Phil Spencer - "Why do you care about 60fps?"

[Cerebralbore101]

vivster said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

That goes both ways. PC gamers don't have much of a choice in whether to game on Windows or another operating system, since most games require Windows to play. PC games don't offer a choice between digital or physical. 

It would be nice to be able to choose between lower graphics settings, and higher FPS on consoles at least. I think Nioh did this, which was neat. 

The big difference here is that Windows is already such an open platform that you don't need another OS to play games.

It just shows the stark difference between PC and consoles. On PC you have a software platform that is so open, that you can do literally anything with it, yet there are even more software platforms, each just as open. That is ultimate choice.

On console you have just one single platform and that platform is so closed that you cannot do anything with it. It's absically the opposite of choice because you always just have one thing to "choose" from. It's nice that some games now offer you the ability to choose between 2 settings but it's nothing more that a mere tiny branch given to the player. 2 choices in a game is nothing to brag about when other platforms have literal thousands.

But Windows is an annoying intrusive operating system. I'd much rather game on Linux or Mac. Most games aren't developed for the other two operating systems though. 

I also don't like it when games force me to use a keyboard and mouse. Some games have such wierd control schemes that they are impossible to play on the steam controller, or they just don't support it. Starbound is one such example. Using the mouse to move your aiming reticule, and move in that game is just way too complicated. I'd much rather play it with D-Pad controls ala Contra or Super Metroid.