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SvennoJ on 04 May 2021
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kenjab said:

I have to laugh because the reasons that I've moved back to consoles and away from PCs is pretty much the same as the reasons you went back to PCs.  Don't even get me started on the updates on PC.  I have to keep Windows, video drivers, sound drivers, and peripheral drivers all up to date, each of which require many minutes to update, and many of which require a reboot of the PC, which itself takes at least 5 minutes to reboot.  This doesn't even mention keeping the games themselves updated as well.  And any of these updates makes the PC basically useless for gaming while they're being done.

Whereas with my Series X, I can update games and do it in the background while playing something else (yes, the update will go slower), and it doesn't affect gameplay at all.  And if I have to update the XBox itself, the reboot takes less than a minute.

Now granted, my PC is pretty old and isn't used much for gaming any more.  And this is the main point about any of these electronics: anything you use regularly takes less time to keep up to date because it only needs to update about one thing at a time, while something you use less often will require a backlog of updates before you can do what you came to do.

The main thing that changed is SSD. Instead of 5 minutes to reboot, it's now 10-15 seconds. I also don't tend to update drivers until it becomes a must and windows installs and reboots automatically at night. I don't feel comfortable leaving consoles on all the time, yet my laptop is always plugged in and ready to go. My old gaming pc however, turn on and go make a cup of tea. And even though windows 7 is no longer supported, it still wants to install updates every time I turn it off...

Since my kids have my 'primary' ps4, I can't do anything without updating first. Not online, all digital games locked. GT Sport you can't play online without updating. It's the same on PC though. FS2020 updates are a pita, huge, slow, mandatory, always something broken afterwards. (And perhaps needing new video drivers as well).

You're right, the difference is in what you use regularly. If you only use it sporadically, you're always swamped with updates. (And controllers that need to be charged ugh) Not so with the older consoles though, WiiU Mario, turn on and go. (If the gamepad is charged lol)

The cycle of my life, mainly gaming on 1980 PC 1986 Console 1991 PC 2006 Console 2020 PC 2035 ?