sharp weiner
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I quit from 93-95
Have you ever "quit" gaming?
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PlayStaytion
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Life is better when you're good on both worlds.
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BeardSpike
Member
Quit? Nah , a bit of hiatus, sure - that depends on what is going in your life...
One thing I noticed, never feel guilty about your hobbies in adult life.
I have other hobbies besides gaming and watching movies and tv series. Like collecting and listening to vinyl.
So I try to do a little bit of this and that.
And not only game, I recently decided to hike a bit. Nature calms me as well as fresh air.
One thing I noticed, never feel guilty about your hobbies in adult life.
I have other hobbies besides gaming and watching movies and tv series. Like collecting and listening to vinyl.
So I try to do a little bit of this and that.
And not only game, I recently decided to hike a bit. Nature calms me as well as fresh air.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
I quit after the Dreamcast died then slowly came back with Nintendo. Death to Sony!
executor
Member
As you get older time become more and more a very limited resource and you've to select priorities also in your hobbies. At least when children are out of their teens you get some time back... It took me all the summer to finish xeno x on switch2 but what a great ride. Nowadays if I can finish 5-6 games a year it's already an achievement so I have to choose carefully what to play and what not. But stopping? No way!
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vaibhavpisal
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After PS3 generation.
Went for retro games, Nintendo exclusively.
Restarted playing regularly only recently. In 2021 when I got Xbox.
Will take regular breaks, in future. That break really helped in getting a better perspective on how and what I play.
Went for retro games, Nintendo exclusively.
Restarted playing regularly only recently. In 2021 when I got Xbox.
Will take regular breaks, in future. That break really helped in getting a better perspective on how and what I play.
Windle Poons
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Getting close to it just lately…
Health issues making me tired and lethargic all the time recently so to knackered for gaming (amongst other stuff) however this isn't mumsnet so no point elaborating.
Health issues making me tired and lethargic all the time recently so to knackered for gaming (amongst other stuff) however this isn't mumsnet so no point elaborating.
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Soodanim
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I don't quit entertainment. If something I started to do for entertainment purposes continues to be entertaining I will continue to do it. If it ceases to be entertaining I just don't do it, instead doing something else.
Making a conscious choice to quit seems illogical and counter-productive.
Making a conscious choice to quit seems illogical and counter-productive.
Ar¢tos
Member
Many times. I have been 3 years without gaming, but usually is a few months.
Not for lack of time, it's mostly because very few games interest me.
Right now it's nearly 2 months since I played something and there is no upcoming game that i "must play".
A few look ok, but for those I have to wait for the right mood otherwise I'll quit them after a couple of days.
Not for lack of time, it's mostly because very few games interest me.
Right now it's nearly 2 months since I played something and there is no upcoming game that i "must play".
A few look ok, but for those I have to wait for the right mood otherwise I'll quit them after a couple of days.
kubricks
Member
Yes, right after the PS2 era, I had to take a break from gaming.
I was in the middle of finals for my bachelor's degree, and life got really busy. After that, I picked up rock climbing and car racing as hobbies, got a job, had a girlfriend who later became my wife, and we eventually had three kids.
I didn't get back into gaming until 2017, when the Nintendo Switch came out. Sneaking in some time to play Super Mario Odyssey while my sons were asleep felt amazing — like reconnecting with a part of myself I hadn't seen in years.
I was in the middle of finals for my bachelor's degree, and life got really busy. After that, I picked up rock climbing and car racing as hobbies, got a job, had a girlfriend who later became my wife, and we eventually had three kids.
I didn't get back into gaming until 2017, when the Nintendo Switch came out. Sneaking in some time to play Super Mario Odyssey while my sons were asleep felt amazing — like reconnecting with a part of myself I hadn't seen in years.
Thebonehead
Gold Member
Got a Dragon 32 for Christmas in 1982 and didn't look back.
The Dragon was a UK home computer based on the same Motorola chip set as the Tandy TRS-80 colour, and as they shared lineage there was high compatability between them..
I managed to convince my dad to buy a c64, 1541 disk drive and mps-801 for his business the following year.
I used to write his letters for him on it, but most of its time was playing raid over Moscow, boulder dash, M.U.L.E. , summer games, Impossible mission, Shamus etc etc
Went Amiga then PC predominantly and have owned every Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft console. Yes I still have a Wii U and Vita knocking around.
I onced gamed those were the days. I have a eight and 4 year old boys now my days are spent watching them watch. But the games they keep calling me man i got a real bad gaming itch reeeal bad maan im like pookie from new jack city i need my fix maan.
Getting a switch2 for eldest birthday in March cant come quick enough. And perhaps later down the line a toy for daddy
Getting a switch2 for eldest birthday in March cant come quick enough. And perhaps later down the line a toy for daddy
Midn1ght
Member
Lost my job early 2024 and, after a few months, found myself spending 7–8 hours a day just gaming and not really doing anything productive. Eventually I decided to quit, sold my PC, and started focusing on job hunting again and landed a new job a couple months later.
I haven't really gotten back into gaming since then but I still keep up with the news and know I'll return to it at some point. I love gaming, but taking a break was probably the best choice I could've made at that point in my life.
I haven't really gotten back into gaming since then but I still keep up with the news and know I'll return to it at some point. I love gaming, but taking a break was probably the best choice I could've made at that point in my life.
WX3
Member
There was a short period of time in 2002 or 2003 after my boys force fed my GameCube a banana that I didn't game. This was the second console my boys forced banana upon, the first being a PS2 that had a hole in the disc tray just big enough for a banana to fit thus the PS2 disc drive became a banana slicer. After the second episode I gave up on gaming until Halo 2 came out and my wife surprised me with an Xbox for Christmas in 2005. That two or three years away from gaming was agonizing but work at the time was taking up all of my spare time. It wasn't until life slowed down in the middle of 2006 that I got back on the game and haven't really taken time off since. As I grew older many of my other passions and hobbies fell off but gaming stayed strong. Right now at 50 it has never been more of a staple in my life, but I will always remember the few years I gave it up with the idea that life was just getting in the way.
Off and on but in the last few years I've become more aware of what I want from a game.
I've found that it's more of how a game makes me feel and less about my interest in the story and I'm finding that Nintendo have that feeling locked down tight.
Sony's big games like HZD and TLOU just absolutely bore me after the first few hours simply because their story is far better told in films or books and that the gameplay is the same old thing over and over.
Honestly I'm really enjoying my Switch 2 over my PS5 so much.
I've found that it's more of how a game makes me feel and less about my interest in the story and I'm finding that Nintendo have that feeling locked down tight.
Sony's big games like HZD and TLOU just absolutely bore me after the first few hours simply because their story is far better told in films or books and that the gameplay is the same old thing over and over.
Honestly I'm really enjoying my Switch 2 over my PS5 so much.
Hudo
Member
Not sure if you can call it "quit" but there was a year or a year-and-a-half or so where I basically didn't play games because I just wasn't feeling it. Did other stuff instead. Then Breath of the Wild came out and pulled me back in. Nowadays, I have "acquired" the "skill" of being OK with not having play everything and not wanting to play everything. I found myself playing (and buying) fewer games but playing them in a more relaxed pace. I am almost done (I think?) with Metaphor, lol. Level 71 and 16 days until I have to Put an End to the Kingdom's Madness
kunonabi
Member
I was about to at the end of the PS2 era. My favorite franchises and genres were mostly in the toilet, arcades were on the way out, the DC dying was tough, and I wasn't a fan of the GameCube. What I was seeing out of the x360 and PS3 wasn't appealing in the slightest. I was pretty disinterested and not really keeping up with anything. Then my friend brought over his Wii and Wii sports was enough to at least spark in the interest in console. Managed to get one at launch and for the first time A Link to the Past I actually played a Zelda game I enjoyed. But what really got reignited the flame was Super Mario Galaxy. It was just a beautiful reminder of why I loved video games to begin with. From that point on I was totally back in.
kyussman
Member
I went on hiatus as a young man as I went out into the world and made friends,got married,had children.....I returned to gaming with the PS3 and gamed solidly through that gen and the PS4 one....I've not gamed at all this gen,for a while I wasn't sure if I'd quit or not but I'm pretty sure I have now.Given the direction the industry has gone I've zero interest in supporting it any more.I still like to keep an eye on what's happening though as it was a medium that gave me a lot of enjoyment in the past.....and maybe in the future things will be different.
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Trilobit
Absolutely Cozy
It'd be like quitting enjoying movies, music, theater, books, sports, croissants, capuccino, chocolate or hiking.
I never quit, but each hobby comes in waves.
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HerjansEagleFeeder
Member
My life would be a lot easier without games. Even with most releases being absolute garbage I somehow still hang on for the great ones every other year or so.
tylrdiablos
Member
I'm 5 years clean from World of Warcraft if that counts.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
I go long periods without buying new games because most new games suck but at least 3 new games come out each year that keeps me glued to modern gaming.
Besides that I have almost all the modern components for old consoles and have been playing those a lot lately as well.
Besides that I have almost all the modern components for old consoles and have been playing those a lot lately as well.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
I felt the same way... My Gravity Rush was the one that saved my hobby.
GoldenEye98
posts news as their odd job
Yep, basically didn't game during the PS4/Xbox One generation....
schaft0620
Member
I had periods of working full time while going to school full time. That was about it. Its been 35 years.
Doctor Hades
Member
I have been through phases where I might switch to mostly watchomg movies and TV shows and rarely playing games for a few weeks but I've never not played games at all for any longer than, maybe 2 or 3 months. I've been playing games since 1982 and the ZX81 which I used at school (Monster Maze with the 16 KB memory expansion!) and my first real computer was the Commodore 64. I've owned pretty much every major system and console since and currently own a PS5 Pro, a Switch 2 and PC (oh and an unused Xbox Series X... really need to sell that).