I honestly don’t see how the average working class adult find that time. I feel like gaming is a luxury for rich/middle-class teens.
I cannot answer this question. I am a 40 year old kid, not an adult.
I have lots of time. Other than work, I don’t do anything but play video games, watch videos/movies/shows, and shitpost comments on Lemmy. Got no money to do anything else I would like to do. Ain’t got no friends IRL to do anything with.
Are ya winning, son?
The games? Yes.
At life? No. I’m not even able to get ranked. :(
Ranked isn’t fun, bunch of sweaty players.
A man cut from the same cloth as I
if you don’t have kids, you should have plenty of time for video games.
If you do have kids that can become harder to justify.
Until the kids grow up a bit and then it can be bonding time. My kids are in early teens now and we have been playing video games together for years now
Where would I ever get time for that? I don’t have kids but I’m genuinely curious. In-between chores, upskilling and work and S.O., I have absolutely zero time to just sit down and game, and even when I do, I have no energy.
I had kids a couple of years ago.
Before having kids I didn’t really have time for “gaming”, but I did lounge around watching TV for a few hours before sleep.
Now with kids it’s pretty much the same dynamic, but that few hours down time is interspersed with tending to the kidlets.
I do but I’ve noticed games don’t hold my attention like they used to. Eventually I start to feel like I’m wasting my time and not attending to responsibilities like I should be and its not fun anymore. Sometimes I’m able to ignore that feeling but the game has to be real special. This has also caused a worse problem where I sink lots of money into games hoping I’ll find one that will give me the same joy I used to feel, and sometimes it does. But its over in about a week or 2 and then I lose interest again. I’ve recently started learning gdscript and how to use the godot engine, and am hoping that I can shift my unhealthy habit into a positive hobby that makes me feel happy and productive.
I’m 37 with two young kids. I don’t play as much as I did before marriage and kids, but I still find time. Mainly in the evenings when everyone else has gone to bed (though that’s also time I might put toward other hobbies).
I also have a weekly time set up with some buddies, which is especially great since social time also took a big hit with having kids.
Like anything competing for my time, it has to be something I’m really interested in watching/playing/doing. Too many other things going on to devote time to crappy games, books, or tv shows.
Everyone’s life is different. Some people spend more time working but have more opportunities for breaks, and others have shorter hours but more a clearly delineated work-life separation where they must be working through the whole period. There are people with a large amount of responsibilities outside of work, and others that have little to none.
Anyway, it’s not true for all but many people do have the time they just choose to spend it on other types of entertainment. Sometimes consciously, other times because TV and social media are the path of least resistance, even if it’s less satisfying.
My suggestion is to consider a Steam Deck and use the suspend function readily. You might not have hours to play, but maybe you can pick up 15 minutes here and there, which is more satisfying then you might think.
Yes, no kids.
Work full time, no overtime. Family and kids. Regularly play a couple hours each evening after taking care of everything else. Actually get an extra hour on days I work from home because of no commute and I can do laundry and other stuff on breaks.
I do have enough time, but I don’t have the self control. If I could hold myself to an hour a day, that would be fantastic, but I inevitably get myself too addicted and end up spending closer to 4 hours a day. At that point, all my other chores aren’t getting done. As a result, I haven’t played video games in several years.
The “average adults” in my bubble all complain about not being able to game, but somehow know all about the popular TV shows of the moment. And of course Formula 1 and the many football leagues (world football that is, not ‘American’ hand-egg).
It’s all a matter of priorities.
Also, as my kids are a bit older now, we sometimes game together. My son loves coop Portal and my daughter enjoys it when I play Valheim. She loves watching me explore the game world.
Rarely, but when I do, I focus on small and tight games. I no longer have time for expansive RPGs, even though I love them.
Wish I had more free time but unfortunately my work/life balance is pretty bad at the moment.
But every once in a while the urge will hit and I’ll end up playing something obsessively for a few weeks or so while suffering through a lack of sleep during that time.
Some games just aren’t worth the time anymore. RPGs for me, which I used to love so goddamn much, are just too slow.
And, you get bored of shit. Oh another grind progression… hmm do I want to do this? I need uninterrupted ti.e to actually enjoy it…
I don’t have kids, so I have a few hours a week for the video games. Oblivion remaster is consuming all of that time currently. I fucking love the original and this new one is just so beautiful
I do, but not much these days. I’ve got kids and a career with meh work life balance. Sleep, exercise, and hobbies all compete for the remainder.
On a good weekend I can get a couple of hours in though.
