CosmicQueso
Member
Welp, seems like you have all the answers then. You don't know so no one can know. Not even those that actually do know.
Good to know.
Absolutely.
"PC is decimating console, just through price" - Romero
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Welp, seems like you have all the answers then. You don't know so no one can know. Not even those that actually do know.
Good to know.
Absolutely.
Last Hearth
Member
Cannot be emphasized enough.
Um, they necessitate the development of exclusive $100m productions. So, duh.
Tell me more. I feel like this isn't the end of that story.
sono
Gold Member
Agreed. Totally ridiculous!
CosmicQueso
Member
End of story.
I've been first and foremost a PC gamer since the mid 90's, but I still enjoyed console gaming since the Japanese dominance of the software market provided a genuinely different experience. The 360 caused a paradigm shift which pushed Japanese developers away from the global market, and those who remained focused more on demographics that were too niche for my liking (like shmups turning exclusively into bullet hells). I never saw a reason to play watered down versions of the same types of games I used to play on the PC, so the last console I owned was a Gamecube.
Ironically, now several of my old cherished Japanese devs are starting to see a lot more value in putting their games on PC such as SNK and Treasure.
Ironically, now several of my old cherished Japanese devs are starting to see a lot more value in putting their games on PC such as SNK and Treasure.
In terms of the market responding to these price and model signals, I feel like this is more hopeful than predictive. The PC has been a great place to game long before the current circumstances, and the types of games under the freemium model tend to skew toward time-sinks more than what I'd call the blockbuster releases that are especially popular on home consoles. Multiplayer shooters are closer to the time-sink style games, so that's one segment that could shift in exactly the direction Romero is describing.
Red Blaster
Member
can you direct me to this version of kotor 2 that doesn't necessitate downgrading to a buggier release of the game to enable widescreen support
or this copy of the sims 2 that isn't locked at 800x600 on my system despite applying the "fix" that involves screwing around in the config settings
Psykodoughboy
Banned
I really hate the PC master race Propaganda bull shit. There been multiple surveys that have shown. Around 70% of the gaming pc's out there are Shitty HP Wal-Mart pc's,and yes the consoles are better than those. Just because your favorite youtuber has a bad ass PC doesn't mean you can brag that PC master is better. Another thing PC master race is a fucking disgusting name to identify your group.
Serpens007
Member
Yes, but the thing is that I don't think that PC is "decimating" consoles, I think that it is more a consolidation of PC gaming as a strong option, which is always good for the industry, to have better competition. 2013 sales droped, but maybe it was because the new consoles were about to be lauched, also we have to see all of it as a whole with the economy together.
Here in SA last year was an increase of consoles and games selling, because they were cheaper, this year as well, so I think that there are different factors to each region have a drop or increase of sells. I don't think that PC is the stronger there.
Who is this even directed at? Nobody is unironically using "PC master race" in this thread.
SerTapTap
Member
This is why it was ridiculous that all retail games didn't have a digital version on consoles last gen. I THINK they do now on all current platforms? Some 3DS games excepted maybe. Until a year ago, there was no way to buy Earthbound and give money to the original developers/publisher. Despite it's high price it all went to everyone but Nintendo.
"PC Gaming Master Race" started out as a degradatory term by Yahtzee from Zero Punctuation, which was playfully adopted in a meme-ish sort of way. But when it spawns artwork like this, it's hard to not take it to heart
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
all depends which part of EARTH ya from
Comparing this to the "deal with it" situation if you want to even attempt to play Bungie, surrounding their current FoV choice. On PC, someone will find a way to increase it, but on console, I have to play and pretend I'm not getting nauseous when I turn quickly.
Psykodoughboy
Banned
"PC Gaming Master Race" started out as a degradatory term by Yahtzee from Zero Punctuation, which was playfully adopted in a meme-ish sort of way. But when it spawns artwork like this, it's hard to not take it to heart
Whatever helps you sleep at night, but master race will always be associated with murdering assholes.
I always wondered how PC elitists could consider themselves a master race when they are the ones that generate the largest stigma within our industry.
DarkoMaledictus
Tier Whore
Same here, I hear F2P and I'm out!
CyberPunked
Member
Please elaborate.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
...My friends are all on consoles, though.
The outer part.
CaptainPlanet
Banned
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It's amazing how serious people take this joke.
Hey don't ruin it.
Psykodoughboy
Banned
If you think baking people alive is a joke Keep laughing
Some Nobody
Junior Member
That's their problem
Lmao. Last time I said my true feelings on the "PC master race" I got banned, so I'll just say...nah, "not really" since I game on PS4/PS3 along with them.
Denton
Member
hahaha
note: I am laughing at your post, not people being killed, in case you didn't get that
CaptainPlanet
Banned
You quoted me brah even if I did it wouldnt change anything
Dude, did you just use faggot, especially as a pejorative, unironically? Aside from being extremely crude, that's going to get you banned.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Grounds for a permaban, as you're a Junior. Fix this, guy.
Also, gross. This is seriously just video games.
The only baking is the heat from my glorious video card.
grandwizard
Member
It doesn't help that the new consoles are underpowered in relation to comparable PC hardware when compared to previous console generations. Nowadays you can drop a few hundreds bucks on a few years old PC and match or outperform the new consoles. My PC's main parts are 5 years old, and all I've done is a mid-range graphics card update a year ago and it runs multiplats better than my new PS4.
Previous generations had console hardware much stronger in relation to PC hardware where it made more sense to invest money in them, you'd be getting strong multiplat performance for a long while before PC hardware prices matched and beat them. This time around it was right out of the gate. It basically leaves me with no scenario in which I'm going to buy a multiplatform game on the console rather than PC, there is just too many advantages on the PC side this time. Not to mention being cheaper.
Previous generations had console hardware much stronger in relation to PC hardware where it made more sense to invest money in them, you'd be getting strong multiplat performance for a long while before PC hardware prices matched and beat them. This time around it was right out of the gate. It basically leaves me with no scenario in which I'm going to buy a multiplatform game on the console rather than PC, there is just too many advantages on the PC side this time. Not to mention being cheaper.
