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Azzanation on 07 June 2017
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SvennoJ said:
Azzanation said:

So your happy with rebuying all your own games and Remasters? Okay. PC have been doing BC for years. I spent $2000 my on gaming rig and i still love playing my old games on my shiny new hardware. Its a thing called value. The X1 is 2 consoles in one. Thats what BC does. It offers the customers more value. Its not meant to sell more X1s. Its a good deed for those who already own one.

I can't keep up with new game releases. Only when a great remaster like Windwaker HD comes out I'll revisit a dusty old game. It's different on PC. When I was still gaming on PC, sure I checked out how a bunch of games looked on a shiny new gpu all maxed out. Apart from Half-Life 2 and fsx I didn't replay any of them though.

BC is a nice to have yet I'm happy to buy the Wipeout Omega collection with improved visuals and performance plus access to the 2048 tracks. Even with all that I don't expect to spend too much time on it until a VR mode comes out. Soo much to play, even gaming 2-3 hours a night, no time for old games.

Thats fair enough. We all use our systems differently. However my point still stands that i love using my new hardware to play older games. I also dont like to generalize and say PC is different because its not. I was playing my old games on max settings last year, and i play them this year on max settings on new hardware. The performance of the games hasnt changed. I just love playing all my games regardless of the generation.

I also love buying remaster packs. If its a collection of old games that have been remastered than im all in. Homeworld remastered is the perfect remaster of a game. The game was more than 10 years old and heavily outdated, and it includes both 1 and 2 remastered games plus the original versions and the visusls have had a decent upgrade all round. Where as this generation without BC we get remasters like God of War 3 with barely any improvements  aside from a resolution jump and sold as a brand new game. That im no fan of especially when PC games get free patches that include higher resolution options.