How do I Play Games?

... a question nobody asked but will answer anyways.

I played primarily console games until around 2011 when I got an upgraded PC at home. Granted, some games I did play on the computer beforehand, like Wizard 101 and Newgrounds flash games, but that was on a shitbox HP tower from 2005, and that wasn't running any serious PC games. I grew up on the:

• PlayStation 1 (I cut the left audio cable in 2004 while unsupervised with scissors)
• PlayStation 2 (The disc drive burned out and was never repaired)
• Gamecube (still have and play every once in a while)
• Wii (sold to GameStop for trade in credit on a Wii U... great investment)
• Playstation 3

I still possess most of these consoles and hook them up when I'm in the mood to play on hardware, but I mainly default to emulating these consoles for convenience.

The upgraded PC wasn't necessarily an upgrade as it was another shitbox HP, but as an all-in-one (probably worse than a tower). It wasn't until 2015 when I got my own dedicated gaming PC for the release of Overwatch in May 2016. The computer sported an incredible GTX 750Ti which was upgraded to a 1050Ti next Christmas. PC has continuted to be my main way to play games, along with a few handhelds:

• Steam Deck, for travel. It has been configured with EmuDeck for all console emulators, except I do not emulate handheld consoles or the Playstation 3 on it. Otherwise, it's for lighter Steam library games
• Nintendo 3DS XL from 2014
• PlayStation Vita from 2013(?), it came with Borderlands 2
• Nintendo Switch 2

I did also own an Xbox 360 and Xbox One at a point, but sold both. Was not a great investment

Do you still use your older consoles? How often do you use them and what do you play on them? Let me know!

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