to other gamers. The other two games are purely okay. That means that there's now ten years of video game releases where I've played nothing except the odd Android game or remaster. And, as previously stated, nor do I care. I have simply have too little curiosity about all that has came out since.

My father had a saying, probably a simplified paraphrase of an older quote: 'When a new book comes out, read an old one.'

I feel that holds more true about video games than books.

I never played the games you're talking about, but I have so many unplayed games on Steam (hundreds) that I see no necessary reason to even purchase another game, knowing that I won't even play most of those.

The PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 eras were quite something. The PlayStation 3 era was when the DLCs and microtransactions really picked up, and the PlayStation 4 era was when I really felt the degeneracy seeping in.

Physicality is fast disappearing - gone are the days of cases, manuals, and, growingly, even discs - indeed, most PlayStation 4 games did not contain a manual, and the PlayStation 5 is already split between models that have and do not have a disc drive, foreshadowing a soon-to-be discless future. I don't imagine any real improvements other than the technological - the graphical, maybe the player counts in online games. So there is no real appeal to even buying the PlayStation 5 for me. I imagine, for instance, that subscriptions will cost more and more and from them you will get less and less. Or that the console will simply be inoperable whenever your internet goes down. Or that simply not even playing a game for a few years will lead to both an erasure of your save games from the cloud and your loss of said game - the logical next step from what the OP's topic is.

If you use PCSX2 - nowadays very good as long as you have a decent PC - or similar software, there is no real reason why any gamer can't greater explore the myriad games of that time period rather than being constantly disappointed by, having his bank account drained by, and having his mind warped by, all the DLCs, microtransactions, degeneracy, etc. in whatever comes out these days. You don't actually need a PlayStation 2 to enjoy those games anymore. Some young gamer born in the 2000s or 2010s is far better off - better for his mind and his bank account - putting down the latest games that his Mum bought him last Easter, getting a good PC, and going back to playing those games from before his time, because he has no idea what he has missed.

The 'latest' games I played on PlayStation 4 were Mad Max (2015), Metal Gear Solid V (2015), and Far Cry: Primal (2016). Of those, I'd only recommend MGS:V to other gamers. The other two games are purely okay. That means that there's now ten years of video game releases where I've played nothing except the odd Android game or remaster. And, as previously stated, nor do I care. I have simply too little curiosity about whatever has came out since.

My father had a saying, probably a simplified paraphrase of an older quote: 'When a new book comes out, read an old one.'

I feel that holds more true about video games than books.

I never played the games you're talking about, but I have so many unplayed games on Steam (hundreds) that I see no necessary reason to even purchase another game, knowing that I won't even play most of those.

The PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 eras were quite something. The PlayStation 3 era was when the DLCs and microtransactions really picked up, and the PlayStation 4 era was when I really felt the degeneracy seeping in.

Physicality is fast disappearing - gone are the days of cases, manuals, and, growingly, even discs - indeed, most PlayStation 4 games did not contain a manual, and the PlayStation 5 is already split between models that have and do not have a disc drive, foreshadowing a soon-to-be discless future. I don't imagine any real improvements other than the technological - the graphical, maybe the player counts in online games. So there is no real appeal to even buying the PlayStation 5 for me. I imagine, for instance, that subscriptions cost more and more and from them you get less and less. Or that the console will simply be inoperable whenever your internet goes down.

If you use PCSX2 - nowadays very good as long as you have a decent PC - or similar software, there is no real reason why any gamer can't greater explore the myriad games of that time period rather than being constantly disappointed by, having his bank account drained by, and having his mind warped by, all the DLCs, microtransactions, degeneracy, etc. in whatever comes out these days. You don't actually need a PlayStation 2 to enjoy those games anymore. Some young gamer born in the 2000s or 2010s is far better off - better for his mind and his bank account - putting down the latest games that his Mum bought him last Easter, getting a good PC, and going back to playing those games from before his time, because he has no idea what he has missed.

The 'latest' games I played on PlayStation 4 were Mad Max (2015), Metal Gear Solid V (2015), and Far Cry: Primal (2016). Of those, I'd only recommend MGS:V to other gamers. The other two games are purely okay. That means that there's now ten years of video game releases where I've played nothing except the odd Android game or remaster. And, as previously stated, nor do I care. I have simply too little curiosity about whatever has came out since.