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Plus those corrections only show up as a footnote on articles without it being altered or removed. Its laughable.

Literally what happened to me. I have a modded switch but still bought games for it, when they shut down yuzu I packed the switch up and play exclusively on PC now.

I don't remember which game, but there was one that it came out that they straight up lost the files for and had to download from a ROM site to put on the virtual console thing

I pirate cause I can 🤷‍♂️ I spend a lot of money on media and gaming, sometimes I'm not $60 interested though lol.

(disclaimer: OP was more clear than I initially read it and maybe my original comment doesn't hold up in reference to it. I'm just replying in reference to the bigger concept and it's so long because I'm procrastinating pretty hard right now. I wanted to be clear that I'm not upset or anything, just putting off cleaning lol)

Hobbies shouldn't have to be "productive," whether financially or otherwise. Who is to gauge what counts as meaningful anyway? Not everybody can contribute "meaningful additions to collective human knowledge," especially now. The bar to do so is so much higher than it was in 1820.

While Hypothetical German Lad could go collect beetles and have it be counted as a meaningful contribution as implied, I would have to (realistically, barring some 1 in a million happenstance) need a lab or something to make some big much wow discovery/contribution. If I went outside and collected beetles today, while it would count as a hobby, it wouldn't be the contribution being implied here, I'd just be a bug collector. Mildly interesting, but no more productive than making some progress in Baldur's Gate or doodling or whatever else menial pasttime.

I'm not interested in watching people play video games myself, but I'd argue it's a productive hobby if it brings joy or information to others. In regards to OP: A 26 part youtube series about how to get all the rings in every sonic game is going to be useful to people trying to get all the rings in Sonic Generations or whatever entry they're playing. There being 26 parts means they know that's going to be a resource they can come back to when they boot up Sonic 8: The Ocho later. It's still an addition to collective knowledge, just not all knowledge is deep cosmic understanding. I can have the knowledge of how to reach Burger King from work, bestow that knowledge upon a new coworker, but yknow nobody is going to write a book about me for it and that's ok!

The world sucks right now and people are struggling, let folks have their silly hobbies without having to justify them. 🤷

That's not a "video game" issue though, it's a social media issue. Re-reading OP, it is more clear than I initially read it as (when I made this comment I felt it didn't make up it's mind who it's swinging at, gamers or 'streamers,') so in context of the image you're right.

However, I stand by my bigger point of "fuck shaming 'unproductive' hobbies." Let people find their dopamine where they can find it so long as it isn't bothering anyone.

I graduated high school in 2004 😭

What this meme is really saying is "the main issue with video games is you aren't developing skills that can serve capitalistic interests via monetization of hobbies"

I'll take $1, tell you to give the other dollar to someone in need, then reap the rewards of social media vitality for my kindness.

"ChikFilA launching indoctrination vehicle for religious but mostly politically conservative causes"

Sept 29, 2023, the last DVD to go out was True Grit.

I looked it up cause I remember reading about it ending fairly recently.

What I came to say. They know precisely what he means and they support it wholeheartedly.