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goopy20 on 04 October 2019
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Chazore said:
Conina said:

[citation needed]

And by the way... which "console level" is currently the level how developers want their games to be played?

Switch level undocked? Switch level docked? Xbox One level? Xbox One S level? PS4 Slim level? PS4 Pro level? Or Xbox One X level?

I wish people would stop muttering that console is where "all" the money is, or that it's the lead platform, when it factually isn't:

https://www.pcgamer.com/pc-is-still-the-most-popular-platform-for-developers-and-its-lead-is-growing/

This was just published yesterday: 

https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-boss-says-its-still-a-pc-developer-first/

This was from 2016, and it's only fone up since then:

https://www.pcgamer.com/pc-gaming-market-worth-36-billion-in-2016/

PC's made the consoles, the engines, the very games console players play. That platform is where we practically get everything from, gaming wise, because without the PC, we wouldn't have anything really. 

@bolded: That's another point brought to light, in that there is no longer a standard console level of play anymore. All of the consoles and their variants now all play at various different levels of performance, visual clarity and some of their own pros/cons. There is no longer a general standard across the board anymore. 

Hell, Nintendo's trying to make the current new Zelda release to play at 60, but even that game is suffering here and there on the Switch, that it'd have to be played docked, because they chose performance, but their system is struggling with it. (Also, I really want that game, but the performance issues and price point hold me back from buying it). 

This isn't rocket science people, the lead platform is ps4/360 for most major AAA developers. And yes, there is a huge market on Switch, mobile and pc as well, but we are talking about the AAA core games that try to set a new standard in visuals. Most of those games don't even get released on Switch and for pc it's not uncommon to see poorly optimized ports or a game getting released years later (RDR2 anyone?). If I'm wrong then why are there so few big developers left who's main focus is still pc like: Valve, Crytek, Epic back in the days? Blizzard is probably the only one left. All the rest either went under (Looking Glass, GSC GameWorld, 3D Reals, etc.) or are focusing on console games now. 

Last edited by goopy20 - on 04 October 2019