Ex-PlayStation exec argues 'only the dog can hear' differences between consoles and gaming PCs: 'They're all quite similar'
Ex-PlayStation exec argues 'only the dog can hear' differences between consoles and gaming PCs: 'They're all quite similar'
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
My PC is so backwards compatible it can run games meant for OS's my OS's main competitor, and their ancestors as well.
Better yet it can literally run those OS's over things like KVM/Qemu and DOSBox.
I guess Nintendo made that Wii container for Wii U like once lol.
You can also upgrade it part by part, and not have to let the entire thing get replaced every cycle.
To be fair, connecting some of the hardware I used in the 80ies is not straight-forward. But not impossible.
Bam! Fucking mic drop!
We'd get a pretty good game format OS—if the players could agree to come together—and then licence that out. Just like we do with Blu-ray, just like we do with the compact disk—and let people compete on content.
I know this is the most Lemmy comment it's possible to make, but oh, if only there were an OS that already exists that you could run games on and that didn't even need licencing out!
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.
Hahahahahahaha....ahh hahaha
.... Oh wait he's serious? Get f u c k Ed
Like hell they are not
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.
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.
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.
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.
Start with a normal (as in one ofmy choice) web browser being installable on them, next step is opening to other marketplaces (lol).
That's going to happen in only a few years, with the next Xbox.
I can definitely hear the difference between my PC and my PS5.
My PC's fans are way louder than my PS5.
Nah im pretty sure my pc cooling fans are a bit louder than my ps5 ones, and they're not that high pitched.
not for nothing, the one-standard-multiple-manufactuters thing has been done before with sony and microsoft both involved. the real truth of this article is that the people yearn for MSX
joking aside i'd love to see something like that come back, because you get the convienence of a set standard that makes games Just Work like they do on consoles while offering way more options to consumers. i guess once the floodgates open on third party steamOS machines we'll be halfway there
By sheer compatibility, we're well more than halfway there.
What a fucking moronic statement.
