A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.
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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.
My patient gaming badge has been ruined by Stalker 2 and Path of Exile 2 :(
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...