Breaker deGodot said:
Onyx Oblivion said:
Well, it's better than nothing, right?
Edit:
Also, why do PC gamers have this massive sense of entitlement? Not just to dedicated servers, either.
But they feel entitled that all games MUST be better to play on PC than anything else.
Because they (myself included), feel that since the PC was the first great gaming device, it should also be the best nowadays. Silly, but true.
nice edit. short answer: I agree with you that some people are like that and it's bloody childish, however console gamers see that attitude where it simply doesn't exists quite often too.
much longer answer:
There's no such thing as false entitlement if your simply asking for a basic feature that's been around for years false entitlement requires unreasonable expectation.
Games are a crafted product with the only raw materials being man power, imagination and the computers to build upon.
Games are not plants that only grow in the deepest depths of the Amazon are pretty pebbles that can only be found in one tiny vein within a small region of the whole world. they are not by nature rare and unique things with genuine comprises made to get them to market.
They are a product that is designed from start to finish and if you design something why let standards slip? You save money by deciding what is necessary for your new product not by replacing the foundations with cheaper material, for a while console games were treated as though inferior by those making the games with worse network support, ugly interfaces and less complex games. why should PC games be superior? they shouldn't as breaker said it's just silly.
However if the console users won't make a fuss about poor design to their games then when the developers try to put the same short-cuts into PC games of course PC gamers complain. That's going to make them look like complaining sods that want more than console gamers, especially in the eyes of those not used to having such features.
As for the elitists I can see some of their arguments and how they grew to be issues in some minds. But there hasn't been many half arsed console ports in the last few years and I don't think the influence have been that bad.
let's see; off the top of my head the arguments run games got bad interfaces, poor graphics, streamlined, easier, shorter, hold your hand more and lack innovation.
Interfaces started to get console treatment but the rise of HD has largely negated to worst aspects of that and many devs give PC's a separate interface to suit sitting closer to your screen.
Games started coming with lower resolution textures and models than PC's had seen in a couple of years but again the current generation saw that improve and the slight hold back they are creating simply keeps more gaming PC's relevant longer (no bad thing in, my mind and one of the things I hoped xbox's introduction would cause)
Games got streamlined and give you full tutorials which makes things more natural to learn and making the game seem easier as you aren't struggling as often. yes the truly hard games are rare things these days but ridiculous challenge can be a distraction from the medium and often isn't needed.
Sometimes tutorials are bad, say if they embed a particular manner of play in a game about strategy and forethought. You can see this in many RTS games a lot of new players come into multiplayer and start building where they are put in the order the tutorials have told them progressing slowly through the tech trees and wondering why they get hammered. But in general tutorials are a good thing that allows newer gamers to get into the medium.
Games where getting shorter anyway. It costs to make games and it was getting more expensive.
Innovation; there's been innovation, maybe the pace has slowed but changes happen and every industry sees slumps in innovation from time to time. There's plenty of smaller studios for PC that take risks all the time and the best ideas do get used commercially. Example: Narbarcular drop becoming portal.
So while I see where the arguments and resentments come from I don't understand why some swear by them like a personal creed.
If someone were truly a PC elitist they could surely revel in the indie scene that no other platform has (barring the more successful indie games getting launched via psn and xbox live). That and PC gaming still being the bigger platform with a more healthy focus on varied products and more spread sales as a result.
