Quote Originally Posted by gbpxl View Post
With the advent of companies like Facebook and Google, I feel like we are constantly being spied on. It is very difficult (impossible?) to buy a new console in 2018 and start playing a game without any sort of internet connection. There are times when I don't feel like I want someone watching me.
I dunno about this, but it reminded me of when I'll be watching someone else's review or lets play and during gameplay a thing will pop up saying "So-and-so is online!" And I'm like... people are seriously fine with this?

To me there's nothing worse than being interrupted while gaming. I am not a good multitasker, and trying to carry a conversation while kicking the crap out of Dr. Wily is NOT what I want to be doing, and I sure as hell don't care if so-and-so is online while I'm in the middle of a very tense session. (I also wonder about the video uploaders and why they're fine revealing who their contacts are to the entire world).

So like, why would you even want this? Is there a way to turn this off?

On that note I've heard some multiplayer games don't even have LOCAL multiplayer--you absolutely have to be online even if you have two controllers and two players on the same couch. Which that is just lame.

The main thing that's kept me out of modern gaming is its become a rich man's world. You have to be the kind of guy who can afford thousand-dollar televisions, entertainment setups, $100/mo internet connections with no bandwidth limits or data caps, on top of the consoles and games themselves, or you're SOL. Even at the current collector prices, even Earthbound isn't anywhere near that big a damper on my wallet.