Conina said:
So to recap that: Even if the base PS4/XBO version can't deliver stable 30 fps (or in other cases stable 60 fps) in some games, it is nevertheless pretty much how developers meant their games to be played. If someone has a PC to run these games better, it is overkill for anyone but a few of the gaming royalty. But if someone has PC to run games slightly worse than on PS4 or Xbox One (or slightly better than Xbox One but slightly worse than PS4), then it is a huge problem, even if the performance can be fixed with moving some sliders a notch to the left. Oh, and of course developers in general try to keep multiplatform games as equal as possible, therefore the developers focus on the XBO as the (less powerful) lead platform and give parity between the XBO and PS4, ignoring the extra performance of the PS4, instead of trying to get the best out of both systems (or five systems including XBO S, PS4 Pro and XBO X)... because parity is more important and anything above is "overkill for anyone but a few of the console gaming royalty". Got it. |
That is actually pretty much correct. There's a big difference with console games dropping below 30fps and when this happens on pc. The difference is that it's a lot rarer and far less noticeable on consoles as developers play test the games to make sure it's not game breaking when it does happen. With pc, framerates can be all over the place depending on your hardware and it can totally ruin the experience. That's simply because developers aren't going to test and optimize their games for the 200 different gpu's that are available on the market.
I'm not saying it's a huge problem if a game runs slightly worse than the console version. It all depends on what you find acceptable and slightly worse should be acceptable for most people. But yeah, running AC Origins in 720p at the lowest settings in 20fps on a 560ti does look like a completely different game than the ps4 counterpart and it's not how the developers meant the game to be experienced.
Here's it running on a 560 TI at lowest settings in 720p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4-R7agVn1c
Here's the ps4 version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w-3qINOSMY
Of course, it looks even better on a gaming rig in native 4k and ultra settings. But if you play on a tv, you're really not going to notice that much of a difference. You're sure as shit going to see a difference with the example I posted above, though. Don't get me wrong, ultra settings are nice if your rig can handle them. But how often have you seen your framerate get butchered by ultra settings and had to look really close to notice the difference? They hardly ever make a game look that much better compared to extra horsepower that is required to run it.
Last edited by goopy20 - on 04 October 2019
