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MS needs gaming to make their OS more popular? Elaborate please.
ngl this response just makes it sound like you're salty they have a different opinion and don't love the games you do lol
Ah damnit, I quoted the wrong person. Please ignore my post!
I also obviously agree with you. MS doesn't need gaming at all to boost their OS numbers. It's kinda the other way around.
Days Gone looked significantly better at native 4k on pc compared to the checkerboard 4k. Tho to be fair they did update almost every texture to a much higher resolution version on pc which makes it stand out.
Would be nice if the same happens with GoW, definitely some low res textures that stick out here and there.
Would be nice if the same happens with GoW, definitely some low res textures that stick out here and there.
No problem, lol. I just thought that the argument that they somehow gonna use Steam to boost their ecosystem and OS numbers is a bit ridiculous considering there's barely any alternative to Windows on the mainstream market.
You're right bro, I bought a PS5 for Day's Gone 2! I can't wait!
Yeah you're way off on this one, and I have to wonder if your view is perhaps warped around how big / better you think these titles are vs things a lot of PC players may choose over them, and just the nature of what these people actually want and why a console isn't so justifable.
I'm a good example for this.
Never owned a PS console but played a bunch with friend, flatmates and my bro over the years, but also had every Nintendo and Xbox system till I stopped with 360 and Wii and stuck with PC in 2007. Only have a Switch since then.
I've played TLOU and attempted UC1, 2 and 3 after being lent a PS3, and played GOW via PSNow, and tried HZD when it launched.
I completed and liked TLOU for its narrative and exploration, but it wasn't enough to make me buy a console for the sequel.
UC1, 2 and 3 were crap imo so I have no interest. A friend is a big fan though and he's pushing me to try the PC version. I won't bother unless I'm gifted it.
HZD I disliked off the bat for early sections its performance, fov and the nuiscance I had with controls. I since picked it up when it released on PC and found having the input methods, fov and high performance I like made it more engaging and getting past the first several hours, it got a ton better. It's just more AssCreed effectively in a better setting with a better store. Enjoying it and still playing it with Steam Controller for velocity based camera / aim combined with gyro. It's good but still not remotely enough to push me to buy a console.
Enjoyed GOW a lot despite the mess of PSNow and connectivity problems. Still not feeling any need to get a console.
None of these made me buy a console (for sequels or otherwise), because even if I did like these games SO much, it's only 3 games series I actually have interest in, and the only other of passing interest is Spiderman, Bloodborne - not enough to justify buying a box I'd otherwise never use again, and having to play without all the flexibility and features I want on PC to play how I enjoy.
I rather spend my money on so many other things. It's clear a lot of people are fairly similar in this regard.
I'm not even waiting on these games. If they make it to PC, it's great that I'll get to consider them, otherwise they pass right by. I'm content to miss all of them rather than waste my money.
Did you read the post I was replying to? Their tone wasn't exactly nice to the people who enjoy those games either.
SIE has great writers and most people are really invested into it's stories and characters and after the TLOU2 hate campaign spoiler posting, most don't want to take chances.
even if i had a much more capable PC i would not miss those games day one on my PS5.
I read his post and the post he replied to as well and really don't see where he wasn't being "nice"
people can like or dislike whatever games they want for whatever reasons they want
I guarantee you i will wait 5 years, and if they decide to never release it on PC then i will never play it. There are enough games on PC and for me personally better games (love strategy and stuff like that). The only way sony will get any money from me is by releasing on PC.
One improves your gaming experience across the board, the other one lets you play a few games you couldn't otherwise at subpar performance to what you're used to.
I spent like 1.5k-2k every two years on PC parts, i could afford a 500$ console but i'll pass. Its not worth it to me to for a few games when there is enough on PC to play and it just takes up space while being barely used.
i feel like this has to go in caps so maybe some people notice it before asking how i dare:
IM NOT SAYING THOSE GAMES ARE BAD AND EVERYTHING I SAID APPLIES TO MICROSOFT AND NINTENDO JUST THE SAME.
Neat I bought it on sale on the PS store some time ago and never got around to playing it, d'oh!
I'd much rather play it on PC.
I'd much rather play it on PC.
I don't think Sony is too concerned with bringing PC players into their ecosystem
They have had no issues selling PS4 or PS5's. They are literally selling as many PS5's as they can make currently.
This is all about making money off of exclusives that have reached saturation on their consoles. It's also a way to increase the price of their games again long after they hit bargain bin pricing (not an insult, I legit bought both Horizon and GoW for $10 each at Best Buy 2 years ago).
It's not really that deep. For the time being all we're seeing is years old ports so I wouldn't expect that to change.
They have had no issues selling PS4 or PS5's. They are literally selling as many PS5's as they can make currently.
This is all about making money off of exclusives that have reached saturation on their consoles. It's also a way to increase the price of their games again long after they hit bargain bin pricing (not an insult, I legit bought both Horizon and GoW for $10 each at Best Buy 2 years ago).
It's not really that deep. For the time being all we're seeing is years old ports so I wouldn't expect that to change.
The vast majority of PC gamers honestly are not obsessed with making the games as high end as possible. I assure you a massive amount of the people that will play this game are going to be doing so on lower settings with a super inconsistent framerate on an older laptop or something.
Yup, steam hardware survey even shows as much. People with top end hardware are less than 1% iirc
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The vast majority of pc gamers are not obsessed with high end gaming sure... but I'm not sure that it will be them who would be interested in playing a AAA console game on pc.
Not only that but you are probably under estimating pc hardware. You don't need ps5 equivalent hardware to play this game at a good level of performance and settings. And entry level gaming pcs can do better than even last gen pro consoles.
The vast majority of pc gamers are not obsessed with high end gaming sure... but I'm not sure that it will be them who would be interested in playing a AAA console game on pc.
Not only that but you are probably under estimating pc hardware. You don't need ps5 equivalent hardware to play this game at a good level of performance and settings. And entry level gaming pcs can do better than even last gen pro consoles.
What do you mean with top end hardware?
Because if you mean matching or beating a ps5 that's a lot more than 1%. Try 15% or about 30 million steam gamers alone. Last time I checked atleast.
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That's like only the 3090 though... and thats way less than 1%... but more importantly you don't anything like that to significantly surpass a ps5.
Yeah, you just need a 2080 or above, which I'd still argue is top end hardware tbf
Something like God of War is going to sell probably well over a million easily on PC. It is impossible to assume what kind of players will be the majority there, but I have met quite a few online from developing countries for example that would love to be able to play a AAA title on their mediocre computers.
And yeah I know quite well how far sensible PCs can last. I made my computer on about a budget of $500 several years ago and there has not been a problematic game for me yet. Even without an SSD I think most of what I play for the next five or so years will be fine without me feeling the need to upgrade.
I…didn't…what? Lol
like what you like don't like what you like man, it's just a bit silly when people are just so shocked that not everyone walks the same line that most do that they struggle so come to terms with that fact
It's definitely a "Zelda adventure" imo. A mature one at that.
Loved GoW2018 !
Interesting. Sony porting their previous games to PC shortly before a sequel comes out on console to try to get people into their ecosystem I guess (and make money off PC sales of course). Wonder if they'll do this for anything else in their catalog.
This certainly increased the odds of me playing GoW or HZD.
This certainly increased the odds of me playing GoW or HZD.
No they just want more money for their games after the sales on console slow down, Uncharted and Days Gone have no new games coming out.
I'd imagine it's not going to be that quick of a turn around like Horizon Forbidden West. Ragnarok wasn't listed in the Nvidia DB leak
Except that's what some of us are doing. My first thought upon hearing this was: I wonder how it runs on Steam Deck? Second thought: Guess I'm not buying the God of War sequel next year, as I had planned, because I think it'll be ported to PC eventually. Third thought: Maybe I don't need a PS5 after all. I'll give the exclusives 3-5 years and see how many of them end up on PC. If the ones I want get ported, I'll just stick to the PC versions.
If porting old games to lure people in to buy the platform with the new game worked to any significant effect, Sony should be releasing it on Nintendo and Microsoft platforms as well. In fact everyone should be releasing their old stuff everywhere.
Sony has been pretty transparent about the point about the PC strategy, it's just about juicing a game's sales after they start to slow down. There's no 4D chess master plan about making PC players buy $400-500 extra boxes to play games they'll eventually get anyway- that's ludicrous.
Sony is making smart moves tbh. Greatly increasing revenue for products that are no longer selling and getting non ps gamers interested in Sony games. I bet it will just lead to more ps5 sales from pc gamers wanting a sequel before x years
Still much better than never getting them like Starfield. PC will get everything... Eventually.
You aren't an elite gamer if you don't play the cinematic Sony exclusives on day one or something like that. 😅
Cool. I might buy it. I am also seriously doubting if GT7 will get me to buy a PS5 like I planned. Since it seems a PC port is inevitable. Having a console collect dust inbetween the handful of games I play on it seems wasteful.
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