PC Gaming

I don't play many FPS games full stop. The ones I did play added a bunch of elements I didn't like (Destiny, Overwatch, etc). Since they don't make up the predominant portion of games I play, I can't say it's surprising to me.

Others have complained about the number of "mouth breathing kids" and I can't really fault them for that. The number of people in online games with no filters, who play loud music, or have family drama going on around them on hot mic is too high. The number of people who are rude or worse is also too high.

There's something, though, to be said for the kinds of games that are just more popular because they encourage a story and or exploration or both.

i can confirm, im a fossil and i dont want to play with teenagers either

after i encountered more teens and kids in onlines one day i gave up, it never changed even as i tried to dabble in some again here and there

Coincidentally, teenagers are also the reason most gamers prefer single-player games.

I don't play multiplayer because I don't want to be cussed out by a 6 year old.

I play games to have fun. I'm not trying to prove anything to anyone.

I mean yeah but Teenagers aren’t people.

I prefer co-op but the times I can play don’t always line up with the times my friends can play.

My favorite games are things like Destiny, Minecraft, Helldivers, and Terraria, when I have friends to play with.

When playing alone, live service games can be ok, and competitive PvP is about the worst experience out there.

Single player games are often a much better experience than either of those.

Pvp games are more likely to leave me feeling angry after a session compared to single player and coop games where I'm more often ending the session happy.

Yeah I'm not buying a game so the 13 year old mouth breathers can yell racist misogyny at me because I don't make the game the fulcrum of my existence.

Give me a Metroid where it's me, alone, vs a hostile world, and my thoughts.

As an adult gamer, I have a lot less time for games. Single player games are nice because I can make meaningful progress on a storyline/etc, and even do things like finish a game and move onto the next one.

Playing online pvp games can be fun, but it usually takes a huge time investment to be good. And in the time I have to play, there's rarely a feeling of progress. Spending 1-2 hours on a single player game and I have progressed in a distinctive way. Spend that same time in League or some other multiplayer game and I have nothing to show for it except a few ranking points.

My appetite for PvP dropped off precipitously after college. I just don't have the time to dedicate to getting good at any game, and every online multiplayer game I've ever played is toxic if you aren't at least decent. I have no interest in a sixteen year old cursing me out because I don't have the map memorized.

Single player generally also brings in much more flexibility, especially when it comes to things like mods. With my limited free time, if I'm enjoying a game except for thing x, I prefer the ability to remove or diminish that thing x. Also, you have the ability to pause to change laundry loads or whatever.

For me it's really a matter of mood and if my friends are available for something co-op.

I do have one PvP pleasure though and that's Street Fighter. I can't stand anything team based, but give me two characters on screen 1v1 and I'm all over it.

I only enjoy multi-player with my wife. Our Valheim settlement and world progression is something beautiful to behold. Even vanilla WoW for me is solo or bust. I just don't like people or Discord culture.

Co-op is all I care for

I love me some online coop, especially with friends. I even enjoy a few fighting games, like Tekken, although those are also more fun with friends.

Single player is pretty fun though, especially ones that are intended to be single player but have the option to do multiplayer like Valhiem and BG3.

I think it mostly comes down to how competitive people want to be. A lot of younger folks, including me 20 years ago, loved seeing ourselves on leaderboards even in team games. But over time the experience of getting immersed in single player or laughing about a shared experience in coop is just more fun that reminiscing about being at the top of a counterstrike match 15 years ago.

Plus some of us remember when skins and new maps were added to many games by the devs or through mods well before microtransactions became popular.

The only thing that I enjoy more than single player RPGs are co-op RPGs, to this day my favorite gaming experience is playing through the entirety of Tales of Graces f in co-op with my friend, and it's a shame most of these games don't even have a couch co-op option, much less an online mode, at least Larian does it with their games.

I need another Uncharted style game. I don't want another always online, micro transaction filled, lootbox earning grindfest filled with people who wish cancer on your mother because you don't play as well as they think you should

They're out there. I played new world for the better part of two years all in mature, grown up clans. I think at one point we did have a 17ish year old that we all kind of ragged on but he was a good kid who eventually left for a more PVP focused guild. Recently I've been playing pax dei and the average age in our guild has got to be 50ish. We started out with a group of like 5-6 late 20's-mid 30s folks but a long the way we ended up picking up around 15ish folks mostly 40-75ish? Retired gamers are here and if you need people to gather resources, craft and just chill while you roam the world dungeoning, I can't recommend a better bunch.

My interest in anything online was gone the moment my Destiny group that came together to have fun was yelling at me because I was dying in a raid and laughed about it. Even Rocket League became too serious.

In another news a month ago, it said, young gamers do no longer seek confrontation as much and therefore play less PvP games.

I would like playing with people more except I like to go slow and thorough and really savor the experience. No one else I've met plays games like that. I just end up feeling rushed when I play with others and it's not fun for me.

Teenagers have the time to really get good at these games and lack the money to buy lots of games so its natural they would focus on skill based games that you can spend a lot of time in

They needed a study to tell them that?

I mostly play video games to switch off and relax. So generally I play single player RPGs on the easiest setting and just explore the world and the story.

I do occasionally play something like PUBG if I'm after some excitement but I don't have time to master games like I did when I had no responsibilities or kids!