Does anyone else feel like tech peaked around 10+ years ago?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but does anyone else feel like technology - specifically consumer tech - kinda peaked over a decade ago? I'm 37, and I remember being awed between like 2011 and 2014 with phones, voice assistants, smart home devices, and what websites were capable of. Now it seems like much of this stuff either hasn't improved all that much, or is straight up worse than it used to be. Am I crazy? Have I just been out of the market for this stuff for too long?
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Design wise, absolutely peaked in the 90s/2000s. Now everything looks like a copy of each other with uninspired designs across the board.
In terms of what it has to offer, I personally don't think so. Couldn't imagine going back 10-20 years ago and not having a device like my Steam Deck that can play computer games on the go (laptop not included since when are you realistically pulling out a laptop on a drive when heading out for errands?) or having a laptop not as thin as my current laptop or even just the touchscreen feature. I also couldn't imagine going back 20 years ago and not having a 1 or 2 TB portable external hard drive (or if they were out, being a lot more expensive than now).
The PSP is 20 years old now. Absolutely massive game library, and definitely on par with the console and PC games at the time.
The game library is well worth revisiting on something like a retroid pocked with upscaling.
As someone who didn't have a PSP back then or even now, I'll take your word on it.
oh, you seem like you know a thing or two. I want to get into the PSP library but kind of missed everything about everything about it. Got any favorites to recommend?
I sold mine back in 2010, so I'm just rediscovering some old and newer gems on the PS vita and retroids. I probably only scratched the surface back in the day, but I'll list some gems that come to mind. A lot are probably PSX/PS2 ports.
Burnout legends/dominator
Dragoneer's Aria
Crazy taxi
God of war
Ghostbusters (feat. the OG cast)
D&D tactics
Rock band unplugged
LEGO Star wars
Monster hunter
The whole library is almost 2000 games, and some 250+ exclusive.