Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Theodric]

That feel when you finally find magazines, but they are stupidly overpriced.

I haven't bought one in years, but I used to love buying gaming magazines so I could get my hands on the demo discs and see previews/reviews of upcoming games.

[SturmChurro]

I haven't bought one in years, but I used to love buying gaming magazines so I could get my hands on the demo discs and see previews/reviews of upcoming games.

At least companies do still occasionally do "betas". It's what made me content with my decision to refund something like BF2042, really dodged a bullet there. Like I've said before, I usually don't preorder games, and when I do I am usually content in the game, this would have been one of those cases of me getting burned again - just like with that fake RPG Cyberpunk - if I hadn't refunded. Reminds me of how the early access for Endwalker, even if it has issues, should serve as a nice stress test for SE.

Speaking of demo discs.. I don't even have a disc drive connected, and I bet they will start doing away with them altogether sooner or later for console too! Well, I have a disc drive, but it's in my closet. I haven't had the need to actually use it for... quite awhile.