Posted this on a friends' status on Steam, considering the issues with The Evil Within port. But I think it bears repeating, because we seem to think we should get these amazing smooth running ports that run better/smoother/higher-res than their console counterparts. Really, in the end these days it's up to modders and patch fixes to really make these games show the potential of the PC platform, but NEVER expect that circa 2014 from any developer/pub, including Witcher 3 dev's. Some may not like to hear that after spending so much cash on their PC's or whatever, I've probably spent more than most of GAF combined (21 high-end rigs now, plus a shit ton of spare parts), I'm practically the JaseC of Newegg here. xD But the truth is the truth.
Look at it this way as it relates to these PC multiplats, which sadly are almost ALL AAA games, they encompass 99% of the AAA budget, exclusives to Xbone/WiiU/PS4 aside. For the past I don't know how many years I've watched PC gamers whining and pouting that during specifically the GC/PS2/Xbox gen they got a very small minority of the best games, and when they did the laziest kinds of ports, far worse than anything recent I might add.
But since the 360/PS3/Wii gen until now the almost constant outcry from PC gamers started to pay off, we started getting those games, maybe later, but of better quality than the past. Due mostly to the fact it sells, which is the basis all the Master Race Elitists would soapbox as the REASON to bring it to PC, plus more advantages. Well, now we're getting them. But what we lost in the process was our own PC "exclusives" Crysis and Witcher 2 were arguably the last true PC games. We're now in the full swing of a amalgamation of side by side co-dev for all platforms. And we seem to expect, or feel entitled to what comes to PC be "superior" to meet the subjective standards of "PC gamers".
So instead of using that historical logic and financial reality as a basis for our expectations and apply Occam's razor to expect at least "parity with the consoles", we somehow make the mistake of thinking we've been lied to or scammed somehow. As if a company trying to sell three versions simultaneously and successfully would actually go out of their way to make the smallest market the best product, hate to tell you folks but that's not economically intelligent or financially feasible to assume or suggest. And where all three versions can be considered somewhat equal, you end up with more potential sells on whatever platform X/Y owns. That simple, don't expect it to change. All we can really do is ask for better optimization, NOT superior versions.
