I see so many people talking about using their deck to play games while others are watching TV with their partners or whatever. But I just can’t do it. I hate not hearing the sound effects, music, voice acting when playing a game, and I tend to find myself not using the deck as often as I would like as a result.
Am I just weird?
I just use headphones if my wife is on the TV.
Am I just weird?
For not just using headphones? A little, yeah.
I think a crucial component is where I say watching TV passively etc. I use headphones when I am focusing on playing games only.
Headphones?
I use bone conductors almost all the time. They’re great.
I think this is the best solution for these situations. I have a pair of aeroshokz and they do seem to work pretty well.
For me it depends. If I’m playing a game for the first time, I have to have sound on, but if I’m not playing for the first time then I’m okay without sound. Also some games like factorio, cities:skylines, minecraft, etc I like to play with my own music or a podcast.
It depends on the game. I mostly play from the couch while my wife watches TV after the kiddo goes to bed. Some games I play totally muted but others get a little volume. If there’s no one around to distract, I’ll usually play around 30-50% volume.
Same, depends on the game. And sometimes the part of the game I’m in. If it’s a grindy/mindless part, I have no issue playing without sound. But if it’s a narrative part, even with subtitles on (cuz I always have them on) sound must be on.
I can play something like Vampire Survivors with no sound and won’t miss it. But if a game has dialog, not having sound would be dumb.
I agree. It’s like watching a TV show or movie without sounds
Its half the experience!!
Headphones, brah
Unlike the others I do play without sound and its not as great but I still do it. I usually like to do side quests though as I don’t want to miss cut scenes.
I think we use 🎧 🤔.
There’s even ambient/passthrough mode on noise canceling ones now a days.
Or there’s also bone conducting ones like
Trekz.I don’t prefer it but it’s very different for sure. I grew up with a Hitachi laptop that didn’t have working speakers and so my NES and SNES games had no sound so I got pretty used to it.
These days as an adult it s just either or. Games with sound, great! Games without sound, so it is!
I’m the same way. I just keep one earbud in and pause the game when someone starts talking (granted that only works on single player games).
OK, side question. Doesn’t it drive you insane to be trying to follow a game’s audio while people are talking on TV?
I like handhelds for playing in bed, or tucking away in a corner of the house, but sitting there while people are watching TV or having conversations while trying to play a game is… hard and not very productive, unless the game is very casual or purely mechanics-driven.
I play 99% of my games without sound honestly. I only have time to play games in the evening, and I can’t focus on the sound if there’s other sound around me (like my wife talking or my son doing his toddler babble), so I just mute every single game.
