Are the "PC Master Race" days over?

[SvennoJ]

BasilZero said:

If people didnt buy games at full price, game prices would drop significantly more than they do now and horrible practices like lootboxes and gachas would stop. Because people buy games at full price and other practices, guarantee that more ways will be found to squeeze money out of customers. Already happening with Online MP, MTX, etc.

No, all games would become like mobile shovel ware... DLC, lootboxes and MTX were added because raising the initial price was taboo, while expectations (and competition) kept rising. Risks got bigger, so different revenue streams needed to be found to satisfy the ever growing hunger for bigger and prettier games.

'A' game developers died out, turned into indie games. Selling for much lower prices, small games, lower fidelity. Not that those aren't fun or can keep you busy for hundreds of hours, but that's not how you get the big blockbusters.

Anyways, Nice collection! I thought about doing something like that but I just like the minimal design of my entertainment room especially going heavy digital this generation lol

I dont plan to sell any of my games ever - so digital makes things all too easy for me. Dont have to worry about having shelves of boxes or extra space used up.

My game set up

PS4 Physical collection

Switch physical collection (with some PS3 and WiiU games I still have backlog along with my PSP, DS and other stuff)

Above them all is my PS3 and WiiU

And this is in another room - where I store my old games I finished or stashed away due to having digital replacements on modern systems.

I'll likely place them all in one of the extra rooms I plan to make for storage and will likely emulate the games on PC or just play whatever modern versions are available.

That is indeed very minimalist :)

Nice collection as well! I prefer that much more over a list of digital games. I don't really have a gaming room, apart from the one where my collection is. That room has projector mounted, 2007 1080p LCD projector, quite old now but saw very heavy use during the ps3 days.


I don't use it that much anymore since I never found a good affordable 4K HDR projector to replace it with. It is a great spot to play VR games since its dark already, no light bleed! PSVR got a lot of use there. Nowadays I fire it up when N24 is in the daily race rotation for GT Sport. Bigger screen always helps with racing, much more than 4K. Also did a lot of endurance races on there in GT7 which looks great in 1080p SDR as well. Same with Horizon Forbidden West which actually looked better in 1080p SDR at launch.

The living room where the Series X is now connected to the 4K HDR tv.

On the right our old 1080p LCD, good to play together or play something while (someone else) watching tv.

PS4 pro is currently in the downstairs living room (finished basement) connected to a 55" 4K HDR tv for racing. I don't have wired internet upstairs, better to race downstairs through lan cable. The projector room is wired as well, best place to race but only when going for longer stretches. (Got to get used to the 14FL light level, not a very bright projector)

My Laptop sits on the breakfast table where I flew around the world in FS2020. Godsend during lock down that game was.
https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/exploring-the-world-in-the-beechcraft-bonanza/266981
That was the longest stretch I've played on PC in a long time, 322 days, total flight time 2,590 hours. (Although not all attended, autopilot over the empty parts) I also played Road 96, The big con and other smaller games while flying, the one big advantage of PC, multi-tasking.

My DDR setup, too old for that now (not mentally, physically) and enjoying Beat Saber more nowadays

And in the loft, Intellivision

More like a holiday novelty to set up, just like the mini retro consoles. $5 well spend on a box of old games including the machine :)
(That ugly cable splice is my addition haha)

The only things I don't enjoy are handhelds and streaming. BotW still looked great on the projector which is where I'll be playing the sequel as well. It would be nice from Nintendo to release a Switch console version so I don't have to go looking for the thing when I want to play. My kids usually leave it somewhere. Funny how that is, since I have kids I long back to wired phones, controllers etc. Phone is ringing, where is it.... Oh it's dead, needs to be charged :/

Anyway another reason I prefer consoles is the ease of moving them around. (I don't use standby). I have hdmi and power cables at the ready in all locations so just move the consoles to where I feel like playing. Laptop is a bit awkward in that way. Sure it can cast the image straight to the 4K tv but it's always a bit of a hassle (and image quality loss) so I only use that for streaming stuff that won't work directly on TV. (Don't ask me why, can't figure it out).

It's all about the games in the end. If I want to play something I'll find a way :)