The fact that developers have to cater to multiple platforms that have hardware limitations and different operating systems has led to worse quality of games of time. Console exclusives are anti-competitive, monopolistic, and they lead to a terrible consumer experience.
Really? Some of the best games out there are (or were for a long time) exclusive to one platform.
I’d much rather have a God of War, or Tears of the Kingdom, or a Half Life Alyx than a sea of endless Assassins Creed or Call of Duty games.
You want to look at who is killing PC games, look no further than Nvidia’s pricing and pushing devs to use RT features their competitors cannot match.
The graphics card has become the single most expensive part in a gaming PC by far, it’s ridiculous. Because of how crazy nvidia has been with their pricing, and AMD being happy to match them in pricing, I’m fine sticking with my eight year old PC. Most games I play are older anyway. I think eventually integrated GPUs will be considered “good enough” that most PCs won’t be using a dedicated graphics card, just like how dedicated sound cards aren’t the norm anymore. The downside would be having to get a new CPU to have a new GPU as well, but with even low-end graphics cards being ridiculously expensive, you’d basically be getting a free CPU upgrade with your GPU upgrade.
Yeah, I’m part of the gang keeping the trusty 1060 in the top GPUs on Steam.
If there was a PS5 priced PC of similar spec I’d be all over it. As it stands I’ll just not upgrade until my current one dies.
console exclusives should be banned
been a pc builder and gamer my whole life, so I agree with your frustration but goddamn this is silly. Banned?
By whom, the world gamedev oversight committee?
The united nations?
LOL
I think it is silly too, but not for your reasoning but, come on bro, it is like if you said let’s go ban selling OS in PCs altogether, you will need to install it yourself, that is the same sentiment for consoles vs PC, people like plug & play devices, and PC sadly are not there yet (some devices like the Steam Deck have a closer approach though).
Why is it the responsibility of, say, Nintendo to make all their games available on all platforms? They make their own hardware and games that are optimized to run on that hardware. Sure, the Switch is inferior to a modern pc in performance and all that but at the end of the day Nintendo chose what their hardware can do and make games accordingly. The fact that most developers and publishers want to release their games on all platforms is not the responsibility of Nintendo. If the most important thing is that every game runs the same on every platform there is no need for hardware like the Switch, which, like it or not, has done something new and interesting. Kinda the same with VR. I personally don’t care for VR but it’s at least something different.
It’s not like if consoles stopped existing then developers would solely target top-end PCs. They will target as large an audience as they can, unless paid to stay exclusive. Most games these days use a pre-made engine that already targets multiple platforms, so it’s not as difficult to port to multiple platforms as before.
Console aren’t holding back the industry, they’re just holding back PC gaming.
Consoles like the Nintendo switch yes, but exclusives actually help drive competition, as long as they eventually come to other platforms I’m happy
I dislike consoles. I hate the controllers, and I hate being stuck in front of the TV; I’ll play a game on PC or not at all. That being said, the gaming industry is the perfect example of where free-market capitalism should be allowed to take its course. Nobody needs to play games; it’s a luxury and a recreational activity. If a development studio wants to release a game just for one specific console, let them. Maybe it will be a good business decision, and maybe it will fail miserably and cost them millions in lost revenue. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t matter one way or another. Play a different game.
Upvote because this is unpopular, I disagree but whatever. Im not a pc gamer granted, but i think if there were no consoles and everyone had to be on the pc upgrading pyramid scheme, gaming companies would be hard pressed on how to develop games. There would be a smaller gaming release windows for most people while the ones who could keep up would probably face buggier games since systems are constantly changing.
pc upgrading pyramid scheme,
Lol no. The days of needing to upgrade your PC more than once every 7-10 years have been gone for a while
Once evey 7 or ten years??? Thats like a console lifespan. Im talking about having to stay up to date on latest pc hardware every year or 2.
And I’m specifically saying that is completely unnecessary and has been for years
Well as someone who doesn’t have a gaming pc, that’s how i see things. I could very well be wrong, but im not going to take the opinion of someone who says they dont see how people use a controller.
I agree with them too, upgrading PCs has amounted to a new video card every 4-5 years and a new motherboard/CPU etc every 8-10 years. I’m not one that demands 120fps and 4k and all that though. Video cards are now more expensive but they also don’t need upgraded as often.
Also games are cheaper on PC, with regular free giveaways. And we have a huge library, all the way back to DOS games via DOSBox and console and arcade emulators.
And I play with controller on PC all the time for games like Forza Horizon, Elite Dangerous, and console emulators.
Controllers are nice for certain games. On PCs you at least have options! I just can’t stomach playing shooters on a controller.
“As someone without enough knowledge to form a correct opinion, here’s my opinion. No, I will not back down when someone more informed presents new information.”
