More than I expected. My theory was if only rich people can afford upgrades, video game tech stalls too or at the very least caters/scales down to commonly owned weaker hardware. Therefore I wouldn't need to buy anything long term besides replacement parts for potential hardware failures which haven't been common in my lived experience. We'll see how it pans out.
My main concern is monopoly and permanent higher pricetags from many vendors going out of business as AI sucks the air out of the hobbyist room.
PS4 - no games. Worse multimedia experience compared to PS3. No longer matters to me but did at launch.
Xbone - no games
Didn't buy PS5 or another Xbox myself but my roommate did get a PS5. No games. He's not buying another Sony console either.
Artificial value of exclusives lost combined with drastically less output from AAA and oddball titles like Sony had on PSN during PS3 era renders consoles completely pointless to me now. Since I was always PC gaming while also owning consoles in the past, I built a PC for the living room too.
Upcoming disappointment:
Probably Switch 2. I think Nintendo has lost their way ever since Iwata died. Certainly their style has evaporated. You will like your black/white barren GUI or else Mario's getting shot. Switch 1 was already borderline.
Not much, but I leave a site more so because I felt the experience became obnoxious at some point for each specific site. I didn't want to be there anyways even before any other reason gets a chance to set in. I have very low tolerance for corporate / conservative fuckery.
I still use YouTube but my subs aren't toxic it's mostly just educational material and retro/modern tech channels. Zero politics. Adblock, Sponsorblock, Tweaks for YT.
I still use Twitch but only for old core variety streamers such as Vinesauce, Jerma, PMW. I adblock and don't sub.
Twilight Imperium has a 180-240 min playing time, Jesus Christ!
lmao just setting up the initial board game and reading through the rules took an entire meet-up session back when we started playing. It's fairly daunting. Definitely had a bunch of rule violations the first round just figuring it out, improved from there haha. When you play with a full 6 players it can take longer than 4 hours to complete sometimes.
That was the case for me as well, it felt too complicated and slow. But when you understand the game and calculate into the future it gets very satisfying.
Makes sense, it's just hard to motivate myself on my own to learn.
Chance I dislike: slots and other trash tier gambling games designed to make you lose more than gain.
Dislike strategy: I can't get into Chess. I don't know if Aphantasia is hampering my abilities here. I didn't try long enough to really know yet so it's just more of a bad first impressions grudge. Maybe one day I'll meet a friend who likes Chess.
If I wash the mud off my truck I'm a pavement princess in the eyes of the public for the duration of the trip from the car wash back to the garage.