Topher
Gold Member
Wait, you're a multiplayer gamer and you play on console?
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OverHeat
« generous god »
Sony and Microsoft must be so happy with all the suckers that pay to play
I was one of them for way to long…
Guilty_AI
Member
I remember when the ps3 had free online and the then console warriors used that to stick it to the xboxers. Good times.Sony and Microsoft must be so happy with all the suckers that pay to play
Hohenheim
Member
I'm one of them! I prefer sitting in my very comfortable chair while gaming.
It's a lot more immersive.
For me it's like night and day playing games like Alan Wake 2, Resident Evil, Dead space etc on the desktop with headphones vs playing stuff like that on a TV further away. The latter just ain't as immersive and scary (and fun)
I do enjoy 2d-platformers etc on the TV though.
Topher
Gold Member
Right now I'm having an issue where I cannot play a backward compatible game on my Xbox without having to create an "app specific password" every single time. I'm going to have to get on with Microsoft support for a second time about this.
The Joys of Console gaming? Nah.....shit just happens. Why blow this up into a bigger deal than it is?
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
*Laughs in native 4K 60fps with full Ray and Path tracing*
hououinkyouma00
Member
Part of the problem is being on an "enthusiast forum" unfortunately. These people would most likely never argue with you in person.It reminded me of this good old thread I made once to vent:
PC gaming can really be infuriating.....
I've been playing mostly on PS5/Switch these past few months, but I always come back for some sweet PC gaming and this was the weekend to do so and catch up on some older games from my backlog. Boy, did this not go as planned: Alice 2: Madness Returns Couldn't even get past the activation...www.neogaf.com
It was a bad idea as some people got really defensive. Some of the replies are absolutely hilarious, like being accused of having an agenda or being called a retard for having issues that are well documented. I was kinda done with seirously discussing PC on GAF after that.
Edit: I don't care enough/too tired to bother replying lol
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MonkeyClaw36
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MonkeyClaw36
Member
Never was I more happy to switch ecosystem. Have missed PC gaming for 10 years. And the frustrations of eaking every frame out of it......Sony and Microsoft must be so happy with all the suckers that pay to play
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Every once in a while a vegan needs to be told no one cares. PC gamers are just vegans obsessed with telling you the benefits of their oppression.And yet here you are. Replying...
Btw, your CPU is starting to get a little old...
MonkeyClaw36
Member
But it still outperforms a PS5/XSX by a landslide. So im good.Every once in a while a vegan needs to be told no one cares. PC gamers are just vegans obsessed with telling you the benefits of their oppression.
Btw, your CPU is starting to get a little old...
Let's keep it going for shits n giggles.
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Buggy Loop
Member
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
Wait, you're a multiplayer gamer and you play on console?
If it's disgusting to be able to enjoy online MP gaming without aimbots, wall hacks and all the other cheating BS that's rampant on PC.. then I don't wanna be anything else.
I grew up in this era of PC gaming
While you clearly didn't.
I pity you
The lack of MyFreePaySite links on your homepage tells me you weren't a peak PC user of this era.
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Missed those threads.
Guilty_AI
Member
The only people who care about that shit are wannabe e-sport stars try-hards. If you never lived through the experience of joining a random private server and being met with the most weird shit ever, all your multiplayer experiences have been substandard at best.
AutumnLeaves
Member
*Laughs in native 4K 60fps with full Ray and Path tracing*
Comments like this, along with the title of the thread, are just so pathetic.
MonkeyClaw36
Member
Uhhhh aimbots and stuff are also on consoles. And consoles have the most toxic kids screaming in a mic.
Take your pick.
I'd rather encounter a poor soul with aimbot then a dozen kids shouting whom don't yet know what pubes are.
MonkeyClaw36
Member
Might as well quote the whole thread. If you can't see a troll thread in this.... Time to log off. It's all in jest ffs.
Chiggs
Member
- Decent gaming mouse and keyboard combo: $100
- Windows Key : $20
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
People here were trying to help til the "This is why I don't PC Game" dudes stepped in. If PC dudes derail conversations to mull on about muh 4k 60 fps then console players at the slightest hint of dissatisfaction towards PC do it twice as hard
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Nobody fucking cares bro
GitHub - massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts: A Windows and Office activator using HWID / Ohook / KMS38 / Online KMS activation methods, with a focus on open-source code and fewer antivirus detections.
A Windows and Office activator using HWID / Ohook / KMS38 / Online KMS activation methods, with a focus on open-source code and fewer antivirus detections. - massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
github.com
Chiggs
Member
Nobody fucking cares bro
GitHub - massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts: A Windows and Office activator using HWID / Ohook / KMS38 / Online KMS activation methods, with a focus on open-source code and fewer antivirus detections.
A Windows and Office activator using HWID / Ohook / KMS38 / Online KMS activation methods, with a focus on open-source code and fewer antivirus detections. - massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
Your answer here is patently ridiculous.
Toots
Gold Member
I gifted myself a good gaming pc through work because i was doing the estimates since no one knew anything about computer there, but i forgot to add a disk drive so i could not install Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines even though i still have the disk so i stopped using it (before even using it).
I don't think you can be more elitist than that.
I don't think you can be more elitist than that.
Actually i downloaded the fanmade modded version and played a few hours but i really found myself with my VTMB disk in hand searching for the disk drive for a good minute. I also brought Cyberpunk 2077 because i wanted to see it in glorious 4k/60fps but i only could go 1440p/30 to 40 fps even with the most powerful computer i could by through work (fuck public contracts). I then stopped playing and it's now nothing more than a dust magnet in my living room.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
It was an answer I got from other PC gamers on discord.
Please, next time just discount Windows cost from these conversations. Something that can be obtained for free (or used with a watermark) is not a legitimate cost the same way keyboards, GPUs or monitors are. Plus Linux based OSes exist and using windows is not a requirement to PC game.
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
how many consoles factor in the cost of the TV?
really, since I made my account here I must have seen like 50 threads like this one and it's always the same dumb stuff being posted again and again.
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Chiggs
Member
I agree with the logic, but there are two factors at play:
1) My original post was about people trying to convert new PC gamers; the assumption being that these folks need EVERYTHING from ground up, including a monitor, unless they're plugging it into their HDTV.
2) A sizable portion of households in America have access to a television.
But, I agree. Who the fuck would try and sell someone on a PS5 if they don't have a suitable HDTV to pair it up with? I'm just saying the same is also true for a PC.
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Topher
Gold Member
Chiggs
Member
We need to start factoring in couches, desks and office chair costs.
Oh come on now....
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
A sizeable portion of gpus and motherboards have access to an hdmi port the same way consoles do so I don't understand why you need a monitor for a pc and need a TV for a console, they've been interchangeable for 18 years
Topher
Gold Member
Guilty_AI
Member
And the beer consumed between sessions.We need to start factoring in couches, desks and office chair costs.
Chiggs
Member
Because plugging a desktop computer into a TV might not be an option. It's one thing if the person lives alone and can do whatever they want, but if that person has a significant other...or kids, then the factor changes substantially. Maybe at first it's cool, but once the gaming sessions grow longer and longer, the need for a separate display arguably increases.
Side note: Getting a "free" display built in is just one of the many reasons that laptops have been outpacing desktops for years when it comes to sales. Have gaming laptops ever been more prevalent than they are nowadays?
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
This is an issue with consoles as well. Any sort of gaming on a living room TV is going to be squeezed in-between guests and kids/spouses. This is why many people here own a second screen, that can be a TV or a monitor.
They aren't that prevalent from my experience. When I hear about gaming PCs it's mostly the desktops.
Also keep in mind pre-built sales for desktops are gonna decrease when you can... yknow, build a desktop yourself.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Because Steam Deck isn't more problematic to make everything work, right?
Chiggs
Member
You're overestimating the DIY market share. This report, admittedly from 6 years ago, shows just how small it really is. And while it's growing healthily, it's nowhere near the size of prebuilts. You could be right about it erodiing prebuilt sales, though. I wouldn't be shocked.
DIY PC Gaming Chassis Market 2019-2025|Global Industry Forecast
www.adroitmarketresearch.com
Meanwhile, in the gaming laptop realm:
Gaming Laptops Market to Experience Remarkable Surge, Reaching $17.6 Billion by 2030: Persistence Market Research, Inc.
Explore the dynamic landscape of the Global Gaming Laptop Market with cutting-edge technology, immersive gaming experiences, and market trends shaping the future of portable gaming devices. Uncover top brands, performance benchmarks, and the latest innovations driving the industry.New York, Dec...
Even Gartner, in their year-end wrap up, said that desktops sales had marred a nice overall comeback by laptops:
Probably, only have bfv installed. I dont use origin much and had it inoperable for like a year before finding that fuck ea app thing.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
MikeM
Member
As someone with a spouse and kids- we have a second TV that they can use if i’m gaming. Also, long gaming sessions with kids is so kid-less life (at least for me lol).
The Pleasure
Member
Pc master race players are more flimsy then a pair of Victoria secrets panties that just went through the washing machine.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
This is actually a correct reaction
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Not more flimsy than those complaining about easy fixes when there is no fix on consoles.
The Pleasure
Member
Get betrayal at Krondor to run on an era specific computer without a boot disk.
Topher
Gold Member
What do you mean by "era specific computer"?
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Get betrayal at krondor to run on a console
Guilty_AI
Member
MS-DOS game -> Use DOS emulator like DOSBox.
Heck, it even sells on GOG (bundled with DOSBox so ready to play out of the gate)
Betrayal at Krondor Pack
Betrayal at Krondor: Midkemia – a realm of enchantment and ancient magic where elves, dwa
Now run this on a console.
IAmRei
Member
I own PC since 2004, and borrowing my neighbor pc to learn it since 2002.
It is not as simple as console or portable/handheld. I'm more to console person btw, but with PC i can do many things console cant. Such as mods, manual save back up, file tinkering for single player mode and many more... Especially the mods for some games. I once mod my skyrim, witcher 3, elden ring, tales of arise, gta 4, just cause 2, ff15, starcraft 1, star wars battlefront 2 2005, CSS, dark souls 1&3, sekiro, and many more. These few weeks ive been modding my GTA 5 a lot, and the result is awesome game far beyond the vanilla/non modded version. Really really cranked up to the point satisficstion beyond reach of consoles.
But one or two things I know are :
You might not to be able to play straightforward. Especially if You mod it. You will need extra extra patience and determination for better experience.
it might need to adjusting with your system, install fixes, install additional drivers, might be upgrade hardwares, or such more hazzles far beyond convinience of consoles.
But once You overcome it, it became the most versatile platform. Albeit for such some of exclusivities...
For me, very very much worth
It is not as simple as console or portable/handheld. I'm more to console person btw, but with PC i can do many things console cant. Such as mods, manual save back up, file tinkering for single player mode and many more... Especially the mods for some games. I once mod my skyrim, witcher 3, elden ring, tales of arise, gta 4, just cause 2, ff15, starcraft 1, star wars battlefront 2 2005, CSS, dark souls 1&3, sekiro, and many more. These few weeks ive been modding my GTA 5 a lot, and the result is awesome game far beyond the vanilla/non modded version. Really really cranked up to the point satisficstion beyond reach of consoles.
But one or two things I know are :
You might not to be able to play straightforward. Especially if You mod it. You will need extra extra patience and determination for better experience.
it might need to adjusting with your system, install fixes, install additional drivers, might be upgrade hardwares, or such more hazzles far beyond convinience of consoles.
But once You overcome it, it became the most versatile platform. Albeit for such some of exclusivities...
For me, very very much worth
The Pleasure
Member
Get betrayal at Krondor to run without a boot disk. The amount of conventional memory required to run it was so high that i never met anyone able to run it without arcane bullshit. Same with origin games in the ultima 7 era.
Topher
Gold Member
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