Charcharo said:
You are richer than 90% of Bulgarians. Yet most of us are PC Gamers. So I aint buying this. Sorry.
Most of the population of Bulgaria are PC gamers? Or most of the "gamers" in Bulgaria are on PC?
Those are two different statistics, and I'd be skeptical of the former.
Charcharo said:
The cost-benefit analysis is why most poor Eastern Europeans are on PC *Sigh*
Same question.
Charcharo said:
I probably have played more games than you.
Well, I'm quite open to that possibility, but looking at your profile, you're six years younger than me, so for someone who's constantly going on about expenses, you sure do seem to have the time and/or money to accumulate these games.
Charcharo said:
And wanna know how many games I have played on my PC that arent compatible with my PC?
Zero.
Again, the rest is WCCFTech level.
I have no idea what WCCFTech even is. Looking it up, it seems to be a supplier. Looking further down your post, you are/have done engineering, so forgive us lowly plebes for choosing the wrong degree to pursue in our lives.
Like I said, the benefit of consoles is that there's a guarantee of operation. PC's don't have that.
Charcharo said:
My oh my, unless your consoles can survive for the next few millions of years, gaming as an art form is fucked.
Also, Consoles are built with low end components. ANy good mobo and GPU and RAM are objectively better.
Nothing survives millions of years mate. The human race is unlikely to even be around millions of years from now, and those damn dirty apes probably won't care about our art. ;p
But that's the same argument that applies to any form of media, ever. Books fade, so are reprinted. Games and hardware break down, that's why the source code is kept, and re-used. If it's re-released on consoles or PC, I don't care, just make sure it isn't lost.
Charcharo said:
Why are you playing on a desk then?
"Social playing." SOCIAL. As in, multiple people together in the one room.
Charcharo said:
You do realize that you do not need a high end laptop to play the latest games?
Your PS4 is inferior to any GTX 1050 laptop. Those dont cost 2000 dollars. Your PS4 Pro will be inferior to some 1050 Ti laptops (at around 1000 USD) and all RX 470/1060 laptops.
I looked up the GTX 1050. It costs around $1400 AUD. Which is much more expensive than any console. I'd also be spending that money on things I don't need - I have a PC, and a laptop notepad, which give me the basic functions that the electronic age demands.
I've used $2000 as a benchmark because that's the average price in Australia for a so called "gaming PC." I'd be interested in that in that system requirements go up over time (least for AAA releases), and that I'd want a device that could meet the minimum system requirements for the longest period of time. Let's just say however, that $2000 isn't money I'd part with lightly. Heck, come today, my family will spend around $1900 on car maintenance, just to ensure it's legal to drive the damn thing. Money we can afford to spend, just not part with lightly, so you'll forgive me, oh PC master race, if I'm reluctant to spend thousands of dollars on luxuries.
Charcharo said:
I dont. I hate rich people with little foresight and zero empathy for anyone else and , more importantly, the art form.
You are for sure richer than I am *shruggs*. You would not be on console otherwise. Either that or our mathematical skills are severely skewed in my favour.
Y'know, for someone who hates people with "zero empathy," you seem to be doing a good job of hating people regardless. Demanding that everyone has the time, knowledge and/or money to play games on your chosen hardware, lest they be the scum of the earth.
Okay then, let's assume I'm richer than you (technically possible). I can say however, that unlike you, I haven't done any engineering degree, and as I'm sure you can relate to, degrees cost lots of time, and lots of money. I would know - I've done one degree and one diploma, and only the latter is relevant to my current position as a library assistant. If I treated customers like you do on these forums, I'd be fired. Also, the reason I don't is that because the desire to keep my job aside, I'm aware of the fact that not everyone trained in the same field I did, and therefore, it's my duty to provide assistance to people who aren't in the know.
Charcharo said:
Hardware dies mate. Seriously, even high end perfectly manufactured on mature processes and nodes CPUs and GPUs die. Eveything dies. Every machine, every man, every animal, every single thing. You will die and I will die one day. There is nothing we can do to stop that, no matter what we try or what we ever achieve in life. There is no other end scenario. However, the purest form of immortality we have is art.
Here is the newsflash. Consoles die. Their parts arent manufactured forever. One day, 100 years from now, the only few working PS4s will be in a museum. And unless PCs or general user computers can emulate the PS4 and its exclusives... our art form just lost something.
All hardware dies, as you point out. You know, you're right, a hundred years from now, PS4s will be few and far between. You know what else will be rare? The hardware I'm using for my PC right here, right now. 100 years from now, quantum computing will likely be a thing, and every game out now will be in the public domain.
Hence why I'm fine with re-releases. Source code is kept, it's re-released as hardware comes along, and so on. Whether that be the PS10, or whatever the heck we're using in 100 years time. Console or PC, the hardware will be updated either way.