Do you play more legacy games then modern?

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#1 soapman72
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I usally had a even balance but since MW3 came out I have played about 90% of legacy gaming (NES, SNES, GBA, GBC, GC, PS2,PS1 ext)

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#2 commander
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I usally had a even balance but since MW3 came out I have played about 90% of legacy gaming (NES, SNES, GBA, GBC, GC, PS2,PS1 ext)

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mostly play modern games, nostalgia is fun , but not that fun.
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#3 penpusher
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For me it sort of varies depending on my mood. Some weeks I play mostly modern games some mostly older ones.
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#4 Shenmue_Jehuty
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A good 90% of the games are play are retro. I do have a PS3 and a Wii, but the games are too expensive to buy right now, so I am typicaly getting retro games and playing those.

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#5 Eikichi-Onizuka
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Overall it's about 50/50. Right now I've been playing modern games more since Mass Effect 3 came out but before that I played through Suikoden II.
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#6 AcidSoldner
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Usually a well balanced mix but sometimes I play more retro games depending on my mood.
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#7 Megavideogamer
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Playstation 3 I have just over 110 games. Xbox 360 I have 48 games Psvita 5 games. 8 wii games Modern current active systems.

I have 641 games in my collection from sytems NES/SNES/N64/NGC/GBCSega MegaDrive, Xbox, Playstation, Playstation 2, and now PSP joins the legacy systems

By far I am a legacy gamer more than a modern. But I have been playing since 1983.

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#8 rilpas
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modern games for me
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#9 kittensRjerks
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I mainly play legacy games due to the cost factor. I can pick up roughly 10 games for the price of one modern game. I'll never pay full price on a modern game so I'll wait till they're alot cheaper before I decide to buy.

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#10 logicalfrank
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I don't really think of it as being all that different to tell you the truth. A game is a game. I play slightly more legacy games, overall, but that's not really becasue I think they are better or I like them more, just that I have more of them.

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#11 CommanderShiro
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I have no modern console. I do have some modern PC games, but for the most part I'm playing my PS2.

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#12 Renegade_Fury
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A lot more, because I not only find them more fun to play, but they don't require me to invest hours upon hours to beat. Just yesterday, I was playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles for like the billionth time.

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#13 jdc6305
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I havne't been playing my legacy games much. I've been trying to finish Dark Souls but it's taking forever. When I'm done I plan on playing Metroid Prime again.

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#14 LP4EVA2005
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when it comes to fighting games, yes. imo Legacy fighting games>>>modern fighting games everything else is Modern gaming
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#15 Dudersaper
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I don't play any current gen games since I don't have any of the consoles nor does my PC handle any recent games. It's not that I don't want a current gen console, I just can't afford one at the time. So yeah, 100% of my games are legacy.
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#16 bultje112
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usually a bit mixed. yesterday I bought generations, twisted metal and catherine so I'm playing a lot on ps3 but also today I got my dreamcast fishing games I didn

t have yet, bass fishing 2 and sega marine fishing and I can't stop playing anymore. mostly marine fishing so far with the fishing rod

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#17 Branmuffin316
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Most of my play time is modern. Unless Counter-Strike: Source is counted as legacy.

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#18 Eikichi-Onizuka
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Most of my play time is modern. Unless Counter-Strike: Source is counted as legacy.

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Since the game is still supported regularly, I would say no.
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#19 Stinger78
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For me it sort of varies depending on my mood. Some weeks I play mostly modern games some mostly older ones.penpusher
Same situation for me. While I've been playing more PS3 in the past few weeks, for quite a while I didn't even power-on the system. I play most current-gen multiplatform games on the PC with a 360 controller, but I will play PSP sometimes, NES, SNES, etc. It depends on what I feel like playing.

So, on average, it's probably 60-40 modern vs legacy but other times it's the other way.

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#20 Darkman2007
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about 50/50 , when I get a new game, I will probably be pre-occupied with that , until I finish it, after which I will play some retro games until I get another new game (which could be a month later due to the price)

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#21 Seabas989
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Legacy since I own a low end PC and a Wii. The DS is going to be a legacy system soon too.

When it comes to Playstation consoles I tend to get them a generation later. I got the PS1 in 2004 and the PS2 in 2008. So most likely I'll get a PS3 maybe this year or next year.

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#22 JReefer1
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yes, simply because my PC is underconstruction, it can't run Direct X 12

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#23 skrillalover
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lately i have only been playing SNES, mainly the donkey kong countrys and link to the past. pretty much just bidding my time till the GW2 beta comes out which i am hopefully in, that way i can judge how much i will like it.

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#24 tjricardo089
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It deppends of my mood really. I play whatever I feel like playing.

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#25 geitenvla
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I play mostly modern games. Legacy gaming is fun, but more in a sentimental way. The games from today are so much more advanced; these are the games I was dreaming of when I was a little boy. Games like Anno 1404 are almost perfect in their own genre. Sure it's great to play Sim City on C64, but only so I don't forget where this is all coming from.

My C64 and Amiga's stand right next to me on my deks here. Whenever I feel like playing some sentimental value, it's just a flip of the power switch away... and yes, I do use them quite frequent.

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#26 El3ctrosisV2
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It depends really. I don't play modern games anywhere near as much as I used to. There aren't very many new games these days that interest me so find myself going back to older systems more often as time goes on.
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#27 TheBlackKnight3
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I sold my Xbox360 recently in favor of the PS3. So now, I have the Wii, PS3, Vita, and 3DS as my current-gen consoles. I split it at about 60/40 between Legacy (mostly PS2 and PSP) and current-gen (mostly PS3 and Vita) these days, though once my current-gen backlog is relatively free I will head back to Legacy.

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#28 Emerald_Warrior
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I absolutely do. They're cheaper, so I can buy new legacy platform games a lot more often than I can modern games.

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#29 JigglyWiggly_
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Does quake live count as legacy? It's what I spend most of my gaming time on nowadays.
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#30 WiiCubeM1
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After any new titles I buy lose their initial glitz, I go back to playing older games. I'd say its about 50/50 with old and new for me, but when I stop buying games, it's the older titles I play the most and don't grow tired of.