"Like, 'we're gonna have 20% more ray tracing'. Okay?"
  • commander@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    8 days ago

    I play PC because my copy of StarCraft from like 2000 still works and I can use any computer/gaming peripheral in history that still physically works to this day on a PC. A PC is more compatible with PS4 peripherals/gamepads than a PS5. Plus not paying for the privilege to play multiplayer games that a developer is hosting in AWS

    The experience being so similar between a PC and a console is more an indictment on locked down PCs as consoles than against PC. E-waste

  • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    8 days ago

    I’ll be honest I find the ray tracing shit s gimmick that eats up too much resource. I’d much rather just have some awesome games to play, with good looks or not. PC gaming for me has always been about variety anyway. The console looking better never meant anything.

    • ChapulinColorado@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      I honestly think some console games look pretty good and perform well. It’s hard to have something optimized when the hardware is so diverse. Similar to iPhone vs android. With that said, PC games without some ass backwards “copy protection” and “anti-cheat” will always be excluded from my lists.

    • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      7 days ago

      Its supporters claim that in some ways it’s meant to make development easier; that it simplifies many lighting tricks devs handle manually.

      I don’t necessarily think it’s a strong enough point since it’s often throwing hardware at a creativity/effort problem.

      • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        I’d actually never heard this angle but sounds legit. Cutting corners sounds pretty typical of talking head yltyoes that want to try to cut costs no matter what.

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    8 days ago

    Very unbiased source there.

    I’m primarily a PC gamer but I buy ALL THE VIDEO GAME THINGS, so I have every console that comes out, even if I’m only going to play one game on it (looking at you, Returnal). Who is he trying to convince? Cause he’s full of shit.