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[Sosokrates]

I gotta say, i prefer rift apart in performance RT and returnal visuals over matrix demo.

I just think you gain more from 60fps then all the eye candy in the matrix demo.

Its going to be really interesting to see what the coalition do for gears 6 if they reach 60fps (they are targeting 60fps) and other 60fps UE5 games.

I went with consoles because i like the better accessibility , and they are cheaper. PC seem like a better and better option though, with things like DLSS, better RT, xbox + playstation games now.

 

[CitizenKratos]

"Why don't people who hate 30fps get a PC already"

Because I have a ps5 and have never once needed to play anything in 30 fps.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Cheese or no cheese are hardly options.

30,40,60 and 120 are hardly options.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Why don't all people who like to drive fast just buy a Ferrari?

Buy a Kia but don't complain it doesn't do 250 on the racetrack. Same goes for PC gamers: my 3060 is weaker than a 3090.

 

[YOU PC BRO?!]

As a few others have alluded to in here I work on a computer all day for my job. There's no way I could sit on a pc any more for recreation. I don't seem to be able to mentally associate PC with 'fun' anymore.

The thing is I've tried and have completed numerous PC builds over the past 20+ years. At times very expensive and completely top-of-the-range. The problem I have is that I can't stop fucking with things. I wonder if I'm the only one that's like this? It's the main drawback of the unlimited customisation on offer. The truth is I always end up spending far too long messing with in game quality settings. Always trying to eek out the highest possible fidelity, resolution and frame rates. It eventually got to a point that even the thought of dealing with that shit again just bores the fuck out of me.

It's weird but it's easier for me these days to just play on console. Ease of use is worth more to me than the increased fidelity of PC.

 

[clarky]

30,40,60 and 120 are hardly options.

The option to run a few ps4 games at 120 fps is hardly an option at all.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

The option to run a few ps4 games at 120 fps is hardly an option at all.

That's all we have on PC.

Oh and I haven't played a single 30fps game on PS5.

 

[clarky]

Oh and I haven't played a single 30fps game on PS5.

Nice one, me neither.

 

[Icymanipulator]

 

[Jrecard]

This is one of the reasons I've turned back to PC gaming already after owning a PS5 and XSX for a while. I don't think developers are willing to let go of 30fps because the casual audiences that buy majority of their games don't care about frame rates. As the generation goes on and fidelity is pushed harder we'll probably see 60fps fall to the side more as 120 already has.

Other things that pulled me back:
KB+M support for FPS games, tried to live without it - can't.
Ability to play old games in 4k with unlocked framerates without hoping for developer patches (MS made some good strides here at least but it seems to have lost steam)
More and more Sony games coming to PC where they play at their best

If you are at all interested in PC and have the budget + are willing to spend a little more time and effort in getting things up then you can definitely 'console-fy' them. Check out Playnite. I spend a lot of time leaning back in a chair playing on my OLED with a controller too, you aren't tied to a console for that experience.

 

[Kataploom]

This is categorically false, especially for shooting games. Trying to aim competently with a controller in an FPS/TPS is like cutting off your hand, duct taping a gun to your bleeding nub, and wondering why the hell you can't shoot.

...or did I just feed the troll?

Try working 8 to 10 hours a day in a desk and using the same environment for gaming right after... Sure it makes you wish you could just sit at the distance and relax when playing, I literally learned to aim with controller just so I could play from the couch

 

[64gigabyteram]

Can tell OP doesn't have a pc.

are you genuinely fucking serious right now or are you just trolling or some shit?

 

[Jigsaah]

30 fps is a sin and I baptized myself in the pure waters of lake NVidia in 2018. Born again gamer.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

I was one of those '30fps or die' guys on console as I've only ever owned consoles and then less than a year ago I got a gaming PC.

Now anything below 60FPS gives me a headache. Anything over 60FPS gives me a boner. I'm playing Division 2 at over 100FPS and its just

60FPS should be the standard on console

 

[Ceadeus]

Nobody want to sit on a PC chair watching a 20inch monitor. No AAA devs working on PC exclusively anymore either. All this for double/triple the price of a console

 

[teezzy]

Nobody want to sit on a PC chair watching a 20inch monitor. No AAA devs working on PC exclusively anymore either. All this for double/triple the price of a console

I have two 27" monitors and a chair made by Serta

It's very cozy

 

[64gigabyteram]

TrueLegend ok i know ur watchin this thread, why havent you gotten a PC yet if you hate 30fps so much

 

[Jrecard]

Nobody want to sit on a PC chair watching a 20inch monitor. No AAA devs working on PC exclusively anymore either. All this for double/triple the price of a console

I keep seeing these comments but PC is as flexible as you want it to be, the sweaty experience of hunching over a keyboard and playing on a postage stamp monitor is not the only experience it offers. I use my pc exclusively with an oled tv.

I get that it doesn't interest everyone as a platform and that's cool, consoles have their place too but damn people need to open their minds a little.

 

[TrueLegend]

TrueLegend ok i know ur watchin this thread, why havent you gotten a PC yet if you hate 30fps so much

I have a PC. Stop trolling the forums.

 

[Brofist]

I keep seeing these comments but PC is as flexible as you want it to be, the sweaty experience of hunching over a keyboard and playing on a postage stamp monitor is not the only experience it offers. I use my pc exclusively with an oled tv.

I get that it doesn't interest everyone as a platform and that's cool, consoles have their place too but damn people need to open their minds a little.

It's not a matter of opening the mind, it's just pure lack of knowledge on the matter.

That's what makes these topics particularly painful to read, because they are just loaded with outdated or just plain misinformation. Better to just let it go.

 

[Kimahri]

I can see it, but I always chose higher frames when available.

Wonderlands is an example: 4k60 or 1080p120. I play at 1080p120 on a 65" LG C1.

I love choice- everyone is happy.

And that is fair. Choice is goof, do ehat makes you happy!

Put the people who feel the need to make that choice for others because they lack the capacity to understand differing opinions.. Sheesh

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

I have two 27" monitors and a chair made by Serta

It's very cozy

Will never understand how in the year of our lord 2022 people still parrot these 1999 arguments like it's the real.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Will never understand how in the year of our lord 2022 people still parrot these 1999 arguments like it's the real.

My "computer chair" is the most comfortable piece of furniture my ass ever sat on. My "PC monitor" is 42 inch C2 LG OLED.

I honestly don't know what these people are talking about.

 

[GymWolf]

The "i prefer playing with a controller in front of a big screen" must be a meme at this point and people are just piling up on the humor...right?

 

[Freeman76]

I just dont like PC gaming, its not for me. I'm a plug and play couch gamer, but the latest consoles do the job perfectly well and nearly everything is 60fps now

 

[The_Mike]

• Comfy couch
• controller > keyboard
• No good games
• Too expensive
• Always breaking
• Knack

That's the biggest things pc lacks.

You can't set it to your TV and play through your couch.

Youve been able to play on a pc for over 30 years, but they still haven't managed to make it controller compatible.

And pc parts are made so much worse than consoles. Maybe a console hardware manufactures like amd should mwjr some damn pc hardware.

Also, pc has no games (tm)

 

[rofif]

"Why don't people who hate 30fps get a PC already"

Because I have a ps5 and have never once needed to play anything in 30 fps.

But don't you want to spend 2 thousand dollars to have MUCH better graphics which you need to zoom in to see the difference ?

 

[Griffon]

GPUs are still way overpriced.

Instead I got a Steam Deck and I play every AAA at 40hz. Those 10 more FPS are pretty good.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Cause PC gaming is dawgshit

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

because I'm not a nerd

 

[saturnalian]

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[Reizo Ryuu]

 

[TintoConCasera]

Bruh, who gonna hook up their PC to a massive TV in the living room?

Hi! That's me.

Like, why?

To play some games!

Gotta move the PC and all the cables from the computer room to the living room, hook it all up,

Nope, mine is always there. Living room is big enough to have a desk at the corner.

I also work there. It's comfy because I can have all the cool things of the living room like the TV or the A/C there while I work or game.

download drivers so you can use a controller, pray the game is compatible with said controller, (...) plus all the compatibility issues that go with gaming on PC with a controller

Oh! A visitor from the 90's! How cool.

I'm saying this as someone who grew up as a hardcore PC gamer.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

For those that say "well then just BUILD/BUY a dedicated PC for your living room TV", extra expense for a second PC plus all the compatibility issues that go with gaming on PC with a controller make it not worth it.

I'm saying this as someone who grew up as a hardcore PC gamer.

Nonsense posts like this is why I'm subscribed to NeoGaf Gold. It feels wrong to get this kind of entertainment for free.

 

[Ironman_Bad]

I love how some think pc just magically run everything at 60 fps lol assuming your pc is even up to snuff you will face potential issues with every new release

 

[Fess]

Nonsense posts like this is why I'm subscribed to NeoGaf Gold. It feels wrong to get this kind of entertainment for free.

I don't have a living room PC and I still laughed at that.
What compatibility issues? Just spent 200 hours playing Elden Ring on PC with controller, even with an old ass 360 controller it truly just works, and zero driver updates, game patches updated without me even noticing it, plus locked 60fps 99.9% of the time, in Ultra.

It's really just the cost, PC gaming is expensive. I'd guess that's the number one reason not everyone have a PC. The rest is mostly about not realizing things have improved the last couple decades.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

assuming your pc is even up to snuff you will face potential issues with every new release

 

[nkarafo]

Bruh, who gonna hook up their PC to a massive TV in the living room? Like, why? Gotta move the PC and all the cables from the computer room to the living room, hook it all up, download drivers so you can use a controller, pray the game is compatible with said controller, then when you're done move everything back. Rather just buy a console.

For those that say "well then just BUILD/BUY a dedicated PC for your living room TV", extra expense for a second PC plus all the compatibility issues that go with gaming on PC with a controller make it not worth it.

I'm saying this as someone who grew up as a hardcore PC gamer.

You don't sound like a "hardcore PC gamer".

You hardly pass as a casual PC user who learned how to install Windows by himself recently.

 

[bitbydeath]

No good games

Lets eat food from the garbage while were at it...

 

[saturnalian]

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[scoobidoo112]

What's wrong with having options?

The trend seems to be different settings for different picture qualities / framerates, and with hardware becoming more and more powerful, framerates are only going to go up. This has always been the case for PC and it's great that this is also becoming the norm on consoles.

By the way, nobody is complaining about the N64's sub-20 fps not being the standard anymore, or the OG Xbox / PS2 sub-30 fps, so what's so special about the number 30? It would be the equivalent of complaining that resolutions are going above 720p or that controllers no longer have cables attached to them. Technology is moving forward, and so should you.

 

[nkarafo]

But don't you want to spend 2 thousand dollars to have MUCH better graphics which you need to zoom in to see the difference ?

I was wondering if you would end up in this thread with your 2000$ PC narrative.

My dude, just because someone scammed you for that much to buy shit you don't need, it doesn't mean everyone else is nearly as naive.

 

[Brofist]

30,40,60 and 120 are hardly options.

Don't give yourself a headache with those 3 graphics preset options on your console gaming there big guy.

 

[PhaseJump]

My "computer chair" is the most comfortable piece of furniture my ass ever sat on. My "PC monitor" is 42 inch C2 LG OLED.

I honestly don't know what these people are talking about.

You need to embrace the true console experience, sitting on a bean bag chair, or pitching a tent to sleep on the ground outside all the time. The pain and suffering you feel isn't throwing your back out, it's just all the old time disney-magic trying to make a comeback in your soul. Be excited. Fork over 80 bucks for the latest Mario Fart port. Don't forget to snarl and hiss when you walk past living room windows and see people playing their PC games. Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.

 

[JackSparr0w]

But don't you want to spend 2 thousand dollars to have MUCH better graphics which you need to zoom in to see the difference ?

Not sure you tell us? Since you're the dumbo that did exactly that.

 

[chixdiggit]

I don't like console gaming because of how low you have to sit to the ground. My bad back makes it very uncomfortable having to stand up from that position. Console gaming is mostly a young mans sport.

 

[saturnalian]

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[Farawayfromhell]

A High End PC will certainly always be better than a console, it's simple and it's a fact... the problem lies in being able to afford it economically and not everyone can.

For example I could... but then I would have to divorce because my wife would tell me that I am a jerk 'cause we have other expenses and I can not do as the fuck I want.
It's a valid reason I think...

 

[JackSparr0w]

The funny thing is a high-end gaming PC isn't THAT much more expensive than buying a console. Like, just price-shop around and anyone can get a decent gaming PC (with 60FPS) without heading into the multiple thousands of dollars territory. Consoles are just easier, really. Building a PC is harder, so it will always be more of a enthusiast endeavor. Most people aren't tech nerds, so few don't really want to get into the nitty gritty of cost-effective PC shopping, and consoles are easier and quicker to set up. It's just how it is. 30FPS is as a result of just people being people.

I built a PC for a friend last week and the only way for it to not cost twice the price of a ps5 was to go through the used market. Bare in mind for 1k the PC is slightly faster. Prices are not quite there yet contrary to what the shill youtubers are telling you.

However, I would take a $1000 PC over a $500 console toy box any day of the week.

 

[TintoConCasera]

However, I would take a $1000 PC over a $500 console toy box any day of the week.

Same here, people seem to forget that PC offers a lot more than consoles than just better graphics.