I go same way. I can agree partially.
I remember when i had my ps2 back in I dunno, 1996. It wasn't free but pirate copies were cheap as hell, I would get at least 2 games per week. At some point I just stoped liking video games, sold the ps2, and went for a >decade hiatus.
Then I got a DS in I dunno... 2007/2008. When I realized I was actually doing the same, after 2/3 months, downloading loads of roms, playing 15 min of each and bye. So then I made a compromise to myself "I will not do this again". Then stuff changed.
Nowdays I have a 3ds and the gateway, I mainlly have like 40 roms in pc, from which i tried like 4/5, from those I either finished the games or I'm still playing. Same happened to my pirate-pc gaming.
Ironicly the only game I "compromised" to in these last years that failed is the one I actually paid for (Street Fighter X Tekken on steam).
So I guess it's much more about compromising to stuff, usually money takes care of getting you to, but as we could see here in previous posts, not allways.
I remember when i had my ps2 back in I dunno, 1996. It wasn't free but pirate copies were cheap as hell, I would get at least 2 games per week. At some point I just stoped liking video games, sold the ps2, and went for a >decade hiatus.
Then I got a DS in I dunno... 2007/2008. When I realized I was actually doing the same, after 2/3 months, downloading loads of roms, playing 15 min of each and bye. So then I made a compromise to myself "I will not do this again". Then stuff changed.
Nowdays I have a 3ds and the gateway, I mainlly have like 40 roms in pc, from which i tried like 4/5, from those I either finished the games or I'm still playing. Same happened to my pirate-pc gaming.
Ironicly the only game I "compromised" to in these last years that failed is the one I actually paid for (Street Fighter X Tekken on steam).
So I guess it's much more about compromising to stuff, usually money takes care of getting you to, but as we could see here in previous posts, not allways.