Strazdas said:
no need for that. videogames retail is dieing all over. And yes, a small minority of people. Fiber is common in the entire world. US is actually one of the worst countries when it comes to internet. Currently only Africa is worse.
Yeah, no [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Internet_connection_speeds].
No, some people are rioting. most simply refuse to purchase inferior products.
So, where are these people rioting? Are they a big enough group to matter?
They were not set at interlaced, please read my post again. Also in the 90s only severely outdated TVs were still on 240p. 360p was standard TV broadcast resolution and thats what those tvs used. of course it was in 4:3 format back then.
Well, I admit I was playing an a old TV from the 70s for most of the 90s, so I might be remembering things wrong. Didn't really get up to date until ~1998, right in time to start reaping the benefits of 60hz. Even then I was never ahead of the curve. On the other hand, I wasn't really behind either.
BTW wasn't PAL, the broadcasting standard, 576i?
Then i suggest you look into it. its about viewing angles created by tube CRTs. But yes, other things you mention are also important, however they can also be achieved with flat screen CRT.
Wait, I think I get it, the reason flat CRTs never come up with the people I speak with is because they're kinda ignored. Most people I know just grab nice TVs from the 80s and 90s (because those are cheapest) and those are generally curved. Hm, now that I think about it, my boyfriend did have a very nice flat 100hz CRT. That one didn't cause any distortions. Wouldn't quality play a big role? There's shitty TVs in all shapes and sizes.
here is a PC that will perform better than a console: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DYDLMp Total: $456.71
The amount Windows 8/10 takes while in background of a game is so miniscule that its not worth counting. This was a reasonable complaint around the turn of the century when OS did sigificantly slow down PCs or when Vista launched and had horrible resource hunger, but this is not so anymore and for a long time.
I'm not sure the i3 is the right way to go with a gaming PC. Sure, the hyper-treading somewhat makes up for it being a dual core and it's a good price, but wouldn't a i5 be a little more future proof? And isn't 7200RPM considered slow for a harddrive? It seems to me that this system is about getting as much for young as possible, but doesn't exactly provide the most comfortable experience.
And yep, I know the dark days of Vista have passed, but OSes do take up a relatively big amount of resourches. (Though I have to admit some modern consoles are a bit weird. IIRC the Wii U sets aside 1GB of its RAM for system use online.)
The point is that you need a display for both PC and a console so comparing them it is unfair to include the price for one and not for another. what you preferences are is another thing that does not come into comparison. for example i dont own TVs at all. i connect all my media to a monitor. does that mean that i would need to add the cost of TV for a console but not for a PC? of course not.
I think you only need to add the cost when you don't have a suitable screen. I don't have a monitor, so that's something I would have to buy if I decided to get a PC. If you're happy with your monitor, you don't need a TV, meaning a console is relatively cheap for you.
I converted for easier comparison. Yes im from europe. The amount of money i saved on game due to steam sales, humblebundles and other sales already cut half the price off that 700 though. when you constantly get to buy games with 85-80% off it adds up quickly. I never sacrifice draw distance. i do sacrifice antialiasing, but consoles have no antialising to begin with, so hardly a sacrifice for comparisons sake. i never claimed that i max out all games, that was never my intention anyway. I do play at better quality than on consoles, though.
Hey, consoles have sales, too. And they can be pretty good, actually. Just like on Steam and GoG, 70% isn't that unusual. Some games might even be cheaper on consoles than PC, depending on the sales. Since I've got a bit of everything, I like to compare
Consoles can do anti-aliasing, BTW. But just like with PC games, if it's used varies from game to game. The main differenc being, of course, that on consoles the developer decides, and on PC the consumer gets a say in it (which makes sense, because there's such a huge variety in hardware used).
there are many places on the internet, for example /r/buildmeapc on reddit, where you cna just give them a money target and what you will use it for and they will pick you the parts that work together if you are unable to watch a few youtube videos and use sites like PCpartpicker that check for compatibility automatically. I can understand the intimidation. i felt that as well when i built my first pc,especially since i saved that money for 2 years (i was 12 at the time) and if i fucked up i would probably be without a pc for 2 another years. i didnt fuck up though, turned out it was easier than expected. but yes, everyone is welcome to pay extra for others to do the job for them. thats the whole backbone of services industry.
That involves trusting random people on the internet, though. Not everyone is eager to do so. If you aren't very computer savvy, just finding trustworthy sources can be a challenge.
(I learnt my way around PCs with outdated systems and spare parts - I would have pissed my pants if I had to fiddle with anything less expendable! New parts are still a little scary. Last time I decided to plop in some more RAM - literally three minutes work - I had to take deep breath before I dared to even start. Which was kind of silly, because finding the right RAM was actually a greater challenge.)
We are assuming you are using windows here since you yourself suggested here. they are pretty much idiotproof by now. sadly, at the expense of power users like me. but its really hard to fuck things up now unless you specifically go out of your way to find malware that does it or are very very unlucky to be stupid enough to open every email attachment. yes, viruses exist, but modern antiviruses can be basically set to set it and forget it mode. Well your sister must have murdered that battery then. i got my 6 year old laptop sitting by my side as i type this and while the battery only last 1 hour now its enough to boot up. Also laptop troubleshooting 101 is first try removing the battery which forces laptop to go directly to power supply. most do that by default anyway if power is connected but that wasnt the case in the past.
For compatibility reasons, Windows seems like the most obvious choice to me. I do kinda get the appeal of Linux, though. Lots of freedom to make it run the way that's best for your set-up.
I think that battery died simply because it was shitty and couldn't handle being recharged so often. Of course, the real culprit is the laptop (and the people who designed it) - the battery wouldn't have died so soon if the laptop hadn't constantly drawn power from it. My own laptop was nearly five your older at the time, and while the battery life had certainly degraded (in the end, I got 15 minutes out of it - at max), it hadn't been abused to death. We're talking early-mid 00s by the way - things were a little worse back then.
Yes, modems are a pain in the ass sometimes. when i had only one PC i skipped modems entirely, direct line connection to PC. best thing ever. however sadly since now i have 4 devices (two mine two my cousins) connected i need to have a router that fucks up once in 3 months or so. simple restart fixes it though. but i remmeber back in 2003 the router i had was really annoying me.
For a while, I had one that fucking hated Vista. Sadly, there was no easy fix for that piece of shit. With lots of googling I found other people with the exact same problems and the solutions turned out to be switching to WEP security. My DS didn't complain, but sheesh...
I guess i should have specified. i dont mean those small retro games. i enjoyed Cities: Skylines a lot for example.
Looking at the recommended requirements and assuming you meet those, I'm assuming you're meeting the minimum system requirements for many triple A games. That's indeed not too bad.
I would argue that all hobbies are more fun if you are interested in how these hobbies are made.
That's true. But the way PC gaming and PC tech is intertwined seems a bit strange to me, as console gaming is pretty much all about the games. I mostly just really like games.
Here we will agree, its the stupid choices by developers that is more at fault than the lack of power. I dont agree with Nintendo games being the best looking ones though. you will probably argue asthetics, and thats personal, so i wont go there. from a technical perspective though, they are lagging behind.
It's no secret the Wii U is the weakest of the bunch (though it's actually not as bad as some people assume), but Nintendo does a great job of making you forget you're playing an relatively low tech hardware. Their own games run incredibly well, and even something like Xenoblade X, in which a lot of sacrifices were made to create a huge, seamless world, draws you right in once you start playing. Hardware limitations are a lot more noticible in the PS4 games I play, because half of them I just kinda poorly put together.
DirectX12 wont offer more raw power. it will offer better ways to utilize the power already there. developers will of course have to specifically code thier games to utilize these benefits. I think most will, though, because the limitations DirectX12 is removing is one developers of AAA studios were complaining about for a few years now.
I meant the problems seen in console gaming (and gaming in general, really) can't be solved by just releasing more powerful consoles. The extra power can cover up only so much of poor programming. The advantage PC gaming has here, is that users can improve their own hardware where needed, and the most savvy ones can even put out mods to make the game run better. Still, this is users trying to fix problems that shouldn't be there regardless of the hardware being developed for.
gamers are very passionate and love to share good games. so yes, often it is that simple. note that being part of small niche does not make a game great on its own. Thanks for the offers, but i will not be taking them. I personally do not like that style of games, but i can recognize a good one when it comes around. Im glad there are people that enjoy them, but i personally dont.
Finding good games can be tricky, though. Unless you're willing to sacrifice a lot of time and/or money, there are obvious limitations to the number of great games you can discover on your own. Most people have to rely on critics and Youtube personalities to find new games to play. And how do these people find games? Publishers often approach these people themselves (fortunately, this rarely goes beyond 'here's a download code, enjoy'). If a developer does not promote their game, it's unlikely it will be discovered by people who can properly introduce it to the world.
Look at something like Dark Souls. The series gained a small following with Demon's Souls, and the people who played that started getting hyped up for Dark Souls, with the journalists pushing for previews and reviews. That game gained a bigger cult following, which just kept growing because more and more knowns give it a shot and loved it. Now it's a big deal.
I got to contribute to a few small explosions myself (Virtue's Last Reward) and was caught up in a few blasts as well (Spec Ops: The Line).