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Cerebralbore101 on 01 April 2017
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Chazore said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

I remember when the Vita and 3DS were going head to head, Vita fans used to argue that it was the better system, because of all the PSX classics you could play on it. Hindsight shows that the 3DS was just a better system.

Back when the 360 and PS3 were getting off the ground, you could have argued that the Wii had "more games than the competitors" thanks to the Virtual Console. Even as a diehard Wii fan, I would never have made such a bad argument. 

I don't think I'm being unfair. I'm just holding the PC to the same standards that I held the Vita and Wii to.

Don't get me wrong. I actually like the PC. It has lots of cool exclusives that I'm interested in playing like...

Civ VI
Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun
Hearts of Iron
Pillars of Eternity
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Galactic Civilizations III
Age of Wonders III

I wish the rest of the industry would take notes from the Indie scene on steam. Less of a focus on cutting edge graphics, and more of a focus on fun. Ethical work practices. More than fair pricing.

Except the 3DS also had backwards compat like the Vita did, so really the 3DS was the PC and the Vita, well the Vita.

Liking the PC or not, you're still cutting off it's good points and aren't cutting anything back for the console side of things.

 

The indie scene on Steam has a ton of crapshoots, with greenlight still existing and not being sorted out. Yes, eevryone should be looking at the one hit wonder indie's that make it big, but not the ones that keep buying Unit assets and trying to sell a cobbled together crapshoot for £10 a pop.

What's wrong with the industry going the way it is right now, with all sorts of games pandering to all kinds of crowds, why does half of my want for good visuals and gameplay have to suffer?. I love indie, retro and modern games, but I also love unique art styles and cutting edge visuals, I'd rather everything not be reduced to one single view.

3DS didn't play the majority of N64 games on top of being backwards compatible with DS. Vita had PSP, PS2, PS3 (to an extent) and PSX libraries backing it up. Not to mention people were claiming that the Vita could emulate DS and GBA games.

Greenlight is a big mess right now for sure.

You're right, it is best to have all sorts of games for different tastes.