r/facepalm • u/Visqo • Aug 21 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Nothing wrong with gaming while in your 30s

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u/gilded_lady Aug 21 '24

I'm 42. I own a PS5, PS4, PS2, a Switch and a 3DS and have north of 100 games in my collection. Be like them now ;)

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u/Toots_McPoopins Aug 22 '24

42 as well but all PC and VR. Similar number of games in my collection. The beauty of gaming these days is the wide array of choices for your own personal taste.

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u/gilded_lady Aug 22 '24

Absolutely! I'm into JRPGs and we're in the middle of a Renaissance, it's fantastic. Also, Balatro is just plain a game to zone out to.

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u/shadowwingnut Aug 22 '24

ANotehr JRPG fan around this sub is always nice to find.

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u/gilded_lady Aug 22 '24

Thanks! I know we're niche (especially my fellow women gamers) so it's always nice to find :)

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u/lord_dentaku Aug 22 '24

You gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers! /s

I'm 40 and play PC and VR, have three high end gaming PCs (I have two sons) and two Switches. I just checked and my PC gaming library has over 300 games, my kids' libraries are at least 100 each, and We have at about 15 Switch games, plus duplicates of some.

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u/gilded_lady Aug 22 '24

PS2 JRPGs are $$$ so I've had to pick and choose 🤣

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u/Toots_McPoopins Aug 22 '24

Sorry that I'm more discriminating than you /s

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u/lord_dentaku Aug 22 '24

I mean... no one said you had to play all the games you own, right?

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u/Toots_McPoopins Aug 22 '24

Exactly! I maintain about a 50% unplayed library at all times.

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u/lord_dentaku Aug 22 '24

I'm probably somewhere around 2/3 to 3/4 unplayed. Steam Summer Sales are an addiction.

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u/Toots_McPoopins Aug 22 '24

These days it feels like at least one game in my wish list goes on sale everyday and I get a notification. Not always a great deal but it's wild how that is the case.

Edit: that's how they usually get me. I do get one or two games during the major sales but it creeps on me when a single game goes on sale so often, and I have a monthly budget for games.

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u/areeloo Aug 22 '24

My buddy is late 30’s, makes a great salary, married, and also happens to have one of the largest game and console collections I’ve ever seen! Like, it’s museum level lol.