@nprofile1q... Huh, I can imagine it was as I only ever heard stories. I never even experienced dial up but have joked about it based on what little I know. 😅

@nprofile1q... Oh I'm aware of both but never got to the chance to use them before being introduced to CDs and disc and then drives. I probably did discover the hard floppy first and learning about the actual "floppy" ones after but thinking about I would say the floppy ones come to mind first because they fit the name. If anything when you posted the hard floppy pic first you kinda unlocked a memory for me. :bloblaugh:

@nprofile1q... Oh I'm aware of both but never got to the chance to use them before being introduced to CDs and disc and then drives. I probably did discover the hard floppy first and learning about the actual "floppy" ones after but thinking about I would say the floppy ones come to mind first because they fit the name. If anything when you posted the hard floppy pic first you kinda unlocked a memory for me. :bloblaugh:

@nprofile1q... I see well it's unfortunate but it's possible for anyone to get addicted to a hobby. Gaming is just easier to get into as it's more widely available and it occupies the mind without putting strain on the body like more physically exhaustive hobbies do which turn people off. 😔

@nprofile1q... Well at least you got some good memory of gaming in the past and some of your older systems and games too. 😊

@nprofile1q... You speak as if better physical storage didn't exist after floppys. I never had the opportunity to use them growing up before using discs and drives as I only knew of and seen them. :blobeyes:

@nprofile1q... I see, well unfortunately for your friend the shooter genre has been on a steady decline in both quality and success. So he might have to get out of his comfort soon and play something else. 😅

@nprofile1q... As for Nintendo, yeah they've had an online store ever since the DS era back around 2010. I don't know about them forever shelving physical copies of games as they still exist for now, though there are initiatives currently fighting against the full digitalizing of buying and owning games. Nintendo has been guilty for stripping games away from the store but over recent years have brung retro games back so they're on a Mary-go-round with how they're stuck in a cycle of doing good and bad

@nprofile1q... GOG is the only other real competitor to Steam that isn't Epic Games Store, which I forgot to mention. Apparently it stands for Good Old Games (had to look it up). It's still significantly smaller than steam in terms of success and possibly catalogue though that's debatable considering one of their main goals are to bring back beloved games to the market so they can still be played without being lost to time which has garnered them some success in that regard.

@nprofile1q... ...Perhaps it was for the best as nowadays gaming as hobby is even more expensive with the only exception being specifically computer games on services like Steam and GOG. Not only that if you did regain interest in gaming it would just become harder to manage your time as it's notorious for sucking it up. :blobnervous:

@nprofile1q... Then you really did abstain from trying anything newer since then...well it's your choice m8 and when I said oldie I meant more so In mindset as back then you only ever heard from adults (stereotypically and pretty accurately) was that it was going to rot your brain and that it was a waste of time. 😐

@nprofile1q... Woof, then you're quite the outlier my friend. You sound more like one of the oldies from the late 1990s and very early 2000s who didn't quite get gaming as it steadily grew in popularity everywhere. 😅

I'll say there's a WIDE variety of games out there now compared to back then so there's bound to be something that caters to your tastes if you gave it a chance. :akkoshrug: