StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
I've been a big console gamer for the past 20 years, where the last PC game I played a lot was HoMM 3. In the 80s and 90s, I still focused on console, but played some Apple II and PC games too with siblings.
But this past Xmas I finally bought some cheap low powered games on Steam and GOG that work with my laptop and I think it's been great. First time ever doing digital games on PC. Not the type of games to give specs a workout or need patches. But looking at the deals every week and the sheer amount of games (old and new) is insane. You fan through endless pages of games and it works with the launcher. Though admittedly, even with games that would work on 10 year old PCs no problem I still had some crashes and glitchy shit which was shit.
One type of game you get on PC which I like is boardgames. And on PC you get all kinds available for dirt cheap. While on console, you'll get some Hasbro games and I think UBI makes some shitty Monopoly games and thats basically it.
I'm not even a core PC gamer. But for all the doom and gloom articles for decades about PS and Nintendo selling tons of units and having games selling 10 million+ copies earning top 10 spots, who cares.
Now I understand why the typical PC gamer doesn't give a shit when you can not only get uber spec versions of games but also the sheer selection of games at mega discounts.
Let the console peasants fight for fame boosting their ego where they gravitate to AAA exclusive releases a few times a year where the sales/console ratio is only like 1 game sold per 8 or 10 consoles in the wild. So even the heavy hitters barely sell when the game forum banter you'd think every gamer in that ecosystem bought 5 copies each. In reality, if 10% of gamers bought it, thats the going rate and reality.
But this past Xmas I finally bought some cheap low powered games on Steam and GOG that work with my laptop and I think it's been great. First time ever doing digital games on PC. Not the type of games to give specs a workout or need patches. But looking at the deals every week and the sheer amount of games (old and new) is insane. You fan through endless pages of games and it works with the launcher. Though admittedly, even with games that would work on 10 year old PCs no problem I still had some crashes and glitchy shit which was shit.
One type of game you get on PC which I like is boardgames. And on PC you get all kinds available for dirt cheap. While on console, you'll get some Hasbro games and I think UBI makes some shitty Monopoly games and thats basically it.
I'm not even a core PC gamer. But for all the doom and gloom articles for decades about PS and Nintendo selling tons of units and having games selling 10 million+ copies earning top 10 spots, who cares.
Now I understand why the typical PC gamer doesn't give a shit when you can not only get uber spec versions of games but also the sheer selection of games at mega discounts.
Let the console peasants fight for fame boosting their ego where they gravitate to AAA exclusive releases a few times a year where the sales/console ratio is only like 1 game sold per 8 or 10 consoles in the wild. So even the heavy hitters barely sell when the game forum banter you'd think every gamer in that ecosystem bought 5 copies each. In reality, if 10% of gamers bought it, thats the going rate and reality.
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