Does higher resolution and framerate matter with PC gaming if there will be emulators for consoles?

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Ruler said:

Intrinsic said:
technically, if you have that souped up PC today, then u won't need to have a console today unless playing console exclusives. And you can spend your money on the PC games today and play them at the higher resolution and frame rate than what they would run at on current consoles.

Its not like PCs can only run emulators.

 

Will these PC games run in 10 years or being avaible on servers? i much rather have my games on the disc

You do know that PC gaming is not cloud gaming and you can have all your games on a hard drive to play them later, right?

I also find the BC argument weird since PC is the platform that has the best BC of all the platforms. It's the best place to play old games. The same way you keep the old consoles you can keep old computers or just have one computer with multiple OS to make sure even the oldest games run perfectly. Though for most games there are patches and workarounds to get them to run on current OS.

Emulators make your argument even weirder since that's the thing that especially for collectors and fans of old games makes PC the ultimate platform combining both PC and console games on a single platform.

Really, the only thing current consoles have over PC are the exclusives. And even those exclusive rights "expire" when there is a proper emulator.