0% new: from 2024 (average 15%)
0% recent: from the last 1–7 years (average 47%)
100% classic: older than 8 years (average 37%)

I am helped by being limited to an 8 years old notebook laptop currently.

The 5 games I have played this year, all for the first time: Stardew Valley, The Darkeness II, Star Wars Battlefront II 2005, Outlast, Oblivion.

  • zephorah@lemm.ee
    14·
    4 days ago

    This is how budgeting works. Wait for the “old” sale so it’s cheaper money wise. Wait for the first few patches to roll out so you don’t spend that other precious commodity, time, on anything other than actual gameplay.

    • thesmokingman@programming.dev
      1·
      4 days ago

      I get so many “new” games either through Humble Choice or bundles that patient for me is really just waiting for it to show up there (which might even be within a year of release). Sometimes I’ll buy stuff brand new but there I use my Humble Discount.

  • Gork@lemm.ee
    7·
    4 days ago

    I’m only at 3%, which was one new game only, Stalker 2.

    I think the only other game I got at release in a long while was Cyberpunk 2077. I usually wait until the sales.

    • droenn@lemmy.one
      2·
      4 days ago

      Stalker 2 and Cyberpunk on release are for the “patient(ly waiting for patches) gamer”…

      Is me!

  • otp@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    4 days ago

    I played new games on the Switch, but that was about it.

    I got Mario RPG and Mario Wonder last Christmas. What can I say? Haha

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    4 days ago

    Nice.

    • 3% - new
    • 85% - recent (last 1-7 years)
    • 12% - classic (older than 8 years)

    I played 50 games (many with very little playtime, I was just testing on my Steam Deck), so I’m not sure where the 3% comes from (is that one or two games?). But I played CIties: Skylines II just before it hit 1 year. I’m also surprised that I don’t have more in “classic,” because I played a lot of pretty old games, and I think many are right around that 7-year old mark.

  • kn0wmad1c@programming.devEnglish
    5·
    4 days ago

    I’m confused why the number says 0%, but there’s clearly a small bit of the circle graph that indicates new release playtime.

  • Ashtear@lemm.ee
    2·
    4 days ago

    That 15% number is reassuring. Huge majority of Steam users are patient gamers!

    • oce 🐆@jlai.luOP
      1·
      4 days ago

      It could be that they bought a game from launch last year, but it’s a captivating game and they kept playing it this year. Especially online games.

  • v_krishna@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    Only game I’ve played this year. Hundreds of hours though (I have a few friends who I play with usually weekly)

    • Zetta@mander.xyz
      2·
      4 days ago

      Hell ya! I’m the same way with TF2. There just aren’t any newer games that I think come close at all to being as good as the original. I’ll gladly keep sinking ~400 hours a year into a game released in 2007 as long as I have the time and other people continue to play the game aswell

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      4 days ago

      It was Cities: Skylines II. I said I’d buy it once they fix the issues, and that point was a couple months before 1 year after launch for me.

      That said, mine says 3% of my games were “new,” but I played 50 games. The math doesn’t math…

  • Albbi@lemmy.ca
    2·
    4 days ago

    Damn, that’s quite the badge of honour! I had to check mine but because of the new Steam Family Sharing I tried out a bunch of new games that I never bought myself.