| Zkuq said: Hey, I'm not saying there aren't problems with PCs in general, because there absolutely are. Every time I plug a USB stick in my computer, it seems to be random whether my PC can read it or not. If not, I switch it to different ports until it starts working. Of course there are other problems as well from time to time. However, it's PC gaming that I haven't had any major trouble in a long time, but I don't think it's a fair comparison to mention general PC problems in a gaming discussion unless all you have your computer for is gaming. My impression is that PC gaming these days is fairly easy - for more people than just me. |
Oh no doubt. I mostly abandoned PC gaming in the naughties because it used to be far worse. Compared to that my recent 'troubles' are nothing.
Still there's lots of room for improvement in PC gaming. Controller support for one thing.
Forza Horizon 4 will not work even when simply having a DS4 plugged in to charge. Got to disconnect any peripherals and charging controllers to use a XBox controller to play. (It will not work with DS4, I have tried many workarounds)
Alt-tab, why can't MS ever get this right. Why does it work for some, not for others and some end up crashing hard. PC is supposed to be a multi tasking machine until you ask it to multi task... The PS4 never has this problem. Even when the shitty browser crashes yet again, you can always resume the game.
But true, games work better than ever out of the 'box' They might not run that well but the days of not starting at all or getting frequent blue screens of death are pretty much gone, as well as the nightmare of keeping different components of DirectX and OpenGL up to date and compatible with most games.
Someone who play frequently also has far less downtime for updates in percentage than someone who plays once a week. I stopped checking in on Elite Dangerous since every time I wanted play for a little bit, an update was waiting again, with possible new driver updates needed and new balancing of graphics settings. Once it lost all my controller bindings as well after an update, 6 pages of settings ugh.
It's better than it used to be at least.
