For games it's easy: long time already have Steam and etc. Also these days with this country and homes getting more and more cramped, even if want to collect physical boxes, no space. So now no choice all buy digital. Last time when I move home had to throw away all my music CD's. Sibei heart pain. But no choice, keep moving into smaller and smaller house coz now we sinkies bo bian competing with all the tiongs et al in rental market. So no space for hobbies and etc.
For hardware: these days hardware really last much MUCH longer. Last time games used to really push hardware, so get extra 30-50% FPS from CPU/GPU upgrade really matters when already struggling to maintain 40-50FPS. These days, as long as stick to 1080p or 1440p, can really stretch. I used my 1080Ti all the way until 4000 Series released, and even then I decided to change from desktop to notebook because I sibei BTH all the shops at SLS when they overcharged for hardware during COVID.
So I went from 1080Ti Desktop to 3080Ti Laptop (playing at 1080P). For me because of the whole COVID saga price gouging SLS and esp distro's like Ban-Phark-Leong have permanently lost my business in SG. At the end the SLS shops suffer, well too bad. They had their one-time fun, now me and many friends permanently boycott. Some of us change to notebooks, others change to pre-built from the bigger manufacturers. And seriously, 3080Ti Laptop runs everything for me at 100+ FPS. Esp since mostly play smaller indie games.
