As a PC player, I feel a tad jealous of these new next-gen consoles
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I'm a bit jealous that everything works pretty seamlessly on console. Don't have to download a bunch of launchers, don't have random mini launchers for certain games, everything works 100% with controller, and games generally don't have many problems. Just gotta plug the console in and press a button on the controller and you've got everything you need for gaming.
I'm hoping the Steam BPM UI evolves into something more console like, or they literally make SteamOS into a better console like experience with a controller.
I'm hoping the Steam BPM UI evolves into something more console like, or they literally make SteamOS into a better console like experience with a controller.
The only downside to PC is that you have to do most of the leg work yourself as far as getting games running, but then you have a much wider breadth of what you actually can play compared to consoles.
Honestly it reminds me of Android VS Apple as far as UI, ease of use and program availability.
Honestly it reminds me of Android VS Apple as far as UI, ease of use and program availability.
I cam from xbox so i already had a lot of achievements but yeah i will buy a game on the xbox app over steam because of the achievements.
That's pretty cool.
Every time someone talk about "this looks like a decade old interface" I feel at loss. Its all panels since then. What is the difference? A image in the background?
I dont even do that
I mean the whole point of me getting a new system or playing anything is for just playing a game - UI don't matter at all
I know what you mean OP. I definitely get pangs seeing people posting boxes on Twitter, that's it though. I'm just glad that at long last we have a pretty level playing field and instead of games making concessions for console we'll (certainly early on) have console versions leading the pack over all but a handful of PC gamers.
That said...
Time for the games to shine!
That said...
Time for the games to shine!
thats the problem, lots of people dont even know playnite and themese exists.
Get it! its free and worth it!
Absolutely spot on. UI and ease if use is way more elegant on console. Once you are in game though that sweet PC performance makes it all worth it.
Visually there's nothing next-gen about any of the new interfaces, imo. I was really disappionted with them appearance wise. It's just a lot of good functions thrown into a mix of old and new design styles.
I will use suspend mode mostly though so it won't really bother me.
I will use suspend mode mostly though so it won't really bother me.
You literally have hundreds of possibilities to configure it how you want it on PC. From shortcuts, library managers, desktop icons to autostarts. You will always be forced to use exactly what the consoles gives you. I don't see any reason to be jealous here.
Try playnite for starters. It's amazing.
Try playnite for starters. It's amazing.
Sorry to pick your comment out specifically, but people keep saying things like this and I don't see it.
In the last year, I had one single game give me issues on PC and that was due to MS launcher/store shenanigans. The vast majority of games in modern PC gaming are as plug and play as console, in my experience at least.
Auto updates via launchers, too. Consoles are definitely more plug and play, but the notion of "leg work" is overblown, imo.
This is just often a matter of dynamic res + lower settings on consoles compared to ultra settings + native resolution on PC. Of course PC isn't going to look good in that comparison. I'd wait for the DF analysis before making such statements. Also the 3070 isn't that much faster than a XSX.
Consoles have more than their fair share of performance issues. Obscene load times, laggy menus, unstable frame-rates, graphical quirks like pop-in, etc... I'm hoping much of this is going to be smoothed out with the next gen machines, and that the gap between console and PC actually moves to the point where Console feels more like a step sideways for me. Last gen, even though PC did technically have more hoops, switching between my 2080 based PC and my PS4 felt like a massive downgrade and soured my console experience greatly.
I might be agreeing with you a lot more this gen, that's for sure.
Yea, it sucks going back to 30 fps. Last time I bought a ps4 for bloodborne and ended up barely using it, but this go round I will wait for ps5 pro or at least a slim.
For sure. I quit Bloodbourne about 3 hours in (the part with the gun placement on the tower), due to the framerate and pacing issues. I absolutely cannot wait to be playing games like this at 60fps, The fact the DS remaster has 60fps mode bodes well for those kinds of games.
Agree, this year alone and because I'm pretty undecided, have a big backlog and did some improvements to the pc, I've installed, uninstalled, reinstalled more than 15 games, not a single one gave me trouble and one of them is AC unity
Looks good! Thanks. Is Playnite similar to Kodi in terms of customization?
Then either you've had a ridiculous run of good fortune or you're not telling the whole truth. Like I said, it's something I've gone back and forth with so many times, I probably will again if I build another system down the line. I will say at its best PC gaming experience is far superior.
This has been my stance for a while now. I've dabbled into PC gaming around 2014 or 2015 but it brought me so much headache that now I only occasionally play indies on PC.
Seems kinda goofy to me being jealous based on an interface, especially given the one in your example being mostly similar to what was already there for Xbox One.
100% untrue
A heads up for all the quick suspend/resume guys arround here:
Playnite has an extension for that:
PlayState | Extension to suspend/resume games at any moment. Pause whenever you want.
Playnite has an extension for that:
PlayState | Extension to suspend/resume games at any moment. Pause whenever you want.
Huh, but does it work fine?
The sleep option in Windows kinda sucks lol
Yes... I'm always off the cutting edge anyway, so waiting allows a great build for reasonable money, and great performance. In the mean time a XSX or PS5 with all those BC titles is a fantastic prospect.
It's such a big thing for me, probably one of the primary selling points for a device is starting to become UX. The more barriers or idiosyncrasy I have to "accept" or develop my own solution around, the less likely I am to engage with a device. Certain aspects of the new machines are appealing - the time to game speed, the multiple sleep copies. Over on Switch, it is the ease of use to swap from portable play to TV play.
I can't see that changing over on PC until Windows itself changes. Preferably to a more standardised iOS type model.
You don't see it?
Good for you on the bolded cause I had the MS store mess me up with MULTIPLE games, and one in particular was so bad that I had to frigging buy an Xbox to play it until the steam release came out because I was that pissed off with it deleting itself after every update.
In a addition, there are also older games that stop receiving updates to work correctly with upgraded hardware and you have to use janky workarounds/mods to keep playing with them.
Though this is largely because of the one size does not fit all nature of PC that consoles don't have to deal with.
The new I gotta have a launcher hotness+DRM is also a additional layer of stupid console people don't have to deal with and is one of the main reasons I still mess around with having multiple consoles with a gaming PC. While there is a a way around both, that again isn't for the casual user and will take tinkering.
I glad that you had an easy time. But I sure didn't and every single time I did everything I was supposed to do.
lol no, your statement of it being "rare" for a game to play without issue is what's entirely false.
Nope, I don't, and not only that but I've had my fair share of issues like this on console too.
Sorry you had such a rough time, but plenty of us didn't and acting like it is the norm for PC gaming is, imo, disingenuous.
best PC UI right here friend, and it's freeeeee
uh just realized they added gamepass pc support as well now
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Honestly I see where you are coming from, as much as I love my PC and my Switch as my secondary gaming device a pretty UI is something PCs always struggle with unless you go out of your way and set it up yourself.